Jarlsberg
Jarlsbergwas a former countship that forms a part of today'sVestfoldcounty inNorway.
The former countships of Jarlsberg andLarvikwere merged into a county in 1821. Jarlsberg and Larvik's County (Jarlsberg og Larviks amt) were renamed Vestfold in 1919.[1]
Created in 1673 as Griffenfeldt Countship (Griffenfeld grevskap), it was after a few years known as Tønsberg Countship (Tønsberg grevskap) until 1684, when the name became Jarlsberg. Dating to 1681, the countship was associated with members of theDano-Norwegian noble family,Wedel-Jarlsberg.[2]The countship was abolished in 1893 in accordance with Norway's nobility law, but the manor is still in its own family.
House ofGriffenfeld
[edit]Jarlsberg was originally created as a countship in 1673 forPeder Schumacher Griffenfeld,a Danish statesman and Chancellor of Denmark during the reign of KingChristian V of Denmark.Schumacher received in 1671 an armorial grant with the name Griffenfeld.[3]The creation involved that Count Griffenfeld, in addition to owning 14 percent of the countship's land, received large tax revenues and also the right to appoint all civil and ecclesiastical officials, including officers and judges, who would serve within the countship.[4]
- 1673-1676 Count Peder Schumacher Griffenfeld
House ofGyldenløve
[edit]After Griffenfeld's arrest in 1676, in the aftermath of theScanian War,his properties and the countship was renamed Tønsberg Countship and were transferred by King Christian V toUlrik Fredrik Gyldenløve,the Count of Larvik. Gyldenløve, an illegitimate son of KingFrederick III of Denmark,was the Viceroy (Statholder) of Norway.[5]
- 1676-1684 Count Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve
House ofWedel Jarlsberg
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In 1683, Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve sold Tøsnberg countship toGustav Frederik Wilhelm Wedel.Von Wedel was an ancient nobility fromHolstein,which received naturalization patent in 1681 asFriherrevon Wedel by kingChristian V.Field Marshal Wedel, who had become commanding General in Norway in 1681, received the titleLensgrevepatent with the nameWedel af Jarlsbergin 1684 and introduced the name Jarlsberg, which means ‘Earl’s Hill’.[6]
- 1684-1718 Count Gustav Wilhelm von Wedel-Jarlsberg
- 1718–1738 Count Frederik Anton Wedel Jarlsberg
- 1738–1776 Count Frederik Christian Otto Wedel Jarlsberg
- 1776–1811 Count Frederik Anton II Wedel Jarlsberg
- 1811–1840 Count Johan Caspar Herman Wedel Jarlsberg
- 1840–1893 Peder Anker Wedel Jarlsberg
See also
[edit]- Jarlsberg cheese– a type of cheese originates from the region and is named after it
- Countship of Larvik- the other countship in Norway
References
[edit]- ^Store norske leksikon:Jarlsberg og Larviks amt
- ^Store norske leksikon:Jarlsberg
- ^Achen, Sven Tito (1973).Danske adelsvåbener En heraldisk Nøgle.Copenhagen: Politikens Forlag. p. 378.
- ^"Store norske leksikon:Peder, greve Griffenfeld".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-10-08.Retrieved2010-07-09.
- ^Dansk biografisk Lexikon:Biography of Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve
- ^Store norske leksikon:Wedel Jarlsberg
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