Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow was a Danish statesman and reformer, the son of Privy Councillor Christian Ditlev Reventlow by his first wife, baroness Johanne Sophie Frederikke von Both
Reventlow by Christian Albrecht Jensen
Sophie Frederikke Louise Charlotte von Beulwitz.
C. D. F. Reventlow during his retirement in 1813
Reventlow with his wife and children.
Stavnsbånd
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The stavnsbånd was a serfdom-like institution introduced in Denmark in 1733 which existed in some form until 1800. It bonded men between certain ages to live on the estate where they were born. It was
The Frihedsstøtten (lit. 'Liberty Column') in Copenhagen which was erected in 1792. The obelisk is in memory of the 1788 peasant reforms which led to the abolition of the stavnsbånd.
The 1733 document which brought the stavnsbånd into law.
The stavnsbånd was abolished on 20 June 1788. The picture shows the last page of the abolition document with King Christian VII's signature, from the National Archives of Denmark.