Vilhelm Ludvig Herman von Munthe af Morgenstierne (2 October 1814 - 30 December 1888) was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 politician, part of an old noble

Norwegian nobility

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 family.

He was born in Christiania

Oslo

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 as the son of Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne

Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne, Sr.

Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne was a Norwegian jurist, part of an old noble family.-Personal life:...

 and his wife Cathrine Elisabeth Fries. His brother Christian Fredrik Jacob was a jurist as well as chief of police in Christiania for some time. His sister Augusta Julie Georgine married Prime Minister Frederik Stang

Frederik Stang

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Vilhelm Ludvig Herman married Fredrikke Nicoline Wilhelmine N. Sibbern, a daughter of politician Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern

Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern

Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern was a Norwegian government minister who served in different positions - as Minister of Auditing, Minister of Justice, Minister of the Army and Minister of the Navy - between 1830 and 1852. Before that he was County Governor of Smaalenenes Amt from 1814 to 1830....

. They had several children. One of their sons, Bredo Henrik

Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne

Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne was a Norwegian jurist, member of an old noble family.-Personal life:...

, became a professor, and married a sister of businessman Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup

Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup

-Personal life:He was born in Christiania as the son of Thorleif Schjelderup and Fredrikke Marie Caspary. His older sister Berte married Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne, son of Vilhelm Ludvig Herman von Munthe af Morgenstierne....

. Another son, Wilhelm Herman Ludvig, became a Major General

Major General

Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...

. As his wife died in 1864, Vilhelm Ludvig Herman was married a second time; to Caroline Ottilia Pladt in 1866. They had four sons and one daughter.

Vilhelm Ludvig Herman von Munthe af Morgenstierne served as County Governor of Rogalands Amt (Rogaland) from 1864 to his death.