Wilhelm Wedel-Jarlsberg
Norwegian nobleman
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| Intro | Norwegian nobleman | ||
| Places | Norway | ||
| was | Chamberlain | ||
| Work field | Religion | ||
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| Birth | 20 February 1852 | ||
| Death | 16 September 1909 (aged 57 years) | ||
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Wilhelm Christian Wedel-Jarlsberg (February 20, 1852 at Vækerø Manor – September 16, 1909 in Einsiedeln) was a Norwegian nobleman and papal chamberlain.
He was the son of Baron Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg (Bogstad) and Edle Frederikke Rosenørn Lehn. He became an officer of the Norwegian Army in 1875 and in 1879, he was appointed a chamberlain at the Norwegian court. After converting to Catholicism along with his wife, he had to leave the Lutheran court in Norway, but was appointed a papal chamberlain by Pope Leo XIII in 1882. He lived with his family at the Palazzo Farnese in Rome.