Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn

Poul Thomsen Vendelbo de Løvenørn, born Poul Thomsen (5 April 1686 – 27 February 1740) was a Danish military officer, diplomat and landowner. He served as Secretary of War and Minister of the Navy in the 1730s and was the owner of Bregentved Manor. [1]

Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn
Secretary of War of the Navy
In office
1730–1740
Preceded byDitlev Revenfeld
Succeeded byMichael Numsen
Secretary of War of the Navy
In office
1730–1735
Preceded byDitlev Revenfeld
Succeeded byFrederik Danneskiold-Samsøe
Personal details
Born
Poul Vendelbo

(1686-04-05)April 5, 1686
Horsens, Denmark
DiedFebruary 27, 1740(1740-02-27) (aged 53)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Spouse(s)
Dorthea Vinding
​
(m. 1714)​
Military service
AllegianceDenmark-Norway
Branch/serviceRoyal Danish Army
Years of service(1711–1740)
RankGeneral (1738)
CommandsCavalry

Early life and education

He was born at Horsens, the son of farmer Thomas Poulsen Vendelbo (or Windelboe) (died 1693) and wife Anne Nielsdatter (1645-1708). His father died in 1693 and the mother then married customs officer Stephan Jacobsen (1664-1728) in 1694. He studied theology.

Career
Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn painted by an unknown artist

He then travelled to Russia where he initially worked as a teacher and later became adjutant general at the court of Peter the Great.

King Frederick IV raised him to the peerage under the surname Løvenørn on his return to Denmark in 1711. He was promoted through the ranks as a military officer and on 16 April 1722, was created Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. He later served as Danish envoy om Berlin. In 1726, he was appointed to district governor (amtmand) of Aarhus County.

Løbenørn was appointed to Secretary of War in 1730 and gehejmeråd in 1731. In 1733 he was appointed to general. He was a favorite of both King Frederick IV and King Christian VI. He was granted the Order of the Elephant in 1739.[2]

Personal life
Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn painted in 1740 by Andreas Brünniche

Løvenørn married Ingeborg Dorthea Vinding, (13 June 1686 - 28 January 1734) on 21 March 1714 in Church of Our lady. She was a daughter of professor at the University of Copenhagen Poul Vinding (1658-1712) and Margrethe S. Bøgvad (1660-1721). His wife bore him a son, Frederik de Løvenørn (6 May 1715 - 15 October 1779) who became a military officer and district governor of Kronborg and Antvorskov.

Løvenørn purchased Bregentved Manor on very favorable conditions from the king in 1721. He died on 27 February 1740.

Cultural references

Ambrosius Stub (1705–1758) wrote the poem Om Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn (1740) about Løvenørn on the occasion of his death. [3]

Carl Ploug (1813-1894) wrote a six pages, romantic poem about Løvenørn's early years and first encounter with his wife. The poem, entitled A Kiss, is included on the anthology Hovedværker i den danske Literatur (Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1889). [4]

References
  1. "Løvenørn, Poul (Vendelbo) 1686-1740". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  2. Claus Bech; C. O. Bøggild-Andersen. "Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Gyldendal. Retrieved 20 March 2018.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "Ambrosius Stub, dansk skald". Nordisk familjebok. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  4. "Carl Ploug 1813-1894". Danmarks Historie. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
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