Werenskiold (noble family)

Erik Werenskiold is known for his illustrations of the sagas. This drawing is based on Queen Ragnhild's Dream.

Werenskiold, also spelled Werenschiold, Wærenskiold, Werenskjold etcetera, is a Danish and Norwegian noble family living in Norway.

Niels Wernersen (* in 1669, † on 25 July 1741), a son of Werner Nielsen and Helvig Kristensdatter, married on 7 January 1698 Elisabeth de Tønsberg (* in 1673, † on 13 July 1742), a daughter of Mads Mathias de Tønsberg to Ulveland and Anne Cathrine Willumsdatter Mecklenburg. They had, among other children, the daughter Karen.

Niels Wernersen was in 1717 ennobled under the name Werenschiold with a new coat of arms [1]

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References

  1. ↑ A. Thiset og P.L. Wittrup: Nyt dansk Adelslexikon, Copenhagen 1904, and Hans Cappelen, Norske slektsvåpen (Norwegian Family Coats of Arms), Oslo 1969 (2. ed 1976), p.223.
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