1672 letters patent as Danish count and the position of Lensgrave. He inherited the county of Langeland which was later inherited by his cousins, Imperial Counts von Ahlefeldt. One of his grandsons, Count Christian von Ahlefeldt inherited the county of Laurvig in Norway, one of the two official counties ever in that country (the other was Jarlsberg, which belonged to the House of Wedel). In 1785 he received the royal licence to himself and his descendants to bear the name Ahlefeldt-Laurvig. Holdings The Ahlefeldt family accumulated large holdings of land on the territories of today's Germany and Denmark: Olpenitz (at Kappeln) Saxtorf (at Schwansen) Königsförde-Lindau (at the Eider Canal), the County of Langeland with Tranekær Castle Barony of Lehn Egeskov Castle Tranekær Castle, Eriksholm Castle, Fjællebro, Hjortholm, Møllerup, Skovsbo and Ulstrup Castle. Gallery Danish noble families German noble families