Carl Moltke

Moltke c. 1910

Count Carl Poul Oscar Moltke (2 January 1869 – 5 September 1935) was the Danish minister to the United States in 1908 and the Foreign Minister of Denmark 1924–1926.

Biography

Carl Poul Oscar Moltke was born on 2 January 1869 in Denmark. On 29 June 1907, he married Cornelia Van Rensselaer Thayer, an American born in Boston who was descended from Thomas Cornell and Stephen Van Rensselaer as well as the Bayard family, the Livingston family, and the Schuyler family. They had a son, Carl Adam Moltke.^[1]

Death

Carl Moltke died on 5 September 1935, aged 66.^[2]

Legacy

His son, Count Carl Adam Moltke, married Mrs. Mabel Wilson Wright (née Comstock) in 1944.^[3] He was the paternal grandfather of actress Alexandra Moltke Isles.

References

1. "Miss Thayer is Countess. Weds Danish Noble at Lancaster. Ceremony at Country Home by Bishop Lawrence. Moltke, Diplomat, is the Bridegroom". New York Times. 30 June 1907. Retrieved 26 March 2011. This noon, at ... beautiful country seat of Mr and ... National Thayer, their daughter, ... Cornelia Van Rennsealaer Thayer ... Count Carl Moltke of Copenhagen, ... were married...
2. "Count Carl Moltke of Denmark Is Dead. Former Minister to the United States Served in the First Socialist Cabinet". New York Times. 6 September 1935. Retrieved 24 December 2012. Count Carl Moltke died here this afternoon. His appointment as the Foreign Minister in Denmark caused great satisfaction when he was chosen by Stauning in the first ...(registration required)
3. "Mrs. Mabel Wright Is Engaged To Count. Fiancee of Carl A. Moltke, Son of Late Danish Envoy to U.S.". New York Times. 17 May 1944. Retrieved 24 December 2012. Mrs. Arthur Comstock of 540 Park Avenue has announced the engagement of her daughter, Mrs. Mabel Wilson Wright, to Count Carl A. Moltke, son of Countess...