Court Marshal of Denmark

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Ove Ullerup (at left) as court marshal in full uniform, 2013

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 first class of the Danish Order of Precedence, while the court marshal belongs in the second class. [4]

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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 have been 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 Steward.

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.

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Johan Christopher von Körbitz
1658-1661 Frederick III of Denmark
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Helmuth Otto Baron von Winterfeld
1670-1679 Christian V of Denmark Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
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Frantz Eberhard von Speckhahn
1679-1681Christian V of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1681-1683)
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Johan Otto Raben
1683-1697Christian V of Denmark
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Peter Christoph von der Osten
1697-1699Christian V of Denmark
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Ludwig Staats von Hahn
1699-1705 Frederick IV of Denmark
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Wilhelm Friedrich von Platen
1706-1716Frederick IV of Denmark
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Otto Carl Count Palatine von Callenberg
1716-1717Frederick IV of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1717-1719)
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Wilhelm Moritz Münck von Buseck
1719-1721Frederick IV of Denmark
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Christian Frederick von Holstein
1721-1724Frederick IV of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
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Otto Blome
1724-1730Frederick IV of Denmark and Christian VI of Denmark Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
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Adam Levin von Witzleben
1730-1735Christian VI of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
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Friedrich Carl von Gram
1735-1739Christian VI of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1739-1741)
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Johan Christoph von Reitzenstein
1741-1743Frederick V of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1743-1746)
Adam Gottlob Moltke.jpg 1746-1766Frederick V of Denmark
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Christian Frederik Count Moltke
1766-1767Christian VII of DenmarkSon of previous. Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1767-1771)
Conrad Holck by Erik Pauelsen.jpg 1767-1770Christian VII of Denmark
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Henrik Christopher Frederik Bielke
1771-1772Christian VII of Denmark
Christian Frederik Holstein 1735-1799.jpg 1772-1780Christian VII of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
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Engel Carl Ernst Schack
1780-1784Christian VII of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
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Christian Frederik (von) Numsen
1784-1791Christian VII of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
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Christian Ludvig Kalkreuth
1791-1792Christian VII of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
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(Johan) Wilhelm Theodor Wegener
1791-1792Christian VII of Denmark
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Ferdinand Anton Christian Count Ahlefeldt
1792-1794Christian VII of Denmark
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Adam Wilhelm Hauch
1794-1798Christian VII of Denmark and Frederick VI of Denmark Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1798-1838).

Also Lord Chamberlain of Denmark.

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Christian Ove Count Haxthausen
1838-1840Frederick VI of Denmark and Christian VIII of Denmark Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1840-1842)
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Joachim Godsche von Levetzau
1842-1845Christian VIII of Denmark and Frederick VII of Denmark Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1845-1859)
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Carl Ludvig Løvenskjold
1860-1881Frederick VII of Denmark and Christian IX of Denmark Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1881-1898)
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Waldemar Tully Oxholm
1863-1876Christian IX of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1863-1876).

Also Lord Chamberlain of Denmark.

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Oscar Siegfried Christian O'Neill Oxholm
1898-1906Christian IX of DenmarkAlso Lord Chamberlain of Denmark.
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Joachim Ludvig Moltke
1906-1908 Frederik VIII of Denmark
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Frands Axel Vilhelm Count Brockenhuus-Schack
1908-1911Frederik 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.

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William Carlton Rothe
1912-1926Christian X of Denmark
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Carl Julius Engelbrecht Juel
1926-1939Christian X of Denmark
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Christopher Sophus Fridericia Count Trampe
1939-1947Christian X of Denmark
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Johan Vilhelm Filip Vest
1947-1963 Frederik IX of Denmark
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Holger Eigil Wern
1963-1968Frederik IX of Denmark
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Karl Christian Count Trampe
1968-1972Frederik IX of Denmark
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Kjeld Gustav Count Knuth-Winterfeldt
1972-1976 Margrethe II of Denmark
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Hans Juul Sølvhøj
1976-1989Margrethe II of Denmark
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Ian Søren Haslund-Christensen
1989-2003
Margrethe II of Denmark
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Ove Ullerup
2003-2015
Margrethe II of Denmark
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Michael Ehrenreich
2015-2021Margrethe II of Denmark
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Kim Kristensen
2021-2024Margrethe II of Denmark
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Christian Schønau
2024-present Frederik X of Denmark

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Notes

  1. The Court Marshal is often stated by its original German name Hofmarschall, as it is not an official title in English. As the Hofmarschall has roughly the same responsibilities as the lord chamberlain, it is often translated into this. However, the more correct translation is the court marshal.