Trond Torleivsson Benkestok

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Trond Torleivsson Benkestok (born c. 1495 at Bergen – February 2, 1558, Vanse) was a Norwegian nobleman (knight) and commander at Bergenhus Fortress.

Trond Torleivsson Benkestok actively supported Johan Kruckow, who wanted Frederik I on the throne of Denmark-Norway.

Benkestok was probably a supporter of Roman Catholicism until the last Catholic archbishop Olav Engelbrektsson fled Norway in 1537.

In 1555 he took charge of the Bergenhus Fortress, and during 1555-56 was commander-in-chief during the absence of Christopher Huitfeldt.

Claus Bille described him as the "most respected and wise nobleman North of the mountains".

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  • Brandt, Wilhelmine: Slægten Benkestok (facsimile ed. 1997), Damms antikvariat, Oslo. ISBN 82-90438-07-9 ib. Original edition: Christiania 1904.
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