{{Short description|Danish nobleman}} {{Expand Danish|date=June 2012|topic=bio}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}} {{infobox noble|type | name = Ulrik Adolf Holstein | image = Frederik Conrad greve Holstein.jpg | succession = [[Prime Minister of Denmark|Grand Chancellor of Denmark]] | predecessor = [[Christian Christophersen Sehested]] | successor = [[Iver Rosenkrantz]] | birth_date = 14 April 1664 | death_date = {{death date and age|1737|8|21|1664|4|14|df=y}} |spouse=[[Christine Sophie Holstein|Christine Reventlow]]}} [[File:Holsteingborg (Sjælland).JPG|thumb|250 px|Holsteinborg Castle ]]
'''Ulrik Adolf Holstein''', [[Count|Greve]] til [[Holsteinborg Castle|Holsteinborg]] (14 April 1664 – 21 August 1737) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] nobleman and statesman.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://runeberg.org/dbl/8/0052.html |title= Holstein, Ulrik Adolf Greve, 1664-1737|website= Dansk biografisk Lexikon|access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref>
==Life== He was born in [[Schleswig-Holstein]]. His father, Adam Christopher von Holstein (1631-1690) owned [[Katzow|Netzeband]] and [[Buchholz, Lauenburg|Buchholtz]] in [[Mecklenburg]]; his mother was Cathrine Christine Reventlow of Futterkamp (1647-1704). He was the brother of Christian Frederik von Holstein (1678-1747), Ditlev von Holstein (1669-1721) and Henning Christopher von Holstein (1679-1753).
In 1679 he became a page to [[Frederick IV of Denmark|Crown Prince Frederick]] and found favour, becoming a noble (''[[freiherr]]'') in 1700. He was removed from court in 1703 after attempting to dissuade the King from marrying royal mistress [[Elisabeth Helene von Vieregg]] (1679–1704). He became a bailiff in [[Flensburg]], was appointed Privy council (''[[Geheimrat]]'') in 1703 and held this office for a number of years.
Ulrik Adolf Holstein acquired the Barony of [[Fuirendal]] in 1700. In 1707, he also acquired [[Holsteinborg Castle|Holsteinborg]] and [[Snedinge]] manors. Holstein was created Count of Holsteinborg in 1708. In 1718 he was one of the officials advised King [[Frederick IV of Denmark]]. He was sent on a diplomatic mission to England in 1718. Holstein was given a seat in the Council in 1719. In 1721, and Holstein was appointed Grand Chancellor. He was removed from office on the King's death in 1730.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_geografi/Danske_slotte_og_herreg%C3%A5rde/Holsteinborg |title= Holsteinborg|website= Den Store Danske, Gyldendal|author= Tommy P. Christensen |access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.danskeherregaarde.dk/nutid/holsteinborg |title= Holsteinborg |website= danskeherregaarde.dk |access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danskeherregaarde.dk/nutid/snedinge |title= Snedinge|website= danskeherregaarde.dk |access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref>
==Personal life== In 1700, he married [[Christine Sophie Holstein|Christine Reventlow]] (1672–1757), daughter of Count [[Conrad von Reventlow]] (1644–1708) and Anna Margrethe Gabel (1651-1678). In 1712, he helped the King to abduct his wife's sister [[Anne Sophie Reventlow]] (1693–1743), who became the second wife of Frederick IV in 1721. <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/371/origin/170/|title= Christine Sophie Holstein (1672-1757)|website= Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon|access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/1058/origin/170/ |title= Anna Sophie (1693-1743)|website= Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon|access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref>
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==Note == *''The information in this article is based on that in its [[:da:Ulrik Adolf Holstein (storkansler)|Danish equivalent]]''.
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