When JOHAN Matthiasen Oehlenschleger was christened on 24 December 1731, in Sankt Knuds, Odense, Odense, Denmark, his father, Matthias Johansen Ohlenschleger, was 26 and his mother, Anne Cathrine Stephensdatter Gebert, was 22.
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Meyercrones Stiftelse was founded by the widow of Henning de Meyercrone after he had served as Danish envoy in France. Christiane Meyercrone, Henning's widow, managed the property until her death in 1738. Her niece became the new manager of the foundation and arranged for its charter to be written in 1830. The original, small building was replaced by a larger building in 1933.
The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is a non-governmental science Academy founded in 1742 for the purpose of advancements of science in Denmark.
Hirschholm Palace was a royal palace located in present-day Horsholm municipality just north of Copenhagen. It was one of the finest buildings of its time and became known as the Versailles of the North. It developed a bad reputation in connection with its role in the affair between Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Caroline Mathilda in the 1770s. After that it fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1809.
Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Heinz, Armin, Horst.
North German, Danish, Norwegian, and Dutch: patronymic from a variant of the personal name Matthias (see Matthew ). Compare Mattison .
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