Iver Rosenkrantz ( 1674 - 1745 )

Birth: Rosenholm, Denmark (05 December 1674) Death: Rosenholm, Denmark (13 November 1745) Education: Ridderlige Akademi, Copenhagen (admitted 1691) Career: Travelled abroad (1694-1697); Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Princess Sophia Hedevig (1698); Envoy to Charles XII (1700); Envoy in London (1702-1705, 1713-1714); attended unsuccessful peace congress at Brunswick (1714-1716); Prefect in Copenhagen (1716); President of the College of Politics and Commerce (1716-1723); Privy councillor (1717); Administrator of the Diocese of Viborg (1723); in charge of the Danish and German Chancelleries (1730); effectively Prime Minister (1730); allied Denmark with England (1734-1740), when an alternative alliance was made with France and he retired from public life Membership: Fellow Election Date: 11/06/1713.