Joachim Godske von Moltke (25 July 1746 – 5 October 1818) was the Prime Minister of

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from 1814 to 1818. He was also father of Prime Minister

Adam Wilhelm Moltke Adam Wilhelm Moltke, 3rd Count of Bregentved (25 August 178515 February 1864) was a Danish nobleman, landowner, civil servant and politician, who in 1848-1852 was the first Prime Minister of Denmark under the new constitutional monarchy outline ...

and the son of Danish diplomat

Adam Gottlob Moltke Count Adam Gottlob von Moltke (10 November 171025 September 1792) was a Danish courtier, statesman and diplomat, and Favourite of Frederick V of Denmark. Moltke was born at Riesenhof in Mecklenburg. His son, Joachim Godske Moltke, and his gra ...

Early life

Joachim Godske Moltke was born on 25 July 1746. He was the son of Danish diplomat

(1710–1792), the influential

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and companion of Frederick V of Denmark, and Christiane Frederikke von Brüggemann (1712–1760), the daughter of Godske Hans von Brügmann, til Østergaard og Ulriksholm and Margrethe Wilhelmine von Hausmann. Between his two wives, his father was said to have had 22 sons, five of whom became cabinet ministers, four who became ambassadors, two who became generals, and all of whom went into public service.

Career

Moltke served as Prime Minister of

from 1814 until 14 August 1818.

Personal life

Moltke was married to Georgine von Buchwald (1759-1808), the daughter of Caspar von Buchwald and Sophie Charlotte von Hahn. They were the parents of:

(1785–1864). Moltke died on 5 October 1818.

Honours

In 1817, botanist

Johann Georg Christian Lehmann Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (25 February 1792 – 12 February 1860) was a German botanist. Born at Haselau, near Uetersen, Holstein, Lehmann studied medicine in Copenhagen and Göttingen, obtained a doctorate in medicine in 1813 and a do ...

published '' Moltkia'', a genus in the family

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with 6 accepted species from the south of Europe and western Asia. Then in 1953, botanist I.M.Johnst. published '' Moltkiopsis'', a

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s from northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, belonging to the family

. Both plants were dedicated after Joachim Godske Moltke.

References

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