1. Ludvig Rosenkrantz was a Danish-born noble, military officer, civil servant, and land owner who settled in Norway.
12 Facts About Ludvig Rosenkrantz
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Ludvig Rosenkrantz was a member of the noble Rosenkrantz family and the first Baron of Norway.
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Ludvig Rosenkrantz was a member of one of the old families of nobility in Denmark.
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Ludvig Rosenkrantz's parents were Colonel Holger Frederiksen Rosenkrantz and Justine Maximiliansdatter van der Lauwick.
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Ludvig Rosenkrantz became a captain in 1654 and in 1658 he was appointed by King Frederick III of Denmark to be war commander of Nordafjells.
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Ludvig Rosenkrantz served as General War Commissioner of Norway starting in 1673.
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Ludvig Rosenkrantz was appointed a judge in Norway's highest court.
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Ludvig Rosenkrantz was decorated with the Order of Dannebrog in 1684.
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Ludvig Rosenkrantz was promoted in 1680 when he was appointed as the Diocesan Governor of Stavanger Stiftamt.
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Ludvig Rosenkrantz reluctantly moved to Christianssand, but since he no longer was in Stavanger, he essentially traded jobs with Daniel Knoff, the County Governor of Lister og Mandals Amt.
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Ludvig Rosenkrantz's father-in-law was one of the largest landowner in western Norway.
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In 1678, King Christian V gave the estate the status of Barony of Rosendal at which time, Ludvig Rosenkrantz became the first baron in Norway.