Tordenskiold (noble family)

The Tordenskiold family was the name of two dignities in the Danish and the Norwegian nobility.

Peter Jansen Wessel was a Norwegian/Danish naval hero who for his braveness was ennobled under the name Tordenskiold.

Peter Tordenskiold died in a young age and without issue, wherefore this noble dignity became extinct.

Peter Tordenskiold's brother Caspar Jansen Wessel [da] was in 1720 ennobled under the name von Wessel.

Peter Tordenskiold's nephew Johan Christopher Christophersen Wessel (born on 4 July 1727, died on 6 February 1793) was later, in 1761, ennobled under the same name and with the same arms as his uncle.

Tordenskiold coat of arms.
The coat of arms of Peter Tordenskiold and his nephew Johan Christopher Tordenskiold.