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Vilhelm Ludvig Herman von Munthe af Morgenstierne (2 October 1814 – 30 December 1888) was a Norwegian politician, part of an old noble family.
He was born in Christiania as the son of Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne and his wife Cathrine Elisabeth Fries.[1] His brother Christian Fredrik Jacob was a jurist as well as chief of police in Christiania for some time.[2] His sister Augusta Julie Georgine married Prime Minister Frederik Stang.[3]
Vilhelm Ludvig Herman married Fredrikke Nicoline Wilhelmine N. Sibbern, a daughter of politician Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern. They had several children.[1] One of their sons, Bredo Henrik, became a professor,[2] and married a sister of businessman Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup.[4] Another son, Wilhelm Herman Ludvig, became a Major General.[2] As his wife died in 1864, Vilhelm Ludvig Herman was married a second time; to Caroline Ottilia Pladt in 1866. They had four sons and one daughter.[1]
Vilhelm Ludvig Herman von Munthe af Morgenstierne served as County Governor of Stavanger Amt from 1864 to his death in 1888.[5]
- ^ a b c Genealogy
- ^ a b c "Morgenstierne, von Munthe af". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007. [dead link]
- ^ Frederik Stang biography at Government.no
- ^ Berthe Schjelderup genealogy (vestraat.net) Archived May 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Norwegian County Governors". World Statesmen.org.