# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christian-ludvig-von-plessen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:37:25.966Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christian-ludvig-von-plessen"
name: "Christian Ludvig von Plessen"
slug: "christian-ludvig-von-plessen"
description: "Christian Ludvig von Plessen was a Danish statesman and landowner. He served as Minister of Finance and Trade during the early reign of Christian VI. Both he and his brother Carl Adolph von Plessen fell out of favour at the Danish court in 1734. He was a co-founder, major shareholder and the first president of the Danish Asiatic Company and also a major shareholder of the Danish West Indies Company. His holdings included Fussingø in Jutland, Glorup on Funen and Selsø on Zealand."
tagline: "Danish geheimrat (1676-1752)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christian_Ludvig_von_Plessen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1676-12-10"
deathDate: "1752-08-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.668898666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ludvig_von_Plessen"
    title: "Christian Ludvig von Plessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ludvig_von_Plessen"
    title: "Christian Ludvig von Plessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ludwig_Scheel_von_Plessen"
    title: "Christian Ludwig Scheel von Plessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ludvig_von_Plessen"
    title: "Christian Ludvig von Plessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ludvig_von_Plessen"
    title: "Christian Ludvig von Plessen"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B3_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Плессен, Кристиан Людвиг фон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump