Carl Juel

Carl Juel (22 June 1706 – 1 September 1767), was a Danish statesman and court official, councillor, and diocesan governor.

Early life and education Carl Juel was born on 22 June 1706 in Copenhagen. He was the son of statesman and nobleman Knud Juel (1665–1709) and Christine Elisabeth Knuth (1675–1738). His paternal grandfather was the admiral Niels Juel. His older brother, Niels Juel (1696–1766), was a court official.

In 1754, the Juel couple were ousted from the royal court, reportedly because they were considered a threat by the powerful Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff. He was then appointed to the position of County Governor of Ringsted amt. He held that post from 1754 until 1760 when he was appointed to the position of Diocesan Governor of Fyns stiftamt, a job which he held until his death in 1767. J uel died on 1 September 1767 in at Odense Palace. He is buried at Bregninge Kirke on Tåsinge.

Amalie Christiane Raben donated a new altar set (challice and disc) to Valdemar's Church in 1769 . It was executed by the goldsmith Rasmus Møller in Odense.

Two sons and a daughter lived to adulthood and left issue. The eldest son Frederik Juel (1761-1827) was married twice, first to Magdalene Lucia Charlotte Lucie Charlotte von Rumohr (1759-1817) and secondly to Louise Theodora von Warnstedt (mée von Warnstedt, 1777-1835); widow of Hannibal Carl Wilhelm Hannibal Wedell-Wedellsborg. The younger son Knud Frederik Juel (1766-1847), a diplomat, court official and landowner, was married to Frederikke Knuth-Gyldensteen, comtesse (1779-1861). The daughter Christiane Margarethe Juel, af Taasinge (1764-1803) was married to Stie Tønsberg Schøller von Krogh, til Løjtvedgaard & Kroghsgaard (1763-1817).