Munthe af Morgenstierne family

When he applied for ennoblement, he claimed that these two families were originally noble.

Patrilineality he descended from bailiff Christopher Giertssøn Morgenstierne (1619–79) who married Birgitta Ludvigsdatter Munthe (1634–1708).

Description: On a shield divided into two fields, whereof the upper is silver and the lower is red, in the 1st field two chopped and crossed brown tree stems under a ten-pointed golden star, and in the 2nd field three silver balls.

On the helm a noble coronet and up from this two bear paws holding three silver balls.

Media related to Munthe af Morgenstierne at Wikimedia Commons

Coat of arms of von Munthe af Morgenstierne family
Letter of nobility of 1755 to Bredo Munthe, thereafter Bredo von Munthe af Morgenstierne. It includes the family's coat of arms
Norwegian delegation to the United States of America during the First World War. Wilhelm Thorleif von Munthe af Morgenstierne [ no ] upper left.