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The Tordenskiold family was the name of two dignities in the Danish and the Norwegian nobility. Both are today patrilineally extinct.
Peter Wessel Tordenskiold
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The Tordenskiold family was the name of two dignities in the Danish and the Norwegian nobility. Both are today patrilineally extinct.
Tordenskiold I
Peter Jansen Wessel was a Norwegian/Danish naval hero who for his braveness was ennobled under the name ''Tordenskiold''. It happened by letter of nobility on 24 February 1716. Peter Tordenskiold died in a young age and without issue, wherefore this noble dignity became extinct. Peter Tordenskiold's brother was in 1720 ennobled under the name ''von Wessel''.Tordenskiold II
Peter Tordenskiold's nephew Johan Christopher Christophersen Wessel (born on 4 July 1727, died on 6 February 1793) was later, in 1761, ennobled under the same name and with the same arms as his uncle. Johan Christopher Tordenskiold was the son of Christopher Jansen Wessel and Karen Nielsdatter Bie. He was married and had issue.See also
*Danish nobility
Danish nobility is a social class and a former estate in the Kingdom of Denmark. The nobility has official recognition in Denmark, a monarchy. Its legal privileges were abolished with the constitution of 1849. Some of the families still own and ...
* Norwegian nobility
The aristocracy of Norway is the modern and medieval aristocracy in Norway. Additionally, there have been economical, political, and military elites thatrelating to the main lines of Norway's historyare generally accepted as nominal predecessor ...
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* Wikipedia, English:Peter Tordenskjold
Vice-Admiral Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold (28 October 1690 – 12 November 1720) was a Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy officer. Born in Trondheim, he travelled to Copenhagen in 1704 and eventually join the Dano-Norwegian navy, rising to the rank ...
(Per 12 April 2011.)
* Wikipedia, Danish: Peter Wessel Tordenskiold
Vice-Admiral Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold (28 October 1690 – 12 November 1720) was a Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy officer. Born in Trondheim, he travelled to Copenhagen in 1704 and eventually join the Dano-Norwegian navy, rising to the rank ...
(Per 12 April 2011.)
* Wikipedia, Norwegian Bokmål & Riksmål: Peter Wessel (Per 12 April 2011.)
* Wikipedia, Norwegian Bokmål & Riksmål: Wessel (slekt) (Per 12 April 2011.)
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