Joachim Godske Moltke
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| name = Joachim Godske von Moltke
| image = Joachim Godske Moltke.jpg
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| succession = Prime minister of Denmark
| predecessor = Frederik Julius Kaas
| successor = Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann
| birth_date = 25 July 1746
| birth_place = Marienborg Manor, Møn
| death_date = 5 October 1818
| father = Adam Gottlob Moltke
| mother = Christiane Frederikke von Brüggemann
| spouse = Georgine von Buchwald
| issue = Adam Wilhelm Moltke
}}
Joachim Godske von Moltke (25 July 1746 – 5 October 1818) was the Prime Minister of Denmark from 1814 to 1818. He was also father of Prime Minister Adam Wilhelm Moltke{{cite web|url=http://www.theodora.com/encyclopedia/m2/adam_wilhelm_count_moltke.html|title=Adam Wilhelm, Count Moltke|publisher=Theodora.com|accessdate=2011-09-05}} and the son of Danish diplomat Adam Gottlob Moltke.{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=da&u=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_historie/Danmark_1536-1849/Joachim_Godske_Moltke&ei=WmRkTvy9D6LX0QHJnOj1CQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBsQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3DJoachim%2BGodske%2BMoltke%252BDenmark%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D677%26prmd%3Divnsb|title=Joachim Godske Moltke|publisher=Den Store Danske|accessdate=2011-09-05}}
Early life
Joachim Godske Moltke was born on 25 July 1746. He was the son of Danish diplomat Adam Gottlob Moltke (1710–1792), the influential Lord Steward and companion of Frederick V of Denmark, and Christiane Frederikke von Brüggemann (1712–1760), the daughter of Godske Hans von Brügmann, til Østergaard og Ulriksholm and Margrethe Wilhelmine von Hausmann.{{cite web|url=http://dendigitalebyport.byhistorie.dk/koebstaeder/by.aspx?koebstadID=26 |title=Maribo |language=Danish |publisher=Dansk Center for Byhistorie |accessdate=12 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232507/http://dendigitalebyport.byhistorie.dk/koebstaeder/by.aspx?koebstadID=26 |archivedate=30 December 2013 }} Between his two wives, his father was said to have had 22 sons, five of whom became cabinet ministers, four who became ambassadors, two who became generals, and all of whom went into public service.{{cite news|last1=Lehmann-haupt|first1=Christopher|title=BOOKS OF THE TIMES; That Name Keeps Cropping Up in German History|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/21/books/books-of-the-times-that-name-keeps-cropping-up-in-german-history.html|accessdate=22 March 2017|work=The New York Times|date=21 December 1995}}
Career
Moltke served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1814 until 14 August 1818.
Personal life
Moltke was married to Georgine von Buchwald (1759–1808), the daughter of Caspar von Buchwald and Sophie Charlotte von Hahn. They were the parents of: Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1785–1864).
Moltke died on 5 October 1818.
Honours
In 1817, botanist Johann Georg Christian Lehmann published Moltkia, a genus in the family Boraginaceae with 6 accepted species from the south of Europe and western Asia.{{cite web |title=Moltkia Lehm. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:4687-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=27 October 2021 |language=en}} Then in 1953, botanist I.M.Johnst. published Moltkiopsis, a monotypic genus of flowering plants from northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, belonging to the family Boraginaceae.{{cite web |title=Moltkiopsis I.M.Johnst. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:4688-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=en}} Both plants were dedicated after Joachim Godske Moltke.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 | s2cid=187926901 |access-date=1 January 2021}}
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| title = Privy Councillor of Denmark
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| after = Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann
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Category:Prime ministers of Denmark
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