Henrik Brockenhuus

Henrik Adam Brockenhuus (30 May 1720 - 11 June 1803) was a Danish courtier, local administrator in Zealand. He owned the estates of Jungshoved, Oremandsgaard and Nysø and serv as prefect (amtmand(amtmand/stiftsamtmand) of Vordingborg Municipality from 1767 to 1776 and of the Diocese of Zealand from 1776 to 1787.

Henrik Brockenhuus
Portrait of Henrik Brockenhuus by Jens Juel
Born(1720-05-30)30 May 1720
Hamar, Norway
Died19 February 1803(1803-02-19) (aged 82)
Baarse, Denmark
OccupationCourtier and landowner
AwardsOrder of the Elephant

Biography

Brockenhuus was born in Vang at Hamar in Norway, the son of colonel Jørgen Otto Brockenhuus (1664–1728) and his second wife Bertha (Barte) Magdalene Brockenhuus (1684–1769). As a young man he became a close friend of crown prince Frederick (V).

He was appointed to hofjunker in 1744, then stable master for the crown prince and squire in 1745 and finally chamberlain ('kammerherre) in 1752.

In 1761, he purchased the estate of Jungshoved and Oremandsgaard near Præstø from the king. A few years later he also purchased Nysø Manor. In 1767, he was appointed to prefect (amtmand) of Vordingborg County and in 1776 he became prefect (Stiftsamtmand) of the Diocese of Zealand as well as curator of Vemmetofte. He was appointed to entlediget in 1787.[1]

Titles

Gehejmeråd 1768. Gehejmekonferensråd 1779. He was awarded the Order of the Elephant in 1783.

Personal life

He married Elisabeth Holstein (19 October 1737 – 18 February 1786) on 11 June 1757. She was a daughter of gehejmeråd Johan Ludvig Holstein (1694–1763) and Hedevig Vind (1707–56).

References
  1. "Henrik Brockenhuus" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
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