Court Marshal of Denmark

{{short description|Chief Administrative Officer of the Royal Household of Denmark.}}

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The Marshal of the Court of Denmark ({{langx|da|Hofmarskal}}; officially translated as lord chamberlain{{cite web |title=Organisational diagram |url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/media/32xlkan4/kongehuset_organisation_uk_juni2024_a4-3.pdf |website=Kongehuset |access-date=19 September 2024}}) is Chief Administrative Officer of the Royal Household of Denmark.{{Cite web|date=2016-04-09|title=The Court|url=http://kongehuset.dk/en/the-court|access-date=2020-06-06|website=The Danish Monarchy - Front Page|language=en}} The court marshal is the chief executive of finance, staff, official duties, etc. and heads the court marshal's office.{{Cite web|title=hofmarskal — Den Danske Ordbog|url=https://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=hofmarskal|access-date=2020-06-06|website=ordnet.dk}} This role traditionally fell to the Lord Marshal of the Court ({{langx|da|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.{{Cite web|last=Lundskov|first=Kurt|date=January 2019|title=Court Marshals at the Danish Royal House|url=https://www.lundskov.dk/kongehus/textfil/info-hofmarskal.php|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Lundskov.dk}} Both are listed.

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rowspan=2\| Portrait ! rowspan=2\| Name (born-died) ! colspan=3\| Term of office ! rowspan=2\| Monarch(s) ! rowspan=2\| {{abbr\|Ref.\|References}}
Took office ! Left office ! Time in office
80px \| Johan Christopher von Körbitz {{small\|(1612–1682)}} \| 1658 \| 1661 \| {{age in years\|1658\|1661}} years \| Frederick III \|
80px \| {{ill\|Christoffer Sehested\|da}} {{small\|(1628–1699)}} \| 1661 \| 1670 \| {{age in years\|1661\|1670}} years \| Frederick III \|
80px \| {{ill\|Helmuth Otto von Winterfeld\|da}} {{small\|(1617–1694)}} Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark \| 1670 \| 1679 \| {{age in years\|1670\|1679}} years \| Christian V \|
80px \| {{ill\|Frantz Eberhard von Speckhahn\|da}} {{small\|(1628–1697)}} Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1681–1683) \| 1679 \| 1681 \| {{age in years\|1679\|1681}} years \| Christian V \|
80px \| {{ill\|Johan Otto Raben\|da}} {{small\|(1646–1719)}} \| 1683 \| 1697 \| {{age in years\|1683\|1697}} years \| Christian V \|
80px \| {{ill\|Peter Christoph von der Osten\|da}} {{small\|(1659–1730)}} \| 1697 \| 1699 \| {{age in years\|1697\|1699}} years \| Christian V \|
80px \| Ludwig Staats von Hahn {{small\|(?–?)}} \| 1699 \| 1705 \| {{age in years\|1699\|1705}} years \| Frederick IV \|
80px \| {{ill\|Wilhelm Friedrich von Platen\|da}} {{small\|(1667–1732)}} \| 1706 \| 1716 \| {{age in years\|1706\|1716}} years \| Frederick IV \|
80px \| {{ill\|Otto Carl von Callenberg\|de}} {{small\|(1686–1759)}} Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1717–1719) \| 1716 \| 1717 \| {{age in years\|1716\|1717}} years \| Frederick IV \|
80px \| Wilhelm Moritz Münck von Buseck {{small\|(?–?)}} \| 1719 \| 1721 \| {{age in years\|1719\|1721}} years \| Frederick IV \|
80px \| {{ill\|Christian von Holstein\|da}} {{small\|(1678–1747)}} Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark \| 1721 \| 1724 \| {{age in years\|1721\|1724}} years \| Frederick IV \|
80px \| {{ill\|Otto Blome\|da\|Otto Blome (gehejmeråd)}} {{small\|(1684–1738)}} Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark \| 1724 \| 1730 \| {{age in years\|1724\|1730}} years \| Frederick IV Christian VI \|
80px \| {{ill\|Adam Levin von Witzleben\|da}} {{small\|(1688–1745)}} Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark \| 1730 \| 1735 \| {{age in years\|1730\|1735}} years \| Christian VI \|
80px \| {{ill\|Friedrich Carl von Gram\|da}} {{small\|(1702–1782)}} Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1739–1741) \| 1735 \| 1739 \| {{age in years\|1735\|1739}} years \| Christian VI \|
80px \| {{ill\|Johann Christoph von Reitzenstein\|da}} {{small\|(1698–1767)}} Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1743–1746) \| 1741 \| 1743 \| {{age in years\|1741\|1743}} years \| Frederick V \|
80px \| Adam Gottlob Moltke {{small\|(1710–1792)}} \| 1746 \| 1766 \| {{age in years\|1746\|1766}} years \| Frederick V \|
80px \| {{ill\|Christian Frederik Moltke\|da}} {{small\|(1736–1771)}} Son of previous. Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1767–1771) \| 1766 \| 1767 \| {{age in years\|1766\|1767}} years \| Christian VII \|
80px \| Conrad Holck {{small\|(1745–1800)}} \| 1767 \| 1770 \| {{age in years\|1767\|1770}} years \| Christian VII \|
80px \| {{ill\|Henrik Bielke (Court Marshal)\|da\|Henrik Bielke (hofmarskal)\|lt=Henrik Bielke}} {{small\|(1750–1811)}} \| 1771 \| 1772 \| {{age in years\|1771\|1772}} years \| Christian VII \|
80px \| Count Christian Frederik Holstein {{small\|(1735–1799)}} Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark \| 1772 \| 1780 \| {{age in years\|1772\|1780}} years \| Christian VII \|
80px \| {{ill\|Engel Schack\|da}} {{small\|(1750–1811)}} Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark \| 1780 \| 1784 \| {{age in years\|1780\|1784}} years \| Christian VII \|
80px \| {{ill\|Christian Numsen\|da}} {{small\|(1741–1811)}} Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark \| 1784 \| 1791 \| {{age in years\|1784\|1791}} years \| Christian VII \|
80px \| Christian Ludvig Kalkreuth {{small\|(?–?)}} Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark \| 1791 \| 1792 \| {{age in years\|1791\|1792}} years \| Christian VII \|
80px \| {{ill\|Wilhelm Theodor Wegener\|da}} {{small\|(1724–1792)}} \| 1791 \| 1792 \| {{age in years\|1791\|1792}} years \| Christian VII \|
80px \| Count Ferdinand Anton Christian Ahlefeldt {{small\|(?–?)}} \| 1792 \| 1794 \| {{age in years\|1792\|1794}} years \| Christian VII \|
80px \| {{ill\|Adam Wilhelm Hauch\|da}} {{small\|(1755–1838)}} Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1798–1838). Also Lord Chamberlain of Denmark. \| 1794 \| 1798 \| {{age in years\|1794\|1798}} years \| Christian VII Frederick VI \|
80px \| {{ill\|Christian Ove Haxthausen\|da}} {{small\|(1777–1842)}} Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1840–1842) \| 1838 \| 1840 \| {{age in years\|1838\|1840}} years \| Frederick VI Christian VIII \|
80px \| {{ill\|Joachim Godsche von Levetzau\|da}} {{small\|(1782–1859)}} Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1845–1859) \| 1842 \| 1845 \| {{age in years\|1842\|1845}} years \| Christian VIII Frederick VII \|
80px \| Carl Ludvig Løvenskjold {{small\|(?–?)}} Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1881–1898) \| 1860 \| 1881 \| {{age in years\|1860\|1881}} years \| Frederick VII Christian IX \|
80px \| {{ill\|Waldemar Tully Oxholm\|da}} {{small\|(1805–1876)}} Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1863–1876). Also Lord Chamberlain of Denmark. \| 1863 \| 1876 \| {{age in years\|1863\|1876}} years \| Christian IX \|
80px \| {{ill\|Oscar Siegfred O'Neill Oxholm\|da\|Oscar O'Neill Oxholm (hofmarskal)}} {{small\|(1863–1948)}} Also Lord Chamberlain of Denmark. \| 1898 \| 1906 \| {{age in years\|1898\|1906}} years \| Christian IX \|
80px \| Count {{ill\|Joachim Moltke\|da\|Joachim Moltke (hofmarskal)}} {{small\|(1857–1943)}} \| 1906 \| 1908 \| {{age in years\|1906\|1908}} years \| Frederik VIII \|
80px \| Count {{ill\|Frands Brockenhuus-Schack\|da}} {{small\|(1863–1948)}} Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1911–1912). Last Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark. \| 1908 \| 1911 \| {{age in years\|1908\|1911}} years \| Frederik VIII Christian X \|
80px \| William Carlton Rothe {{small\|(?–?)}} \| 1912 \| 1926 \| {{age in years\|1912\|1926}} years \| Christian X \|
80px \| {{ill\|Carl Julius Engelbrecht Juel\|da}} {{small\|(1862–1941)}} \| 1926 \| 1939 \| {{age in years\|1926\|1939}} years \| Christian X \|
80px \| Count {{ill\|Christopher Trampe\|da}} {{small\|(1879–1957)}} \| 1939 \| 1947 \| {{age in years\|1939\|1947}} years \| Christian X \|
80px \| {{ill\|Johan Vest\|da}} {{small\|(1893–1966)}} \| 1947 \| 1963 \| {{age in years\|1947\|1963}} years \| Frederik IX \|
80px \| Holger Eigil Wern {{small\|(?–?)}} \| 1963 \| 1968 \| {{age in years\|1963\|1968}} years \| Frederik IX \|
80px \| Count {{ill\|Karl Christian Trampe\|da}} {{small\|(1924–2014)}} \| 1968 \| 1972 \| {{age in years\|1968\|1972}} years \| Frederik IX \|
80px \| {{ill\|Kjeld Gustav Knuth-Winterfeldt\|da}} {{small\|(1908–1992)}} \| 1972 \| 1976 \| {{age in years\|1972\|1976}} years \| Margrethe II \|
80px \| {{ill\|Hans Sølvhøj\|da}} {{small\|(1919–1989)}} \| 1976 \| 1989 \| {{age in years\|1976\|1989}} years \| Margrethe II \|
80px \| {{ill\|Søren Haslund-Christensen\|da}} {{small\|(1933–2021)}} \| 1989 \| 2003 \| {{age in years\|1989\|2003}} years \| Margrethe II \|
80px \| {{ill\|Ove Ullerup\|da}} {{small\|(born 1951)}} \| 1 September 2003 \| 1 September 2014 \| {{ayd\|2003\|09\|01\|2014\|09\|01}} \| Margrethe II \|
80px \| {{ill\|Michael Ehrenreich\|da}} {{small\|(born 1954)}} \| 15 February 2015 \| 31 March 2021 \| {{ayd\|2015\|02\|15\|2021\|03\|31}} \| Margrethe II \|
80px \| {{ill\|Kim Kristensen (Marshal of the Court)\|da\|Kim Kristensen (hofmarskal)\|lt=Kim Kristensen}} {{small\|(born 1964)}} \| 31 March 2021 \| 14 January 2024 \| {{ayd\|2021\|03\|31\|2024\|01\|14}} \| Margrethe II \|
80px \| {{ill\|Christian Schønau\|da}} {{small\|(born 1966)}} \| 14 January 2024 \| Incumbent \| {{ayd\|2024\|01\|14}} \| Frederik X \| {{cite news \|title=Hofchef udpeget til ny hofmarskal – kabinetssekretæren fratræder \|url=https://www.altinget.dk/hovedstaden/navnenyt/hofchefudpeget-til-ny-hofmarskal-ved-tronskiftet \|access-date=19 September 2024 \|work=Altinget \|date=2 January 2024 \|language=da}}

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Court Marshal of Denmark

Court marshals

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