Jens Toller Rosenheim
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Jens Toller Rosenheim was a Danish
Danish nobility
Nobility in Denmark was a leading social class until the 19th or 20th century. Danish nobility exists yet and has a recognized status in Denmark, a monarchy, but its real privileges have been abolished....

 and Norwegian nobleman
Norwegian nobility
Norwegian nobility are persons and families who in early times belonged to the supreme social, political, and military class and who later were members of the institutionalised nobility in the Kingdom of Norway. It has its historical roots in the group of chieftains and warriors which evolved...

, a jurist, and an official.

Family and marriage

Jens Toller was the son of Niels Toller, who was Mayor of Christiania and one of the leading merchants there. He married in 1666 Anne Hansdatter Lillienschiold, the daughter of Hans Hansen Smidt Lillienskiold and Margrete Jonasdatter.

General history

Jens Toller was in 1676 ennobled under the name Rosenheim.

Around 1689, Jens Rosenheim went to Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 as Supreme Commissary of War for the Danish troops. The troops were later given to King Wilhelm III of Oranien in order to fight the forces of the expelled king, James II
James II of England
James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...

. Rosenheim died during his commission in Ireland.

Coat of arms

Description: A shield of four fields, whereof the upper dexter and the lower sinister on white background have two crossing green rose stilks with red flower, and the others on yellow background have a black human head with a white headband. The same head is the crest.

Literature and sources

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