Wilhelm Wedel-Jarlsberg

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Wilhelm Wedel-Jarlsberg in the court dress of a papal chamberlain

Wilhelm Christian Wedel-Jarlsberg (born February 20, 1852 at Vækerø, died September 16, 1909 in Einsiedeln) was a Norwegian nobleman and papal chamberlain.

He was the son of Baron Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg (Bogstad) and Edle Frederikke Rosenørn Lehn.^[1] He became an officer of the Norwegian Army in 1875 and in 1879, he was appointed a chamberlain at the Norwegian court. After converting to Catholicism along with his wife, he had to leave the Lutheran court in Norway, but took a major step up as he was appointed a papal chamberlain by Pope Leo XIII in 1882. He lived with his family at the Palazzo Farnese in Rome.

References

↑ Peder Anker Wedel-Jarlsberg. Lensgreve Herman Wedel Jarlsberg's etterslekt, 1950

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Name	Wedel-Jarlsberg, Wilhelm
Alternative names
Short description	Norwegian nobleman
Date of birth	February 20, 1852
Place of birth
Date of death	September 16, 1909
Place of death

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