Secretary of War (Denmark)
The Secretary of War (Danish: Overkrigssekretær, lit. 'Supreme War Secretary') was from 1688 the administrative leader of the military in Denmark-Norway. In 1736, it was divided into separate offices for the Army and the Navy[1] and was dissolved as part of Johann Friedrich Struensee's administrative reforms in 1770.
| Secretary of War
Overkrigssekretær | |
|---|---|
 Carl von Holstein August 1746–6 February 1763 | |
| Reports to | The King |
| Appointer | The King |
| Formation | 1688 |
| First holder | Jens Harboe |
| Final holder | Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz (Army) Christian Conrad Danneskiold-Laurvig (Navy) |
| Abolished | 10 December 1770 |
List of office holders
Secretary of War
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jens Harboe | 1688 | 1699 | 10–11 years | |
| 2 |  | Christian von Lente | 1699 | 1710 | 10–11 years |
| 3 | Valentin von Eickstedt | 1710 | 1717 | 6–7 years | |
| 4 |  | Christian Carl Gabel | 1717 | 1725 | 7–8 years |
| 5 | Johan Christoph von Körbitzl | 1725 | 1726 | 0–1 years | |
| 6 | Ditlev Revenfeld | 1727 | 1730 | 2–3 years | |
| 7 |  | Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn | 1730 | 23 November 1735 | 4–5 years |
Secretary of War for the Army
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn | 23 November 1735 | 27 February 1740 | 4–5 years |
| 2 | Michael Numsen | 1740 | 1746 | 5–6 years | |
| 3 |  | Christian Lerche | 1746 | 1753 | 6–7 years |
| 4 | Werner von der Schulenburg | 1753 | 1755 | 1–2 years | |
| 5 | Conrad Ahlefeldt | 1755 | 1763 | 7–8 years | |
| 6 |  | Claude-Louis de Saint-Germain | 1763 | 1766 | 2–3 years |
| 7 |  | Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz | 1766 | 1770 | 3–4 years |
Secretary of War for the Navy
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Frederik Danneskiold-Samsøe | 23 November 1735 | 1746 | 10–11 years |
| 2 | Carl von Holstein | 1746 | 1763† | 16–17 years | |
| 3 |  | Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz | 1763 | 1766 | 2–3 years |
| 4 | | Frederik Danneskiold-Samsøe | 1766 | 1767 | 0–1 years |
| 5 |  | Christian Conrad Danneskiold-Laurvig | 1767 | 1770 | 2–3 years |
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gollark: ... maybe?
gollark: A long thing: https://dragcave.net/lineage/XeDrO
gollark: But when I picked up and abandoned something it was hidden for a bit then came back a bit later.
gollark: The AP is weird and appears to not actually use chronological order.
References
- "Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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