Munthe af Morgenstierne is a
Danish
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and a
Norwegian noble family living in
Norway
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. It descends from Bredo Munthe of Bekkeskov, who on 19 December 1755 was ennobled under the name ''von Munthe af Morgenstierne''. The family is included in the ''
Yearbook of the Danish Nobility''.
Name
The noble name ''von Munthe af Morgenstierne'' was derived from the surnames of two families,
Munthe and
Morgenstierne, from which Bredo Munthe had descended. When he applied for ennoblement, he claimed that these two families were originally noble.
Origin
Supreme Court Judge Bredo Munthe (1701–1757) was the son of Otto Christophersen Munthe (1659–1733), parish priest at
Fron in
Gudbrandsdalen
Gudbrandsdalen (; en, Gudbrand Valley) is a valley and traditional district in the Norwegian county of Innlandet (formerly Oppland). The valley is oriented in a north-westerly direction from Lillehammer and the lake of Mjøsa, extending towar ...
and great-grandson of
Ludvig Hansen Munthe (1593–1649), Bishop of the
Diocese of Bergen.
Patrilineality
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he descended from bailiff Christopher Giertssøn Morgenstierne (1619–79) who married Birgitta Ludvigsdatter Munthe (1634–1708). Their seven children took the surname Munthe.
Coat of arms
The arms, which were granted upon the ennoblement, are partly based on Munthe's old arms.
Description: ''On a shield divided into two fields, whereof the upper is silver and the lower is red, in the 1st field two chopped and crossed brown tree stems under a ten-pointed golden star, and in the 2nd field three silver balls. On the helm a noble coronet and up from this two bear paws holding three silver balls. Supporters: two against each other sitting and onto the shield looking brown bears.''
Members
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Bredo von Munthe af Morgenstierne
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Otto Christopher von Munthe af Morgenstierne
Otto Christopher von Munthe af Morgenstierne (6 January 1735 – 17 March 1809) was a Danish civil servant, judge and landowner. He was the owner of Bækkeskov at Præstø.
Early life and education
Munthe was born in Copenhagen, the son of Bred ...
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Christian Fredrik Jacob von Munthe af Morgenstierne
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Vilhelm Ludvig Herman von Munthe af Morgenstierne Vilhelm Ludvig Herman von Munthe af Morgenstierne (2 October 1814 – 30 December 1888) was a Norwegian politician, part of an old noble family.
He was born in Christiania as the son of Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne and his wife Cat ...
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Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne, Sr.
Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne (27 September 1774 – 3 June 1835) was a Denmark, Danish-Norway, Norwegian jurist who served as the first Office of the Attorney General of Norway, Attorney General of Norway from 1816 to 1820. He belon ...
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Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne
Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne (11 November 1851 – 24 April 1930) was a Norway, Norwegian jurist, Professor of Jurisprudence at The Royal Frederick University from 1887, and the university's rector 1912–1918.
Personal life
He was bo ...
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Christian von Munthe af Morgenstierne
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Otto Christofer von Munthe af Morgenstierne
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Wilhelm Thorleif von Munthe af Morgenstierne
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Georg Valentin von Munthe af Morgenstierne
Georg Valentin von Munthe af Morgenstierne (2 January 1892 – 3 March 1978) was a Norwegian professor of linguistics with the University of Oslo (UiO). He specialized in Indo-Iranian languages.
Studies
During the years 1923 to 1971, Morgenst ...
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Otto von Munthe af Morgenstierne
See also
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Norwegian nobility
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Munthe
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Christopher Morgenstierne Munthe Christopher Morgenstierne Munthe 14 July 1875 – 21 December 1939) was a Norwegian civil servant, military officer and genealogist. Biography
He was a born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of colonel and historian Hartvig Andreas M ...
References
Literature and sources
* Hans Krag (1955): ''Norsk heraldisk mønstring fra Fredrik IVss regjeringstid 1699–1730''
* Hans Cappelen (1969): ''Norske slektsvåpen''
* Herman Leopoldus Løvenskiold (1978): ''Heraldisk nøkkel''
* Harald Nissen & Monica Aase (1990): ''Segl i Universitetsbiblioteket i Trondheim''
External links
{{commonscatinline, Munthe af Morgenstierne
Norwegian noble families