Frederik Georg Julius Moltke (27 February 1825 – 1 October 1875), Count of Bregentved, was a Danish landowner and politician.
Early life and career
Moltke was born in Copenhagen, the son of Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1785–1864) and Marie Elisabeth Knuth (1791–1851). He was the elder brother of Christian Moltke. He finished secondary school in 1842 and then studied law at the University of Copenhagen but never completed his exams.[1]
Moltke began his career as a volunteer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1848. From 1850 to 1855, he was an attaché in London.
Political career
Moltke was a member of Folketinget from 1855 to 1861 and of Landstinget from 1866 to 1875. He was a member of the privy council (rigsrådet) from 1864 to 1866. In the beginning of his political career he was associated with the National Liberal Party but later joined Højre. His name and holdings made him one of the leading representatives of the landowners and was considered to have government minister potential between 1868 and 1870. In 1874, he rejected the king's call to form a government after Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg. In June 1875, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Estrup Cabinet but had at this point already fallen ill; he died a few months later.[1]
Moltke married Caroline van der Maase (23 July 1827 – 26 September 1886), daughter of chamberlain Frederik Herman Rostgaard van der Maase of Krogerup (1800–1866) and Maren Olivia Colbiørnsen (1795–1877), on 6 June 1851 in Christiansborg Chapel. The couple had the following children:
