Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow

Christian Ditlev Reventlow, Count ( born March 11, 1748 in Copenhagen, † October 11, 1827 in Pederstrup on Lolland ) was a Danish statesman and social reformer of the Danish-German noble family von Reventlow.

Life

Count Christian Ditlev was born as the son of his father's eponymous Count Christian Ditlev (1710-1775) and Johanna Friederike von Bothmer (1718-1754) in Copenhagen. He attended school the Knights Academy Soro and studied at the University of Leipzig. Subsequently, he traveled with his brother Johan Ludwig and the economist Carl Wendt (1731-1815) as a travel companion study half of Western and Central Europe, but also in Norway, 1770 to return to Denmark and pursue a government career in Copenhagen. On July 31, 1773 he married Sophie Friederike Louise Charlotte of Beulwitz ( 1747-1822 ).

With the dismissal of the conservative government Høegh - Guldberg 1784, von Reventlow always adored Andreas Peter Bernstorff arrived in Denmark back in power and influence. Under this Reventlow was with the approval of King Frederick VI. Preparing of Denmark, the land reform in Denmark and improve the economic conditions of the population landsässigen Denmark. In collaboration with his friend Ernst Heinrich of mold man he reached the free trade between the sub- kingdoms of Denmark and Norway and in the case of the previously existing monopoly in trade with Iceland.

With his release in 1813 he retired to the family estate in 1775 inherited Pederstrup on the island of Lolland. The local manor house with the surrounding landscape park is now a museum in his honor and simultaneously conveys an image of enlightened Danish living culture of classicism. The hanging there portraits of family members was obtained from reputable artists of the time such as Stefano Torelli and Angelika Kauffmann.

Reventlow was since 1795 Honorary Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the 1778 Dannebrogorden and 1803 with the elephant - Order.