Court Marshal of Denmark

Marshal of the Court
Hofmarskal (Danish)
since 14 January 2024
Royal Household of Denmark
SeatYellow Palace, Copenhagen
Appointerthe Monarch

The Marshal of the Court of Denmark (Danish: Hofmarskal; officially translated as lord chamberlain[1]) is Chief Administrative Officer of the Royal Household of Denmark.[2] The court marshal is the chief executive of finance, staff, official duties, etc. and heads the court marshal's office.[3] This role traditionally fell to the Lord Marshal of the Court (Danish: Overhofmarskal), but this title is no longer used, and all the responsibilities associated with the title have been allocated to the Marshal of the Court.

Court marshals

Until 1912, there were in periods also a Lord Marshal of the Court, who was the superior of the Marshal of the Court, if one was employed at the same time.[4] Both are listed.

Portrait Name
(born-died) 		Term of office Monarch(s) Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Johan Christopher von Körbitz
(1612–1682) 		1658 1661 2–3 years Frederick III
Christoffer Sehested [da]
(1628–1699) 		1661 1670 8–9 years Frederick III
Helmuth Otto von Winterfeld [da]
(1617–1694)
Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark 		1670 1679 8–9 years Christian V
Frantz Eberhard von Speckhahn [da]
(1628–1697)
Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1681–1683) 		1679 1681 1–2 years Christian V
Johan Otto Raben [da]
(1646–1719) 		1683 1697 13–14 years Christian V
Peter Christoph von der Osten [da]
(1659–1730) 		1697 1699 1–2 years Christian V
Ludwig Staats von Hahn
(?–?) 		1699 1705 5–6 years Frederick IV
Wilhelm Friedrich von Platen [da]
(1667–1732) 		1706 1716 9–10 years Frederick IV
Otto Carl von Callenberg [de]
(1686–1759)
Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1717–1719) 		1716 1717 0–1 years Frederick IV
Wilhelm Moritz Münck von Buseck
(?–?) 		1719 1721 1–2 years Frederick IV
Christian von Holstein [da]
(1678–1747)
Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark 		1721 1724 2–3 years Frederick IV
Otto Blome [da]
(1684–1738)
Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark 		1724 1730 5–6 years Frederick IV
Christian VI
Adam Levin von Witzleben [da]
(1688–1745)
Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark 		1730 1735 4–5 years Christian VI
Friedrich Carl von Gram [da]
(1702–1782)
Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1739–1741) 		1735 1739 3–4 years Christian VI
Johann Christoph von Reitzenstein [da]
(1698–1767)
Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1743–1746) 		1741 1743 1–2 years Frederick V
Adam Gottlob Moltke
(1710–1792) 		1746 1766 19–20 years Frederick V
Christian Frederik Moltke [da]
(1736–1771)
Son of previous. Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1767–1771) 		1766 1767 0–1 years Christian VII
Conrad Holck
(1745–1800) 		1767 1770 2–3 years Christian VII
Henrik Bielke [da]
(1750–1811) 		1771 1772 0–1 years Christian VII
Count Christian Frederik Holstein
(1735–1799)
Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark 		1772 1780 7–8 years Christian VII
Engel Schack [da]
(1750–1811)
Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark 		1780 1784 3–4 years Christian VII
Christian Numsen [da]
(1741–1811)
Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark 		1784 1791 6–7 years Christian VII
Christian Ludvig Kalkreuth
(?–?)
Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark 		1791 1792 0–1 years Christian VII
Wilhelm Theodor Wegener [da]
(1724–1792) 		1791 1792 0–1 years Christian VII
Count Ferdinand Anton Christian Ahlefeldt
(?–?) 		1792 1794 1–2 years Christian VII
Adam Wilhelm Hauch [da]
(1755–1838)
Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1798–1838).

Also Lord Chamberlain of Denmark.

1794 1798 3–4 years Christian VII
Frederick VI
Christian Ove Haxthausen [da]
(1777–1842)
Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1840–1842) 		1838 1840 1–2 years Frederick VI
Christian VIII
Joachim Godsche von Levetzau [da]
(1782–1859)
Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1845–1859) 		1842 1845 2–3 years Christian VIII
Frederick VII
Carl Ludvig Løvenskjold
(?–?)
Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1881–1898) 		1860 1881 20–21 years Frederick VII
Christian IX
Waldemar Tully Oxholm [da]
(1805–1876)
Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1863–1876).

Also Lord Chamberlain of Denmark.

1863 1876 12–13 years Christian IX
Oscar Siegfred O'Neill Oxholm [da]
(1863–1948)
Also Lord Chamberlain of Denmark. 		1898 1906 7–8 years Christian IX
Count Joachim Moltke [da]
(1857–1943) 		1906 1908 1–2 years Frederik VIII
Count Frands Brockenhuus-Schack [da]
(1863–1948)
Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1911–1912).

Last Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark.

1908 1911 2–3 years Frederik VIII
Christian X
William Carlton Rothe
(?–?) 		1912 1926 13–14 years Christian X
Carl Julius Engelbrecht Juel [da]
(1862–1941) 		1926 1939 12–13 years Christian X
Count Christopher Trampe [da]
(1879–1957) 		1939 1947 7–8 years Christian X
Johan Vest [da]
(1893–1966) 		1947 1963 15–16 years Frederik IX
Holger Eigil Wern
(?–?) 		1963 1968 4–5 years Frederik IX
Count Karl Christian Trampe [da]
(1924–2014) 		1968 1972 3–4 years Frederik IX
Kjeld Gustav Knuth-Winterfeldt [da]
(1908–1992) 		1972 1976 3–4 years Margrethe II
Hans Sølvhøj [da]
(1919–1989) 		1976 1989 12–13 years Margrethe II
Søren Haslund-Christensen [da]
(1933–2021) 		1989 2003 13–14 years Margrethe II
Ove Ullerup [da]
(born 1951) 		1 September 2003 1 September 2014 11 years, 0 days Margrethe II
Michael Ehrenreich [da]
(born 1954) 		15 February 2015 31 March 2021 6 years, 44 days Margrethe II
Kim Kristensen [da]
(born 1964) 		31 March 2021 14 January 2024 2 years, 289 days Margrethe II
Christian Schønau [da]
(born 1966) 		14 January 2024 Incumbent 354 days Frederik X [5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Organisational diagram" (PDF). Kongehuset. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  2. ^ "The Court". The Danish Monarchy - Front Page. 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  3. ^ "hofmarskal — Den Danske Ordbog". ordnet.dk. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  4. ^ Lundskov, Kurt (January 2019). "Court Marshals at the Danish Royal House". Lundskov.dk.
  5. ^ "Hofchef udpeget til ny hofmarskal – kabinetssekretæren fratræder". Altinget (in Danish). 2 January 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.