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Karen Mowat (c. 16301675) was a Norwegian noblewoman, an heiress, and landowner of
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origins.


Biography

Probably born in Tysnes in present-day Hordaland, Karen Mowat was the daughter of Admiral
Axel Mowat Axel Mowat (1592 – 27 January 1661) was a Norwegian naval officer and land owner. Mowat was born in Sunnhordland, probably on the Hovland farm at Tysnes which his father had acquired ca. 1590. Mowat was the son of Anders Mowat til Hov ...
(15921661) and Karen Knudsdatter (died 1662). Her father was the largest landowner in Western Norway. Following the death of her two brothers, she became sole heir to her parents' estate. While her father was sceptical, Karen Mowat married
Ludvig Rosenkrantz Ludvig Rosenkrantz (18 April 1628 – 23 August 1685) was a Danish-born noble, military officer, civil servant, and land owner who settled in Norway. He was a member of the noble Rosenkrantz family and the first Baron of Norway. Biography Lu ...
: a poor but highborn nobleman from Denmark. While Ludvig wanted to settle in Copenhagen, Karen had her will, establishing Rosendal in Kvinnherad in Hordaland as the family's main residence. They had four sons and five daughters including Justine Cathrine Rosenkrantz (1659–1746) who was a lady-in-waiting to Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, queen consort of King Christian V of Denmark . In 1678, Ludvig Rosenkrantz was created Baron of Rosendal.


References


Related reading

*Jorn Oyrehagen Sunde (2009) ''From a Shetland Lairdship to a Norwegian Barony: The Mouat Family and the Barony of Rosendal'' (Shetland Heritage Publications)


External links


Baroniet Rosendal website
1630 births 1675 deaths People from Tysnes Norwegian landowners 17th-century Norwegian nobility 17th-century women landowners {{norway-bio-stub