Court Marshal of Denmark

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Adam Gottlob Moltke a Lensgreve and one of the most prominent nobles of his time, was Court Marshal of Denmark.

The Court Marshal of Denmark (Danish: Hofmarskal) (often, though incorrectly, translated as Lord Chamberlain^{[note 1][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] The Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (Danish: Overhofmarskal) (a historical superior title, which is no longer in use) has a place in the 1st Class of the Danish Order of Precedence, while the Court Marshal belong in the 2nd Class.^[4]

Court Marshal, Ove Ullerup in full uniform.

This role traditionally fell to the Lord Chamberlain of Denmark, but this title is no longer used, and all the responsibilities associated with the title has allocated to the Court Marshal.

In the United Kingdom the responsibilities of the office Court Marshal roughly correspond to Lord Chamberlain (although the Danish title Overkammerherre is the correct translation for this),^[5] and the office Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (Danish: Overhofmarskal) correspond to Lord High Stewart.

Court Marshals[]

Until 1912, there were in periods also a Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (Danish: Overhofmarskal), who was the superior of the Court Marshal, if one was employed at the same time.^[6] Both are listed.

Portrait	Name	Tenure	Monarch	Notes
	Johan Christopher von Körbitz	1658-1661	Frederick III of Denmark
	[da]	1661-1670	Frederick III of Denmark
	Helmuth Otto Baron von Winterfeld	1670-1679	Christian V of Denmark	Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
	Frantz Eberhard von Speckhahn	1679-1681	Christian V of Denmark	Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1681-1683)
	Johan Otto Raben	1683-1697	Christian V of Denmark
	Peter Christoph von der Osten	1697-1699	Christian V of Denmark
	Ludwig Staats von Hahn	1699-1705	Frederick IV of Denmark
	Wilhelm Friedrich von Platen	1706-1716	Frederick IV of Denmark
	Otto Carl Count Palatine von Callenberg	1716-1717	Frederick IV of Denmark	Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1717-1719)
	Wilhelm Moritz Münck von Buseck	1719-1721	Frederick IV of Denmark
	Christian Frederick von Holstein	1721-1724	Frederick IV of Denmark	Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
	Otto Blome	1724-1730	Frederick IV of Denmark and Christian VI of Denmark	Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
	Adam Levin von Witzleben	1730-1735	Christian VI of Denmark	Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
	Friedrich Carl von Gram	1735-1739	Christian VI of Denmark	Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1739-1741)
	Johan Christoph von Reitzenstein	1741-1743	Frederick V of Denmark	Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1743-1746)
	Adam Gottlob Lensgreve (von) Moltke	1746-1766	Frederick V of Denmark
	Christian Frederik Count Moltke	1766-1767	Christian VII of Denmark	Son of previous. Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1767-1771)
	Frederik Vilhelm Conrad Count Holck	1767-1770	Christian VII of Denmark
	Henrik Christopher Frederik Bielke	1771-1772	Christian VII of Denmark
	Christian Frederik Lensgreve (von) Holstein	1772-1780	Christian VII of Denmark	Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
	Engel Carl Ernst Schack	1780-1784	Christian VII of Denmark	Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
	Christian Frederik (von) Numsen	1784-1791	Christian VII of Denmark	Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
	Christian Ludvig Kalkreuth	1791-1792	Christian VII of Denmark	Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
	(Johan) Wilhelm Theodor Wegener	1791-1792	Christian VII of Denmark
	Ferdinand Anton Christian Count Ahlefeldt	1792-1794	Christian VII of Denmark
	Adam Wilhelm Hauch	1794-1798	Christian VII of Denmark and Frederick VI of Denmark	Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1798-1838). Also Lord Chamberlain of Denmark.
	Christian Ove Count Haxthausen	1838-1840	Frederick VI of Denmark and Christian VIII of Denmark	Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1840-1842)
	Joachim Godsche von Levetzau	1842-1845	Christian VIII of Denmark and Frederick VII of Denmark	Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1845-1859)
	Carl Ludvig Løvenskjold	1860-1881	Frederick VII of Denmark and Christian IX of Denmark	Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1881-1898)
	Waldemar Tully Oxholm	1863-1876	Christian IX of Denmark	Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1863-1876). Also Lord Chamberlain of Denmark.
	Oscar Siegfried Christian O'Neill Oxholm	1898-1906	Christian IX of Denmark	Also Lord Chamberlain of Denmark.
	Joachim Ludvig Moltke	1906-1908	Frederick VIII of Denmark
	Frands Axel Vilhelm Count Brockenhuus-Schack	1908-1911	Frederick VIII of Denmark and Christian X of Denmark	Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1911-1912). Last Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark.
	William Carlton Rothe	1912-1926	Christian X of Denmark
	Carl Julius Engelbrecht Juel	1926-1939	Christian X of Denmark
	Christopher Sophus Fridericia Count Trampe	1939-1947	Christian X of Denmark
	Johan Vilhelm Filip Vest	1947-1963	Frederick IX of Denmark
	Holger Eigil Wern	1963-1968	Frederick IX of Denmark
	Karl Christian Count Trampe	1968-1972	Frederick IX of Denmark
	Kjeld Gustav Count Knuth-Winterfeldt	1972-1976	Margrethe II of Denmark
	Hans Juul Sølvhøj	1976-1989	Margrethe II of Denmark
	Ian Søren Haslund-Christensen	1989-2003	Margrethe II of Denmark
	Ove Ullerup-Petersen	2003-2015	Margrethe II of Denmark
	Michael Ehrenreich	2015-2021	Margrethe II of Denmark
	Kim Kristensen	2021-now	Margrethe II of Denmark

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