MOWATT, KAREN [SSNE 5430]

Surname

MOWATT, MOAT

First name

KAREN

Nationality

SCOTO-NORWEGIAN

Text source

Karen Mowatt was the grand-daughter of the Shetlander Andrew Mowatt of Hoveland [SSNE 3837] and daughter of Admiral Axel Mowatt [SSNE 1817]. In 1657 she married Ludvig Rosenkrantz with whom she lived until her death in 1675 on the barony of Rosendal. She was considered to be one of the richest people in Norway.

 

A. M. Wiesener, 'Axel Movat og Hans Slegt' in Bergens Historiske Forenings Skrifter, no. 36 (Bergen, 1930), p.93; J. Sandberg, Kvinner gift med offiserer i den Norske Hær 1628-1814. Fra stabsfanejunker O. Ovenstads Militærbiografier (Oslo, 1961), p.61. Female.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, ROSENDAL, NORWAY

Arrived 1650-01-01

Departed 1675-12-31

Purpose MISC.