Nissen (noble family)
Nissen or Nissen-Benzon is a Danish family from Sønderjylland , one branch of which was raised to nobility in 1710. The noble family has now died out, but the bourgeois branch still lives in Norway. Nissen is a widespread patronymic in Sønderjylland, which should not be confused with other families.
Noble family
The noble family can be traced back to Henrik Lorentzen (Schack), a hunter near Hartvig Rantzau, who was royal chartered in 1484 at the Oldemorstoft farm in Bov Sogn . His great-grandson, the Hardenvogt in Vis Herred , Nis Asmussen († 1625) was the grandfather of the war commissioner and regional judge Nicolaus Nissen (1627–1684) of Lerbæk and Rugballegård . His sons were the chancellery and war commissioner Nicolaus Nissen (1662-1717) to Lerbæk and Rugballegård and the budget Herman Lorentz Nissen (1661-1717) to Brantbjerg .
The budget Herman Lorentz Nissen was raised to the Danish nobility on November 3, 1710 . He was married to Ida Sophie Amalie Glud (1672–1703), the daughter of the bishop in the diocese of Viborg , Søren Glud (1621–1693, noble from 1679), and Ida Christine Moth, a sister of Sophie Amalie Moth . One son was Ulrik Christian Nissen (-Benzon) zu Skærsø (1691-1756), governor in Trankebar and from 1718 commander on the Dansborg in East India, later an accountant and bailiff in the diocese of Trondhjem , in the diocese of Aarhus and in the Copenhagen office (1662-1793 ), Member of the Supreme Court (1744–1756) and 1747 Knight of the Dannebrogorden . Another son was Christian Siegfried Nissen-Benzon zu Skærsø (1700–1763), a major general. They took the name Benzon (3rd line of nobility from 1679) when they inherited the ancestral seat of Skærsø from their cousin Sophie Amalia Benzon zu Skærsø in 1754. The noble family died out due to a lack of male descendants in 1763 with the death of General Nissen-Benzon.
The middle class living today
The family living today comes from the brother of Herman Lorentz Nissen, Nicolai Nissen zu Lerbæk and Rugballegård (1664–1717), who was chancellery and war commissioner in Skåne and Jutland from 1705 during the Great Northern War . He was married to Elisabeth Sophie Banner-Høeg (1669-1739), daughter of Gregers Ulfstand Banner-Høeg zu Vang and Birgitte Kaas, daughter of Jørgen Kaas. Of their children, the son Gregers Høeg Nissen (1709–1773) was lieutenant governor and citizen captain in the Danish colony of Saint Croix , Lorenz Nissen was a plantation owner on Saint Croix, Christian Ditlev Nissen was a clerk and chancellery and Nicolai (Nicolaus) von Nissen (1682–1772 ) Infantry captain in the Vesterlenske Infantry Regiment in Norway. As an officer, Nicolai von Nissen was allowed to carry the title of nobility from . His daughter Andrea Jaspara Nissen (1725-1772) was married to the Sorenskriver (judge) in northern Telemark (Øvre Telemark) , Hans Paus (1721-1774). Her descendants also include the shipowner Nicolai Nissen Paus (1811–1877) and the President of the Norwegian Red Cross Nikolai Nissen Paus (1877–1956).
Christian Ditlev Nissen was the father of Hans Nicolai Nissen (1755–1815), professor juris at Sorø Akademi , deputy judge and budget. His son, the provost Ludvig August Nissen (1799–1848), parish priest in Nysted , was the grandfather of the two brothers Helge Nissen (1871–1926, opera singer) and Niels Frederik Nissen (1869–1935, engineer). Another son of Hans Nicolai Nissen was the lawyer Christian Ditlev Høegh Nissen (1790–1867), who in turn was the father of Sophus Ferdinand August Nissen (1832–1901), also a lawyer, military chief and savings bank director of Kalundborg Laane- og Sparekasse .
Members of the sex live in Norway.
literature
- Albert Fabritius: Nits . In: Povl Engelstoft and Svend Dahl (ed.), Dansk biografisk leksikon , JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1932–44.
- Harald Nissen and Gunnar Brun Nissen: Slekten Nissen fra Bov sogn i Sønderjylland , Trondheim 1978.
- Nits and Nits Benzone . In Danmarks Adels Aarbog 1927 II, 73; with arrangements 1929, 312; 1944, 112; 1953, 44
- Norsk slektskalender , Volume 1, Oslo 1949, Norsk Slektshistorisk Forening (ed.)
- Hans Cappelen: Norske slektsvåpen , Oslo 1969 (2nd edition 1976), p. 177
- Nissen in the store norske leksikon
