Otto Joachim Moltke

Otto Joachim Moltke (11 June 1770 – 1 February 1853) was the Minister of State of Denmark from 1824 to 1842. [1]

Otto Joachim Moltke
Privy Councillor of Denmark
Predecessor	Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann
Successor	Poul Christian von Stemann
Born	11 June 1770
Died	February 1, 1853(1853-02-01) (aged 82)

Biography

He was born at Moltkes Palæ in Copenhagen, Denmark. He the son of Adam Gottlob Moltke (1710–1792) and Sophie Hedevig von Raben (1733-1802). His father was lensgreve til Bregentved and had exercised extensive political power during the reign of Frederick V. Moltke studied at the University of Copenhagen from 1786 and in 1788 became a legal candidate. He then made a study trip abroad. [1]

He moved to Norway where in 1798 he became a county clerk in Bratsberg amt (now Telemark). In 1800, Moltke received the rank of chamberlain in 1800 and was appointed clerk of Christianssands Stift (now Kristiansand) and county clerk in Nedenes amt (now Aust-Agder). In 1813, he was appointed in charge of the Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenborg Chancellor (Slesvig-Holsten-Lauenborgske Cancelli). He was secretary of state from 1824 to 1830, and an outstanding member of the Privy Councillor of Denmark 1824 - 1842.[2]

He became Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1810, received the Great Cross in 1815 and became Knight of the Order of the Elephant in 1826.[1]

Personal life

In 1797, Moltke was married to Christiane Sophie Juul (1778-1810), daughter of Major Colonel Christian Frederik Juul and Catharina Wilhelmine Wedel-Jarlsberg. He was married for the second time in 1816, to Sophie Henriette von Düring (1777-1853), daughter of Chamberlain and later General Ernst Christoph Friederich von Düring and Henriette Sophie von Reden.[2]

Otto Joachim Moltke retired to Espe Hovedgård in the parish of Boeslunde,which he had acquired in 1810. He died during 1853 and was buried at Boeslunde Church in the village of Boeslunde in Slagelse, Denmark. [3]

References

1. "Moltke, Otto Joachim Greve, 1770-1853". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
2. "Otto Joachim Moltke". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
3. "Espe". danskeherregaarde.dk. Retrieved October 1, 2019.

Political offices
Preceded by Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann	Privy Councillor of Denmark 1824 - 1842	Succeeded by Poul Christian von Stemann