Danish Steward of the Realm
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Steward of the Realm was an office at the Royal Danish Court. With the coronation of Eric VII of Denmark
it became an important office, taking over the role of the Seneschal (Danish: Drost) as the de facto prime minister of the country. Prior to that the Rigshofmester had merely been the administrative leader of the Royla Court. The office was abolished with the institution of Absolute monarchy
in Denmark in 1660.
Eric of Pomerania
Eric of Pomerania KG was King Eric III of Norway Norwegian Eirik, King Eric VII of Denmark , and as Eric King of Sweden...
it became an important office, taking over the role of the Seneschal (Danish: Drost) as the de facto prime minister of the country. Prior to that the Rigshofmester had merely been the administrative leader of the Royla Court. The office was abolished with the institution of Absolute monarchy
Absolute monarchy
Absolute monarchy is a monarchical form of government in which the monarch exercises ultimate governing authority as head of state and head of government, his or her power not being limited by a constitution or by the law. An absolute monarch thus wields unrestricted political power over the...
in Denmark in 1660.
Danish Stewards of the Realm
| Year | Steward of the Realm |
|---|---|
| 1373 | NN. Frentzel |
| 1385 | Degenhard Buggenhagen |
| 1387 | Bent Byg Grubbe |
| 1397 | Mikkel Rud |
| 1400-1409 | Jens Due |
| 1412-1413 | Anders Jacobsen Lunge |
| 1414-1416 | Jens Due |
| 1417-1423 | Anders Jacobsen Lunge |
| 1424 | Erik Segebodsen Krummedige |
| 1429-1440 | Albrecht Morer |
| 1441-1442 | Nielsen Gyldenstjerne |
| 1445-1452 | Otte Nielsen Rosenkrantz |
| 1453-1456 | Niels Eriksen Gyldenstjerne |
| 1456-1480 | Erik Ottesen Rosenkrantz |
| 1482-1487 | Strange Nielsen Strangesen Bild |
| 1489-1502 | Poul Laxmand |
| 1513-1515 | Niels Eriksen Rosenkrantz |
| 1523-1544 | Mogens Gøye Mogens Gøye Mogens Gøye was a Danish statesman and Steward of the Realm, whose enormous wealth earned him the derogatory nickname "the King of Northern Jutland". Gøye was the Royal councillor of Danish Kings John I, the feuding Christian II and Frederick I, and Christian III... |
| 1567-1575 | Peder Oxe Peder Oxe Peder Oxe was a Danish finance minister and Steward of the Realm.-Background:... |
| 1596-1601 | Christoffer Valkendorff Christoffer Valkendorff Christoffer Valkendorff was a Danish statesman and Steward of the Realm.He descended from a German immigrant aristocratic family. During the 1550s he made himself a career in Norway where he successfully opposed the last remains of Hanseatic influence, which earned him the benevolence of King... |
| 1632 | Frands Rantzau |
| 1641-51 | Corfitz Ulfeldt Corfitz Ulfeldt Corfitz Ulfeldt , Danish statesman, son of the chancellor Jacob Ulfeldt.Corfitz Ulfeldt may also refer to:* Corfitz Ulfeldt , son of Danish diplomat Jacob Ulfeldt... |
| 1651-60 | Joachim Gersdorff Joachim Gersdorff Joachim Gersdorff was a Danish politician, from 1650 to 1660 Steward of the Danish Realm. It was Gersdorff who negotiated the Treaty of Roskilde on Denmark's part during the Second Northern War, a war he had himself been in favour of entering... |