He was the "etatsraad" (councillor?) and owner of Astrup in Salling. He was reputed to be an enterprising and foresightful man, who managed a large house.
Axel Rosenkrantz de Lasson was married twice, and in between the two marriages had a son with a woman on Grinderslev Kloster. The illegitimate son (Jens Tobias Peder Lassen) was not christened de Lasson but with the old surname, Lassen.
!BIRTH Parish Register, Bjørnsholm, Slet, Ålborg, Danmark, 1709-1782.
“D. 4. februar blef velb. hr. Lassons søn christnet, nafnet: Axel Rosenkrands. Testes: Frue Bierregaard paa Øsle Closter, Frøkenen paa Vaar, General Stoffenberg, Velb, hr. Povelssøn paa Gunderupgaard, Juncher Biergaard af Øsle Closter.”
!MARRIAGE #2 Parish Register, Hersom, Rinds, Viborg, Danmark, p. 180 n. 2 (Rigsarkivet Danmark,
Arkivalieronline.dk)
Appears with Wife #2 on CENSUS 1787 Astrup Hovedgaard, Grinderslev, Nørre, Viborg, 1, B8212 (Rigsarkivet Danmark, Dansk Demografisk Database), age 47.
!DEATH Parish Register, Skive, Viborg, Danmark p 290 (Rigsarkivet Danmark,
Arkivalieronline.dk)
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IGI shows his birthplace as Astrup.