Jacob de Petersen

Jacob, Count Palatine and Baron de Petersen (before ennoblement Jacob Petersen) (born 26 September 1622 in Rendsburg; died 26 October 1704 in Leusden) was a Danish and Brunswijker courtier, politician and diplomat. He wore the dignity of Count Palatine (Comes Palatinus), imperial Baron, Lord of Engelenburg, Aschat and the house of Heiligenberg. At the end of the 17th century, De Petersen became the largest landowner in Northern Norway through inheritance.

Life Denmark-Norway De Petersen's ancestors lived in Rendsburg, he himself is regarded as the ancestor of the imperial barons De Petersen who emigrated to the Netherlands. He was born under the name Petersen After the coup d'état in 1660, he was described by a foreign envoy as the king's "darling", but he was particularly in the favor of Queen Sophie Amalie, to whom he was attached as "secret chamberlain". Petersen was unspecifically accused of being involved in "many intrigues".

Netherlands

Jacob Petersen sought refuge with the Dukes of Brunswick, the Queen's brothers, sought their intercession in vain, and then settled in The Hague, where he became ducal commissioner in The Netherlands end of 1664. Later he was appointed general commissioner, councillor, Minister-Resident (a sort of Ambassador) and political agent of Rudolph Augustus, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel in the Netherlands. and Irgens and Petersen become cousins-in-law.

As Frederik III. died in 1670 Queen Sophie Amalie dropped all charges against Petersen That Was at the time when the Emperor, who needed money to pay his mercenary army, granted more titles for money.

De Petersen was a wealthy man and owned the manor house De Heiligenberg in the Lordship of Asschat (Leusden), where he spent the summers and an estate near 's-Graveland. He spent the winters at the Janskerkhof in Utrecht. He was, also as a catholic, the biggest supporter for the construction of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Amersfoort. The sacrament silver, in 1914 in use, with his coat of arms and initials was donated by him to the church.

Large landowner in Norway When Petersen's cousin-in-law Joachim Irgens von Westervick died in 1675, his estate was bankrupt and his widow, Cornelia Bicker, entered into multi-creditor proceedings. Lawspeaker Gjert Lange, who had been the manager of Irgens Estate, had a lien on all properties in North Troms, a total of about 120 company numbers and 80 to 90 fin spacings. Lange mortgaged the property in the years 1686–1705. By a Supreme Court ruling in 1705, Cornelia Bicker regained control of the estate by repurchasing Lange, and the sum was allegedly provided by Jacob de Petersen. De Petersen had also registered his claims to the estate by reference to a mortgage deed from 1677, but his heirs did not become owners of the Tromsø Estate until 1713. A Hans Graa managed this part of the estate around 1680, then Andreas Tønder in the years 1690–1710, and after him came Carsten Andersen Bernhoft. Also in Helgeland, Jacob de Petersen became the owner of some estates after Irgens von Westerwick a total of approx. 80 farm number. In addition, it came with a whole lot of tithes, management, patchwork tax, hunting trips, as well as sightings and cases. Bailiff Peder Christophersen Broch was for a time trustee for this part of De Petersen's estate. De Petersen himself apparently had no intention of becoming a landowner in northern Norway. He never set foot on Norwegian soil, and strangely enough, he never acquired a deed to the properties either.

Literature Opmerkingen over de geslachten behandeld in Nederland's Adelsboek. 1949, p 127 Van Kamerheer tot Binnenmoeder, De Rijksbaronen De Petersen in de Nederlanden 1550-1914. Resumé van de vcordracht van 23 januari 1995 door Dr. M.R. Doortmont (Amersfoort en Omstreken. Uitgave van de Nederlandse Genealogische Vereniging Afdeling Amersfoort en Omstreken. Jaargang 4, April 1995, Nummer 2)