Court Marshal of Denmark


The Court Marshal of Denmark is Chief Administrative Officer of the Royal Household of Denmark. The Court Marshal is the chief executive of finance, staff, official duties, etc. and heads the Court Marshal's office. The Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark has a place in the 1st Class of the Danish Order of Precedence, while the Court Marshal belong in the 2nd Class.
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 has allocated to the Court Marshal.
In the United Kingdom the responsibilities of the office Court Marshal roughly correspond to Lord Chamberlain, and the office Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark correspond to Lord High Stewart.

Court Marshals

Until 1912, there were in periods also a Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark, who was the superior of the Court Marshal, if one was employed at the same time. Both are listed.
PortraitNameTenureMonarchNotes
Johan Christopher von Körbitz
1658-1661Frederick III of Denmark
Christoffer Sehested
1661-1670Frederick III of Denmark
Helmuth Otto Baron von Winterfeld
1670-1679Christian V of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
Frantz Eberhard von Speckhahn
1679-1681Christian V of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
Johan Otto Raben
1683-1697Christian V of Denmark
Peter Christoph von der Osten
1697-1699Christian V of Denmark
Ludwig Staats von Hahn
1699-1705Frederick IV of Denmark
Wilhelm Friedrich von Platen
1706-1716Frederick IV of Denmark
Otto Carl Count Palatine von Callenberg
1716-1717Frederick IV of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
Wilhelm Moritz Münck von Buseck
1719-1721Frederick IV of Denmark
1721-1724Frederick IV of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
Otto Blome
1724-1730Frederick IV of Denmark and Christian VI of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
Adam Levin von Witzleben
1730-1735Christian VI of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
1735-1739Christian VI of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
Johan Christoph von Reitzenstein
1741-1743Frederick V of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
Adam Gottlob Lensgreve Moltke
1746-1766Frederick V of Denmark
Christian Frederik Count Moltke
1766-1767Christian VII of DenmarkSon of previous. Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
Frederik Vilhelm Conrad Count Holck
1767-1770Christian VII of Denmark
Henrik Christopher Frederik Bielke
1771-1772Christian VII of Denmark
Christian Frederik Lensgreve Holstein
1772-1780Christian VII of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
Engel Carl Ernst Schack
1780-1784Christian VII of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
Christian Frederik Numsen
1784-1791Christian VII of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
Christian Ludvig Kalkreuth
1791-1792Christian VII of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
Wilhelm Theodor Wegener
1791-1792Christian VII of Denmark
Ferdinand Anton Christian Count Ahlefeldt
1792-1794Christian VII of Denmark
1794-1798Christian VII of Denmark and Frederick VI of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark.
Also Lord Chamberlain of Denmark.
Christian Ove Count Haxthausen
1838-1840Frederick VI of Denmark and Christian VIII of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
Joachim Godsche von Levetzau
1842-1845Christian VIII of Denmark and Frederick VII of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
Carl Ludvig Løvenskjold
1860-1881Frederick VII of Denmark and Christian IX of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark
Waldemar Tully Oxholm
1863-1876Christian IX of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark.
Also Lord Chamberlain of Denmark.
Oscar Siegfried Christian O'Neill Oxholm
1898-1906Christian IX of DenmarkAlso Lord Chamberlain of Denmark.
Joachim Ludvig Moltke
1906-1908Frederick VIII of Denmark
Frands Axel Vilhelm Count Brockenhuus-Schack
1908-1911Frederick VIII of Denmark and Christian X of DenmarkLord Marshal of the Court of Denmark.
Last Lord Marshal of the Court of Denmark.
William Carlton Rothe
1912-1926Christian X of Denmark
Carl Julius Engelbrecht Juel
1926-1939Christian X of Denmark
Christopher Sophus Fridericia Count Trampe
1939-1947Christian X of Denmark
Johan Vilhelm Filip Vest
1947-1963Frederick IX of Denmark
Holger Eigil Wern
1963-1968Frederick IX of Denmark
Karl Christian Count Trampe
1968-1972Frederick IX of Denmark
Kjeld Gustav Count Knuth-Winterfeldt
1972-1976Margrethe II of Denmark
Hans Juul Sølvhøj
1976-1989Margrethe II of Denmark
Ian Søren Haslund-Christensen
1989-2003
Margrethe II of Denmark
Ove Ullerup-Petersen
2003-2015
Margrethe II of Denmark
Michael Ehrenreich
2015-nowMargrethe II of Denmark