{{use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} [[File:Portrait of Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Count of Laurvig (1638-1704).JPG|thumb|Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Count of Laurvig, the illegitimate son of King Frederick III of Denmark, was Lord Chamberlain of Denmark.]] '''The Lord Chamberlain of Denmark''' ({{langx|da|Overkammerherre}}) is the highest office of the Royal Household of Denmark, and the most distinguished of the Chamberlains of the Royal Household.<ref>{{Cite web|title=overkammerherre — ODS|url=https://ordnet.dk/ods/ordbog?query=overkammerherre|access-date=2020-06-06|website=ordnet.dk}}</ref> The title corresponds to the British title Lord Chamberlain of the Household.
The title gives precedence in the 1st Class No. 8 in the Danish order precedence, and the bearer is thus entitled to the style "His/Her Excellency".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-07-16|title=Rangfølgen|url=https://www.borger.dk/Emner/samfund-og-rettigheder/fakta-om-danmark/det-danske-kongehus/Sider/rangfoelgen.aspx|access-date=2020-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716132330/https://www.borger.dk/Emner/samfund-og-rettigheder/fakta-om-danmark/det-danske-kongehus/Sider/rangfoelgen.aspx|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref> The title still exists by Royal Regulation, but it is not in current use: Queen Margrethe preferred to appoint Chamberlains, of which there were 115 in Denmark as of 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-11-24|title=Kammerherrer|url=http://kongehuset.dk/node/306|access-date=2020-06-06|website=Kongehuset|language=da}}</ref> The Historic role of the Lord Chamberlain is now allocated to the Court Marshal of Denmark ({{langx|da|Hofmarskal}}).
== Lord Chamberlains == {{Incomplete list|date=June 2020}} This is a list of the Lord Chamberlains of Denmark. The office was not always held continuously.<ref>{{Cite web|title=453 (Salmonsens konversationsleksikon / Anden Udgave / Bind XIII: Jernbaneret—Kirkeskat)|url=https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/13/0465.html|access-date=2020-06-06|website=runeberg.org|language=da}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Portrait !Name !Tenure !Notes |- |160px |<div style="text-align: center;">Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve </div> |1671–? |The illegitimate son of Frederick III of Denmark. |- |160px |<div style="text-align: center;">Christian Gyldenløve </div> |1696–1699 |An illegitimate son of Christian V of Denmark with Sophie Amalie Moth. |- |160px |<div style="text-align: center;">Carl lensgreve (von) Ahlefeldt </div> |1699–1708 |Chamberlain from 1695. |- |160px |<div style="text-align: center;">Christian Ditlev Lensgreve Reventlow </div> |1719– | |- |160px |<div style="text-align: center;">Carl Adolph von Plessen </div> |1730–1758 |The Chief Chamberlain of Prince Charles of Denmark from 1708 to 1729. |- |160px |<div style="text-align: center;">Ditlev Lensgreve Reventlow </div> | |He carried Queen Caroline Matilda of Great Britain's coronation gown in 1767. |- | |<div style="text-align: center;">Vacant </div> | | |- |160px |<div style="text-align: center;">Christian Frederik (von) Numsen </div> |1781–1784 | |- |160px |<div style="text-align: center;">Hans Henrik von Eickstedt </div> |1784– | |- |160px |<div style="text-align: center;">Joachim Godske Lensgreve Moltke </div> |1815–1818 |Also Prime Minister of Denmark. |- |160px |<div style="text-align: center;">Adam Wilhelm Hauch </div> |1828– |Also Lord Marshal of the Court (Danish: ''Overhofmarskal'') and Lord Master of the Horse (Danish: ''Overstaldmester'') |- |160px |<div style="text-align: center;">Johan Sigismund von Møsting </div> |1840–1843 | |- |160px |<div style="text-align: center;">Poul Christian (von) Stemann </div> |1848– |He was appointed Lord Chamberlain of Denmark at the time of his resignation as Prime Minister. |- |160px |<div style="text-align: center;">August Adam Wilhelm Lensgreve Moltke </div> |<nowiki>- 1864</nowiki> | |- |160px |<div style="text-align: center;">Christian Conrad Sophus Lensgreve Danneskiold-Samsøe </div> |1864–1867 | |- |160px |<div style="text-align: center;">Waldemar Tully Oxholm </div> |1876–1876 |Also Lord Marshal of the Court (Danish: ''Overhofmarskal'') |- |160px |<div style="text-align: center;">Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman Lensgreve Holstein-Holsteinborg </div> |1876-1881 |Also Council President of Denmark (Prime Minister) |- |160px |<div style="text-align: center;">Oscar Siegfried Christian O'Neill Oxholm </div> |1918–1926 |Also Lord Marshal of the Court (Danish: ''Overhofmarskal'') |- | |<div style="text-align: center;">''Vacant: Not in use'' </div> |1926–present | |}
== References == <references />
Category:Chamberlains Category:Honours systems