He traveled abroad in 1722 with two of his brothers, visited Germany and the Netherlands, England, France and Italy in 4 years.

Shortly after his return to Copenhagen, in 1726, he became chamberlain to Queen Anna Sophie.

He died in Christiansand on 28 December 1766 and was buried with great solemnity at the Christianssand Cathedral on 20 January 1767.

In Norway, he owned the manor located at the old Gimsøy Abbey in Skien in Bratsberg county.

[2] On 25 April 1727, he married Anne Beate Rosenkrantz at Frederiksborg Castle in Denmark.