Sophie Amalie Rosenkrantz
07 Jan 1649 – 18 Mar 1711
Daughter of Børge Holgersen til Ørup ROSENKRANTZ
and Maren BIELKE
Wife of Tønne Jakobssøn HUITFELDT
Mother of Henrik Jorgen HUITFELDT
Norwegian Ancestors & Artists
Sophie Amalie Rosenkrantz
07 Jan 1649 – 18 Mar 1711
Daughter of Børge Holgersen til Ørup ROSENKRANTZ
and Maren BIELKE
Wife of Tønne Jakobssøn HUITFELDT
Mother of Henrik Jorgen HUITFELDT
Tønne Jakobssøn HUITFELDT
1625-1677
Son of Henrik Jorgen HUITFELDT
and Sophie Amalie VONPULTZ
Husband of Sophie Amalie Rosenkrantz
Father of Henrik Jorgen Huitfeldt
Sophie Amalie Bielke
1650-16 Jun 1703
Daughter of Henrik Bielke
and Edel Christoffersdatter Ulfeldt
Wife of Hans Kaas til Rostrup
Mother of Birgitte Christine Kaas and Helene Sophie Kaas
Hans Kaas til Hastrup
c. 1640 – 1700
Son of Jorgen Kaas til Hastrup
and Karen Jorgensdtr. Grubbe
Husband of Sophie Amalie Bielke
Father of Birgitte Christine Kaas and Helene Sophie Kaas
Heritable family names (surnames) were generally adopted rather late within Scandinavia. Nobility were the first to take names that would be passed on from one generation to the next. Later, clergy, artisans and merchants in cities took heritable names. Family names were still used together with primary patronyms (father’s name plus an affix denoting relationship), which were used by all social classes. This meant that most families until modern times did not have family names. Scandinavian patronyms were generally derived from the father’s given name with the addition of a suffix meaning ‘son’ or ‘daughter’. Sometimes the family name of the mother would be given to the children if that name carried status or an inheritance came from the mother’s side. The names of family farms or other place names were also used. A nobleman had the right to write himself to (Norwegian: til) the seat farm(s) or the estate(s) on which he resided, for example ‘Hans Kaas til Rostrup’.