Jens Krag-Juel-Vind (15 June 1724 – 30 April 1776), Baron of Juellinge, was a Danish nobleman, Supreme Court justice and landowner.

Early life and education

He was born at

Juellinge Juellinge, prior to 1672 known as Valbygaard, is a manor house located on the Stevns Peninsula, Stevns Municipality, some 50 kilometres south of Copenhagen, Denmark. The Baroque-style main building and two buildings from the beginning of the 19th ...

(now Halsted Priory), the son of Jens Juel-Vind (1694-1726) and Ide Helle Margaretha, Baroness Krag (1697-1738). He had two sisters. His father died when he was just two years old and Juellinge was then managed by his maternal uncle Niels Juel Reedtz (1699-1742) of Palsgaard and by

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. Krag-Juel-Vind studied at the

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from 1741 and at the

University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Universitet, KU) is a prestigious public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in ...

from 1743.

Career

He served as an accessor in the Danish Chancellery from 1745 to 1756. On 17 October 1746, he was appointed as squire (''kammerjunker''). From 11 February 1747, he held a seat at the

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without access to vote. From 2 January 1750, he served as Supreme Court justice. On 30, October 1756, he was appointed as chamberlain (''kammerherre''). He was less active as Supreme Court justice from 1764 but voted for the last time on 23 December 1771. From 27 October 1756 to 16 December 1769, he served as governor (''amtmand'') of Copenhagen County. He was a member of the

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from 1766. In 1764, he was awarded the

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. He was made a knight in the

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in 1766. In 1769–1774, he was a member of a commission regarding the extra taxes in Copenhagen. In 1769–1771, he served as ''justitiarius'' at the Supreme Court. In 1772, he was one of nine judges in the trial of royal physician

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(1737–1772). On 14 May that same year he was appointed as provisor for

Vallø Castle Vallø Castle ( da, Vallø Slot) is a manor house located 7 km south of Køge, in Stevns Municipality, on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It now serves as a residence for Vallø stift, a home for unmarried, widowed and divorced women of no ...

. In 1773, he became a member of the executive board (''Overskattedirektionen''). On 13 July 1774, he became curator for Vemmetofte Adelige Kloster. On 21 October 1774, he was appointed as Privy Councilor (''gehejmekonferensråd''). On 30 August 1771, he was granted a patent on the surname Krag-Juel-Vind and the associated coat of arms. He served as chief legal officer for the

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from 1775. On 25 May 1780, he became a member of the Law Revision Commission.

Property

Upon the death of his father in 1726, he succeeded as the holder of the Barony of Juellinge. In 1738, he also inherited the estate ('' stamhuset'') of Stensballegaard at

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following the death of his mother, Ida Helle Margarethe Krag.

Personal life and legacy

He married Sophie Magdalene von Gram (1734-1810) on 6 April 1752 in

Christiansborg Chapel Christiansborg Palace ( da, Christiansborg Slot; ) is a palace and government building on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the seat of the Folketing, Danish Parliament ('), the Prime Minister of Denmark, Danish Prim ...

in Copenhagen. She was the daughter of Carl Christian von Gram (1703-1780) and Birgitte Christiane Frijss (1715–75). Her father was the Danish chief of magistrates. They had six children of which only three survived to adulthood: * Frederik Carl Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (9 January 1753 -10 April 1815) * Sophie Magdalene Krag-Juel-Vind (4 July 1754 - 9 February 1833) * Jens Carl Krag-Juel-Vind-Arenfeldt (12 October 1767 - 12 August 1855) During the 1750s, Krag-Juel-Vind and his wife donated an

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and a canopy for the

baptismal font A baptismal font is an article of church furniture used for baptism. Aspersion and affusion fonts The fonts of many Christian denominations are for baptisms using a non-immersive method, such as aspersion (sprinkling) or affusion (pouring). ...

to Halsted Church. Both feature their coats of arms and are still present in the church. In 1751, they financed a refurbishment of the church. Jens Krag-Juel-Vind died on 30 April 1776 at

. He was buried on 16 May in the Juel burial chapel at Halsted Church. His marble sarcophagus by neoclassical sculptor,

Johannes Wiedewelt Johannes Wiedewelt (1 July 1731 – 17 December 1802), Danish neoclassical sculptor. He became a court sculptor, introducing neoclassical ideals to Denmark in the form of palace decorations, garden sculptures and artifacts and, especially, mem ...

(1731–1802), was transferred to Uth Church in 1802.

Ancestry

References

External links

Lensbaron Jens Krag-Juel-Vind, til baroniet Juellinge
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