Steward of the Realm
Rigshofmester (Danish)
Longest serving
Erik Ottesen Rosenkrantz

1456–1480
Royal Danish court
Reports tothe Monarch
NominatorCouncil of the Realm (from 1648)
Appointerthe Monarch
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Abolished1665

Steward of the Realm (Danish: Rigshofmester) was an office at the Royal Danish Court. With the coronation of Eric VII of Denmark in 1396, it became an important office, taking over the role of the Seneschal (Danish: Drost) as the de facto prime minister of the country. Prior to that the Rigshofmester had merely been the administrative leader of the Royal Court.

The office was abolished with the institution of absolute monarchy in Denmark-Norway in 1660.[1]

Danish Stewards of the Realm

YearSteward of the Realm
1373NN. Frentzel
1385Degenhard Buggenhagen
1387Bent Byg Grubbe
1397Mikkel Rud
1400–1409Jens Due
1412–1413Anders Jacobsen Lunge
1414–1416Jens Due
1417–1423Anders Jacobsen Lunge
1424Erik Segebodsen Krummedige
1429–1440Albrecht Morer
1441–1442Nielsen Gyldenstjerne
1445–1452Otte Nielsen Rosenkrantz
1453–1456Niels Eriksen Gyldenstjerne
1456–1480Erik Ottesen Rosenkrantz
1482–1487Strange Nielsen Strangesen Bild
1489–1502Poul Laxmand
1513–1515Niels Eriksen Rosenkrantz
1523–1544Mogens Gøye
1547–1552Eske Bille
1567–1575Peder Oxe
1596–1601Christoffer Valkendorff
1632Frands Rantzau
1641–51Corfitz Ulfeldt
1651–60Joachim Gersdorff

References

  1. "Danske rigshofmestre". roskildehistorie.dk. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
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