Frederik Vilhelm Conrad Holck (1745–1800) was a Danish nobleman and courtier.

Biography

Holck was the son of Major General Christian Christopher Holck til Orebygård (1698–1774) and Ermegaard Sophie Winterfeldt (1702–56). He was raised on the family estate at

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. He came to court as a chamber

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at a young age. Holck was a favorite companion of king

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during the first years of his reign, and were regarded to have a bad influence upon the monarch by encouraging him in decadent pleasures and by distancing him from his

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Queen

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He was appointed Chamberlain in 1767 and Privy Councilor (''geheimeråd'') in 1769. In 1770, however, he was removed from court upon the influence of royal physician

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and replaced by Royal Chamberlain

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. In 1789, he obtained the office of county governor over

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, Cronshagen and

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. The remainder of his life was spent at

where he died in 1800.Nordisk familjebok, Holck, 3. Konrad, 1904–1926.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holck, Conrad Court of Christian VII of Denmark Danish royal favourites Danish nobility 18th-century Danish people 1745 births 1800 deaths Danish courtiers Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog