Løvenørn
Encyclopedia
Løvenørn, also spelled de Løvenørn, was a Danish
and Norwegian noble family
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Poul Vendelbo was on the 14th of January 1711 ennobled under the name Løvenørn (lit. Lion Eagle). Among his descendants were the naval officer Poul de Løvenørn and the diplomat Poul L.E. de Løvenørn.
Danish nobility
Nobility in Denmark was a leading social class until the 19th or 20th century. Danish nobility exists yet and has a recognized status in Denmark, a monarchy, but its real privileges have been abolished....
and Norwegian noble family
Norwegian nobility
Norwegian nobility are persons and families who in early times belonged to the supreme social, political, and military class and who later were members of the institutionalised nobility in the Kingdom of Norway. It has its historical roots in the group of chieftains and warriors which evolved...
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Poul Vendelbo was on the 14th of January 1711 ennobled under the name Løvenørn (lit. Lion Eagle). Among his descendants were the naval officer Poul de Løvenørn and the diplomat Poul L.E. de Løvenørn.
Coat of arms
Description: In a shield divided into a yellow field and a red field by a downwards turned sword, in the 1st field an against left [sinister?] directed blue lion rampant, holding the sword, and in the 2nd field a crowned gold double eagle. On the helm a noble coronet, whereupon an eight-pointed golden star between two arms dressed in armour, each holding a downwards turned sable.Literature and sources
- Wikipedia, Danish.
- Poul Bredo Grandjean (1915): Løvenørn