Frederik Adeler
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Frederik Adeler | |
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| Diocesan Governor of Christianssand stiftamt | |
| In office 1751–1766 | |
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| Born | 3 May 1700 |
| Died | 28 December 1766 (aged 66) |
| Citizenship | Denmark-Norway |
| Spouse | Anne Beate Rosenkrantz |
| Children | Conrad Wilhelm Adeler Frederik Georg Adeler Theodor Adeler |
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| Profession | Government official |
Frederik Adeler (1700–1766) was a Danish government official and landowner. He served as a County Governor and County Governor of several counties in Denmark and Norway (Denmark-Norway) from 1727 until his death in 1766.[1]
Adeler was born in Christianshavn as the youngest child of Privy Councilor Frederick Christian Adeler (died 1726). His paternal grandfather was Cort Adeler. He traveled abroad in 1722 with two of his brothers, visiting Germany and the Netherlands, England, France and Italy in 4 years.
Career
Shortly after his return to Copenhagen, in 1726, he became chamberlain to Queen Anna Sophie. At the same time as his marriage in 1727, he became a state councilor and county governor of Kalundborg, Sæbygård, Dragsholm and Holbæk counties in Denmark. In 1749, he was made a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. In 1751, he exchanged jobs with his brother-in-law Joachim Hartwig Johann von Barner and he became the Diocesan Governor of Christianssand as well as the County Governor of Nedenæs amt. He died in Christiansand on 28 December 1766 and was buried with great solemnity at the Christianssand Cathedral on 20 January 1767.[2]
