Karen Mowat (c. 16301675) was a Norwegian noblewoman, an heiress, and landowner of Norwegian and

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Probably born in

Tysnes Tysnes () is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnhordland. The administrative centre is the village of Uggdal. Other popul ...

in present-day

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Munici ...

, Karen Mowat was the daughter of Admiral

Axel Mowat Axel Mowat (1592 – 27 January 1661) was a Norwegian naval officer and land owner. Mowat was born in Sunnhordland, probably on the Hovland farm at Tysnes which his father had acquired ca. 1590. Mowat was the son of Anders Mowatt of Hugola ...

(15921661) and Karen Knudsdatter (died 1662). Her father was the largest landowner in

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. Following the death of her two brothers, she became sole heir to her parents' estate. While her father was sceptical, Karen Mowat married

Ludvig Rosenkrantz Ludvig Rosenkrantz (18 April 1628 – 23 August 1685) was a Danish-born noble, military officer, civil servant, and land owner who settled in Norway. He was a member of the noble Rosenkrantz (noble family), Rosenkrantz family and the first Ba ...

: a poor but highborn nobleman from

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. While Ludvig wanted to settle in

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, Karen had her will, establishing Rosendal in

Kvinnherad Kvinnherad is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnhordland, along the Hardangerfjorden. The municipality was the 5th in siz ...

in Hordaland as the family's main residence. They had four sons and five daughters including

Justine Cathrine Rosenkrantz Justine Cathrine Rosenkrantz (1659 – 1 August 1746) was a Dano–Norwegian noblewoman, courtier and spy. Rosenkrantz was the daughter of baron Ludvig Rosenkrantz and Karen Mowat. Between 1680 and 1699, she was lady-in-waiting to Christian ...

(1659–1746) who was a lady-in-waiting to

Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (27 April 1650 – 27 March 1714) was Queen of Denmark and Norway by marriage to King Christian V. Although she did not have much political influence, she was a successful businesswoman in her many estates and p ...

, queen consort of King Christian V of Denmark-Norway. In 1678, Ludvig Rosenkrantz was created Baron of Rosendal.

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Baroniet Rosendal website
1630s births 1675 deaths People from Tysnes Norwegian landowners 17th-century Norwegian nobility 17th-century women landowners {{norway-bio-stub

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