The Court Marshal of Denmark (Danish: Hofmarskal) (often, though incorrectly, translated as lord chamberlain[1] [2]) is Chief Administrative Officer of the Royal Household of Denmark.[3] The court marshal is the chief executive of finance, staff, official duties, etc. and heads the court marshal's office.[4] The Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (Danish: Overhofmarskal) (a historical superior title, which is no longer in use) has a place in the first class of the Danish Order of Precedence, while the court marshal belongs in the second class.[5]
This role traditionally fell to the Lord Chamberlain of Denmark, but this title is no longer used, and all the responsibilities associated with the title have been allocated to the court marshal.
In the United Kingdom the responsibilities of the office court marshal roughly correspond to lord chamberlain (although the Danish title Overkammerherre is the correct translation for this),[6] and the office Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (Danish: Overhofmarskal) correspond to Lord High Steward.
Until 1912, there were in periods also a Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (Danish: Overhofmarskal), who was the superior of the court marshal, if one was employed at the same time.[7] Both are listed.
| Portrait | Name | Tenure | Monarch | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johan Christopher von Körbitz | 1658-1661 | Frederick III of Denmark | |||
| 1661-1670 | Frederick III of Denmark | ||||
Helmuth Otto Baron von Winterfeld | 1670-1679 | Christian V of Denmark | Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark | ||
Frantz Eberhard von Speckhahn | 1679-1681 | Christian V of Denmark | Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1681-1683) | ||
Johan Otto Raben | 1683-1697 | Christian V of Denmark | |||
Peter Christoph von der Osten | 1697-1699 | Christian V of Denmark | |||
Ludwig Staats von Hahn | 1699-1705 | Frederick IV of Denmark | |||
Wilhelm Friedrich von Platen | 1706-1716 | Frederick IV of Denmark | |||
Otto Carl Count Palatine von Callenberg | 1716-1717 | Frederick IV of Denmark | Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1717-1719) | ||
Wilhelm Moritz Münck von Buseck | 1719-1721 | Frederick IV of Denmark | |||
Christian Frederick von Holstein | 1721-1724 | Frederick IV of Denmark | Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark | ||
Otto Blome | 1724-1730 | Frederick IV of Denmark and Christian VI of Denmark | Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark | ||
Adam Levin von Witzleben | 1730-1735 | Christian VI of Denmark | Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark | ||
Friedrich Carl von Gram | 1735-1739 | Christian VI of Denmark | Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1739-1741) | ||
Johan Christoph von Reitzenstein | 1741-1743 | Frederick V of Denmark | Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1743-1746) | ||
| 1746-1766 | Frederick V of Denmark | ||||
Christian Frederik Count Moltke | 1766-1767 | Christian VII of Denmark | Son of previous. Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1767-1771) | ||
| 1767-1770 | Christian VII of Denmark | ||||
Henrik Christopher Frederik Bielke | 1771-1772 | Christian VII of Denmark | |||
| 1772-1780 | Christian VII of Denmark | Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark | |||
Engel Carl Ernst Schack | 1780-1784 | Christian VII of Denmark | Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark | ||
Christian Frederik (von) Numsen | 1784-1791 | Christian VII of Denmark | Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark | ||
Christian Ludvig Kalkreuth | 1791-1792 | Christian VII of Denmark | Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark | ||
(Johan) Wilhelm Theodor Wegener | 1791-1792 | Christian VII of Denmark | |||
Ferdinand Anton Christian Count Ahlefeldt | 1792-1794 | Christian VII of Denmark | |||
Adam Wilhelm Hauch | 1794-1798 | Christian VII of Denmark and Frederick VI of Denmark | Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1798-1838). | ||
Christian Ove Count Haxthausen | 1838-1840 | Frederick VI of Denmark and Christian VIII of Denmark | Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1840-1842) | ||
Joachim Godsche von Levetzau | 1842-1845 | Christian VIII of Denmark and Frederick VII of Denmark | Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1845-1859) | ||
Carl Ludvig Løvenskjold | 1860-1881 | Frederick VII of Denmark and Christian IX of Denmark | Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1881-1898) | ||
Waldemar Tully Oxholm | 1863-1876 | Christian IX of Denmark | Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1863-1876). | ||
Oscar Siegfried Christian O'Neill Oxholm | 1898-1906 | Christian IX of Denmark | Also Lord Chamberlain of Denmark. | ||
Joachim Ludvig Moltke | 1906-1908 | Frederik VIII of Denmark | |||
Frands Axel Vilhelm Count Brockenhuus-Schack | 1908-1911 | Frederik VIII of Denmark and Christian X of Denmark | Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark (1911-1912). Last Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark. | ||
William Carlton Rothe | 1912-1926 | Christian X of Denmark | |||
Carl Julius Engelbrecht Juel | 1926-1939 | Christian X of Denmark | |||
Christopher Sophus Fridericia Count Trampe | 1939-1947 | Christian X of Denmark | |||
Johan Vilhelm Filip Vest | 1947-1963 | Frederik IX of Denmark | |||
Holger Eigil Wern | 1963-1968 | Frederik IX of Denmark | |||
Karl Christian Count Trampe | 1968-1972 | Frederik IX of Denmark | |||
Kjeld Gustav Count Knuth-Winterfeldt | 1972-1976 | Margrethe II of Denmark | |||
Hans Juul Sølvhøj | 1976-1989 | Margrethe II of Denmark | |||
Ian Søren Haslund-Christensen | 1989-2003 | Margrethe II of Denmark | |||
Ove Ullerup | 2003-2015 | Margrethe II of Denmark | |||
Michael Ehrenreich | 2015-2021 | Margrethe II of Denmark | |||
Kim Kristensen | 2021-2024 | Margrethe II of Denmark | |||
Christian Schønau | 2024-present | Frederik X of Denmark |
As the Hofmarschall has roughly the same responsibilities as the lord chamberlain, it is often translated into this. However, the more correct translation is the court marshal.
As the Hofmarschall has roughly the same responsibilities as the lord chamberlain, it is often translated into this. However, the more correct translation is the court marshal.