Secretary of War (Denmark)
The Secretary of War (Danish Overkrigssekretær) was from 1688 the administrative leader of the military in Denmark-Norway.It was divided into separate offices for the Army and the Navy[1] in 1736 and dissolved as part of Johann Friedrich Struense's administrative reforms in 1770.
List of office holders
Overkrigssekretær
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jens Harboe | 1688 | 1699 | |
| 2 |  | Christian von Lente | 1699 | 1710 |
| 3 | Valentin von Eickstedt | 1710 | 1717 | |
| 4 |  | Christian Carl Gabel | 1717 | 1725 |
| 5 | Johan Christoph von Körbitzl | 1725 | 1726 | |
| 6 | Ditlev Revenfeld | 1727 | 1730 | |
| 7 |  | Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn | 1730 | 1735 |
Overkrigssekretær for the Army
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn | 1735 | 1740 |
| 2 | Michael Numsen | 1740 | 1736 | |
| 3 |  | Christian Lerche | 1746 | 1753 |
| 4 | Werner von der Schulenburg | 1753 | 1755 | |
| 5 | Conrad Ahlefeldt | 1755 | 1763 | |
| 6 |  | Claude-Louis de Saint-Germain | 1763 | 1766 |
| 7 |  | Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz | 1766 | 1770 |
Overkrigssekretær for the Navt
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Frederik Danneskiold-Samsøe | 1735 | 1746 |
| 2 | Carl von Holstein | 1746 | 1763 | |
| 3 |  | Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz | 1763 | 1766 |
| 4 | | Frederik Danneskiold-Samsøe | 1766 | 1767 |
| 5 |  | Christian Conrad Danneskiold-Laurvig | 1767 | 1770 |
References
- ↑ "Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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