Christopher de Paus
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Christopher de Paus | |
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Born | 1862 |
Died | 1943 |
Occupation | Chamberlain, Count |
Christopher Tostrup (de) Paus (1862-1943) was a Norwegian land owner and count.
He was a Privy Chamberlain of the Sword and Cape to the Pope, Knight of Malta and was made a Roman Count by the Pope in 1923, as the only Norwegian after Johannes Olav Fallize, head of the Catholic Church in Norway 1887-1922. From 1914 he lived on his manor Trystorp in Sweden. He belonged to one of the oldest Norwegian families, the Paus family.
[edit] Literature
- Gerber, Tage von (1924): «de Paus», in Sveriges ointroducerade adels kalender 1925. Malmö: Sveriges Ointroducerade Adels Förening