Johan Carl Thuerecht von Castenschiold

Johan Carl Thuerecht von Castenschiold (14 June 1787 – 30 January 1844) was a Danish civil servant and nobleman who served as Governor of Iceland (1813–1819).[1][2]

Castenschiold was born in Skælskør to Joachim Melchior Holten Castenschiold and Elisabeth Gysbertsdatter Behagen.[3] The Castenschiold family is descended from his great-grandfather, Johan Lorentz Carstensen, who was a plantation owner on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas.[4][5] He studied law at the University of Copenhagen, graduating in 1806.[6]

References

1. Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands-. "Tímarit.is". timarit.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-06-26.
2. Agnarsdóttir, Anna (2017-01-06). Sir Joseph Banks, Iceland and the North Atlantic 1772-1820 / Journals, Letters and Documents. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-351-89995-6.
3. Bricka, Carl Frederik. "429 (Dansk biografisk Lexikon / III. Bind. Brandt - Clavus)". runeberg.org (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-06-26.
4. Thorkild, Hansen (2017-01-17). Islands of Slaves. Sub-Saharan Publishers. ISBN 978-9988-550-62-2.
5. Paiewonsky, Isidor (1989). Eyewitness Accounts of Slavery in the Danish West Indies: Also Graphic Tales of Other Slave Happenings on Ships and Plantations. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-1260-6.
6. Agnarsdóttir, Anna (2017-01-06). Sir Joseph Banks, Iceland and the North Atlantic 1772-1820 / Journals, Letters and Documents. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-351-89995-6.