Otto Joachim Moltke (11 June 1770 – 1 February 1853) was a
lawyer and government official. He was the
Minister of State of Denmark from 1824 to 1842.
Biography
He was born at
Moltkes Palæ in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of
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 ...
(1710–1792) and Sophie Hedevig von Raben (1733–1802). His father was lensgreve til Bregentved and had exercised extensive political power during the reign of
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. Moltke studied at the
University of Copenhagen
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from 1786 and in 1788 became a legal candidate. He then made a study trip abroad.
He moved to
Norway
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where he was appointed the
County Governor of
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from 1798 until 1800. In 1800, Moltke received the rank of
chamberlain
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and appointed to be the
Diocesan Governor of Christianssands Stiftamt (and simultaneously the
County Governor of Nedenes Amt. He held that job until 1804. In 1813, he was appointed in charge of the
Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenborg Chancellor (''Slesvig-Holsten-Lauenborgske Cancelli''). He was secretary of state from 1824 to 1830, and an outstanding member of the Privy Councillor of Denmark 1824–1842.
He became Commander of the
Order of the Dannebrog in 1810, received the Great Cross in 1815 and became Knight of the
Order of the Elephant in 1826.
Personal life
In 1797, Moltke married Christiane Sophie Juul (1778–1810), daughter of Major Colonel Christian Frederik Juul and Catharina Wilhelmine Wedel-Jarlsberg. He was married for the second time in 1816, to Sophie Henriette von Düring (1777–1853), daughter of Chamberlain and later General Ernst Christoph Friederich von Düring and Henriette Sophie von Reden.
Otto Joachim Moltke retired to
Espe Hovedgård in the parish of
Boeslunde, which he had acquired in 1810. He died in 1853 and was buried at Boeslunde Church in the village of
Boeslunde in
Slagelse, Denmark.
References
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1770 births
1853 deaths
Prime Ministers of Denmark
19th-century Danish people
University of Copenhagen alumni
Commanders of the Order of the Dannebrog
County governors of Norway