Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg

Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman Holstein, Greve til Holsteinborg (18 July 1815 – 28 April 1892), was a Danish politician, landowner and noble. He was Council President of Denmark from 28 May 1870 to 14 July 1874 (4 years, 1 month, 16 days). [1]

Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg
Council President of Denmark
In office 28 May 1870 – 14 July 1874
Monarch	Christian IX
Preceded by	Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs
Succeeded by	Christen Andreas Fonnesbech
Personal details
Born	(1815-07-18)18 July 1815 Holsteinborg
Died	28 April 1892(1892-04-28) (aged 76) Copenhagen
Political party	Mellempartiet

Holsteinborg Manor, 2010

Family

He was born at Holsteinborg Manor in Slagelse, Denmark. Son of Friedrich Adolph Holstein, Count of Holsteinborg and Wilhelmine Juliane Reventlow, Holstein was a descendant of Ulrik Adolf Holstein (1664–1737) and was the 7th Count of Holsteinborg.[2]

In 1836 he entered enrollment at the University of Berlin, he graduated in Copenhagen.

In 1850, Holstein married Bodild Joachimime Zahrtmann, the daughter of Navy Minister Admiral C.C. Zahrtmann. They had five children. She died in 1876. He married Betzy Laura Rasmussen in 1878, with whom he had one son.[3]

Premiership

Although he was himself a member of the Centre Party (Danish: Mellempartiet), Holstein led a coalition between the National Landowners and the National Liberals. The ministry was dominated by its three National Liberal ministers, Carl Christian Hall, Andreas Frederik Krieger and Carl Emil Fenger. [4]

As Prime Minister, Holstein rarely put forward his own opinions; his role was so passive that editor Vilhelm Topsøe satirized him as "the topping on the Kransekake". [5]

In 1870 he received the Grand Cross of Order of the Dannebrog and was knighted in the Order of the Elephant. In 1862 he had become Dannebrogsmand and in 1872 he had received the Merit Medal in gold.

References

1. "Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman Holstein (1815–1892". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
2. "Holstein, Ulrik Adolf Greve, 1664-1737". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
3. "Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman lensgreve Holstein-Holsteinborg". 2004. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2006-09-22.
4. "C.E. Fenger". Thorvaldsens Museum. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
5. "Holstein, Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman". Salmonsens konversationsleksikon. Retrieved November 1, 2019.

Political offices
Preceded by Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs	Council President of Denmark 28 May 1870 – 14 July 1874	Succeeded by Christen Andreas Fonnesbech