The Werenskiold family, also spelled Werenschiold, Wærenskiold, Werenskjold etcetera, is a Danish and Norwegian noble family living in Norway.
History Werner Nielssen (1625–1695) relocated to Farsund in Lister og Mandal from Ribe in Jutland. He was a lawyer who in 1664, became councilor in Christiania (now Oslo). He was married 1.) in 1662 to Christiania M. Ingeborg Eriksdatter (d. 1664) through whom he acquired Borregård Manor (Borregård Hovedgård) in Sarpsborg; 2.) in 1667 with Helvig Christensdatter (1653–1692). In 1674, he bought Hafslund Manor (Hafslund Hovedgård) in Sarpsborg. He was the father of three sons: Niels Wernersen took over Hafslund Manor, Jens Wernersen took over Borregård Manor, Christian Wernersen who acquired Trosvik in Fredrikstad.
His son Niels Wernersen (1669–1741) was married in 1698 to Elisabeth de Tønsberg (1673–1742), daughter of Mads Mathias de Tønsberg, (Amtmann over Buskerud) and Anne Cathrine Willumsdatter Mecklenburg. He became county governor of Smålenen (now Østfold) and assistant council at the Supreme Court. Niels Wernersen was in 1717 ennobled under the name Werenschiold with a new coat of arms.A. Thiset og P.L. Wittrup: Nyt dansk Adelslexikon, Copenhagen 1904, and Hans Cappelen, Norske slektsvåpen (Norwegian Family Coats of Arms), Oslo 1969 (2. ed 1976), p.223.
Notable Family members Dagfin Werenskiold Erik Werenskiold Werner Werenskiold :no:Nils Werenskiold
See also Danish nobility Norwegian nobility
References
Related reading Werenskjold, Rolf (1999) Slekten Werenskiold - Wærnschiold : 1625-1999 : den vestre linje (Volda : R.F. Werenskjold)