Ferdinand Anton DanneskioldLaurvig was a Danish count, Gehejmekonferensrd and director of the Danish West India Company from 1723.
The son of Ulrik Frederik Gyldenlve and Augusta af Aldenburg, Ferdinand Anton was born onJuly 1688 at the Gyldenlve Mansion on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. From an early age he was appointed as Chamberlain. In 1714 he became avener.
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