Johan Ludvig Holstein
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Johan Ludvig Holstein, Lensgreve til Ledreborg (7 September 1694 – 29 January 1763) was a Danish Minister of state from 1735 to 1751. The Danish colony Holsteinsborg on Greenland (now Sisimiut), was named after him.[1]
Quick Facts Privy Councillor of Denmark, Predecessor ...
Johan Ludvig Holstein | |
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Privy Councillor of Denmark | |
Predecessor | Ulrik Adolf Holstein |
Successor | Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff |
Born | 7 September 1694 Lübz, Mecklenburg, Germany |
Died | 29 January 1763(1763-01-29) (aged 68) Copenhagen, Denmark |
Spouse(s) |
Hedevig Vind
(m. 1733; died 1756) |
Issue | Christian Frederik Holstein |
Father | Johan Georg Holstein |
Mother | Ida von Bülow |
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He was the ancestor of the Holstein-Ledreborg family, including Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg and Knud Johan Ludvig, Lensgreve Holstein til Ledreborg, husband of Princess Marie Gabriele of Luxembourg.
In 1739 he built Ledreborg Manor near Lejre, Denmark.