Niels Rosenkrantz
Niels Rosenkrantz (born September 9, 1757 in Øyestad in Norway , † January 6, 1824 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish statesman, diplomat and secret minister of state.
origin
He was the son of Otto Christian Rosenkrantz and Karen Johanne Rønning and the older brother of Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz . There was no prospect of an inheritance from his parents, but he became a fairly wealthy landowner as his distant relative, Minister of State Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz, had made him his legatee.
Life
After a few years in the military, Niels Rosenkrantz embarked on a career as a diplomat. First he was an attaché at the embassies in The Hague (1783) and Saint Petersburg (1784). In 1787 he was envoy in Warsaw , in 1789 chamberlain and charge d'affaires at the Russian court, in 1795 then ambassador to the Prussian court in Berlin .
His time as ambassador in Saint Petersburg (from 1800) showed the most important results for Danish politics. Although he received in 1801 the order of the Czar, Emperor I. Alexander , Russia to leave immediately, but was 1802-1804 again at the Russian court. In 1808 he was sent to Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte on a mission from the Tsar and in 1809 acted as a peace broker during the campaign in Sweden . Also in 1810 he received another secret mission from Emperor Napoleon. In the same year he was appointed secret minister of state and head of the foreign delegations, making him foreign minister of Denmark.
As Minister of State, he was a member of the Danish delegation to the Congress of Vienna from 1814 to 1815.
marriage and family
Niels Rosenkrantz married Princess Varvara Alexandrovna Vjazunskaja (* 1774, † 1849) in Saint Petersburg in 1791. His burial place is in Rye cemetery near his Ryegård manor near Roskilde .
Honors
- Knight of the Dannebrog Order (1800)
- Knight of the Elephant Order (1811)
- Awarded the Royal Prussian Order of the Black Eagle (1814)
literature
- Claus Bjørn : Niels Rosenkrantz , in: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon , 3rd edition, Gyldendal Copenhagen 1979–1984.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosenkrantz, Niels |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish statesman, diplomat and titular Prime Minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1757 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Øyestad |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1824 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |