Christopher de Paus

Christopher Paus
Count of Paus
Christopher Paus (painting, Herresta), in a papal chamberlain's dress, in Spanish Renaissance style
Born	10 September 1862 Christiania, Norway
Died	10 September 1943 Skodsborg, Denmark

Christopher Tostrup Paus, from 1923 The Count of Paus, usually known as Christopher Paus (10 September 1862 – 10 September 1943) was a Norwegian land owner, papal chamberlain and count, known as philanthropist, art collector and socialite in the late 19th and early 20th century. He gave large donations to museums in Scandinavia and to the Catholic Church.

A convert from Lutheranism to Roman Catholicism, he was appointed a Privy Chamberlain of the Sword and Cape (Cameriere Segreto di Spada e Cappa) by Pope Benedict XV in 1922, and was conferred the title of count (sometimes known as Roman count) by Pope Pius XI on 25 May 1923.^[1] He bought the estate Narverød near Tønsberg (Norway) in 1892, the estate Trystorp with château in Lekeberg (Sweden) in 1914, and the estate Herresta outside Mariefred (Sweden) in 1923. He lived most of his life in Rome, Sweden and Denmark. Christopher Paus owned the largest collection of Greek and Roman art in Scandinavia, and donated this collection to the National Gallery of Norway in 1918.^[2] A member of Paus family, he was the son of Major and War Commissioner Johan Altenborg Paus (1833-1894) og Agnes Tostrup (died 1863). He inherited a fortune from his mother's family, who had been one of the owners of Tostrup & Mathiesen, one of the giants in Norwegian lumber industry in the 19th century. The company had been one of Norway's largest, and eventually established its headquarter in Paris. As his uncles were childless, he was the main heir to his family's shares, which he sold to the Mathiesen family in the 1890s; the company was since renamed Mathiesen Eidsvold Værk. His maternal grandfather had also owned the estate Kjellestad in Stathelle.

The playwright Henrik Ibsen was his father's first cousin. He was the great-grandson of ship-owner and landowner Ole Paus (1776–1855). His grandfather, lawyer and judge Henrik Johan Paus, grew up with his uncle and aunt Johan Andreas Altenburg and Hedvig Paus, Henrik Ibsen's grandparents.^[3] As a young man, Christopher Paus would visit the then-famous Henrik Ibsen in Rome, where he lived. His great-grandfather Christian Lintrup was one of the pioneers of the medical profession in Norway.^[4]

Seal of Christopher Paus

Trystorp château

A silhouette of Christopher Paus' grandfather, Henrik Johan Paus (no 2 from left), with Henrik Ibsen's mother Marichen Altenburg (right) and her parents Johan Altenburg and Hedevig née Paus, probably from the late 1810s

He was born in Christiania in Norway, and died in Skodsborg in Denmark. It was held a mass for him, as a member of the Papal Court, in the Pope's private chapel on 14 September 1943 with Pope Pius XII in attendance.^[5]

His comital title was hereditary (agnatic primogeniture); however, he was childless. He bequeathed much of his estate to his distant relative Herman Paus, who had married Countess Tatyana Tolstoy, a granddaughter of Leo Tolstoy; their descendants still own Herresta and other Swedish estates.

Titles and honours

Titles

• 10 September 1862 – 25 May 1923: Christopher Tostrup Paus
• 25 May 1923 – 10 September 1943: The Count of Paus

Honours

Papal and Catholic honours

• Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
• Knight of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
• Knight Commander with Star of the Order of St. Gregory the Great
• Knight Commander with star of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
• Gentleman of the Chamber

Scandinavian orders of knighthood

• Commander of the Order of St. Olav
• Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog

Ancestry

See also

• Lagergren

References

1. ^ Gerber, Tage von (1924). "de Paus" (in Swedish). Sveriges ointroducerade adels kalender 1925. Malmö: Sveriges Ointroducerade Adels Förening. p. 94. 
2. ^ "Hva Nasjonalgalleriet skylder kammerherre Paus", Aftenposten, 13 September 1943, p. 3
3. ^ Høgvoll, Arvid; Bærland, Ruth (1996). Henrik Ibsen: herregårder, kammerherrer, godseiere og proprietærer : brokker av en slektshistorie. p. 83. 
4. ^ Hans Petter Schjønsby, "Amtsfysikus Christian Lintrups virke i Hedemarkens amt i årene 1800 - 31", Tidsskr Nor Legeforen 2010; 130:2484-7
5. ^ Aftenposten, 15 September 1943, no. 425, p. 3

Italian nobility
Preceded by Title created	The Count of Paus 1923—1943	Succeeded by Title extinct

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