Count Eugen Reventlow (1798-1885) and Count Theodor Reventlow (1801-1873) were the children of Danish diplomat and noble Cay Friedrich Reventlow. Eugen was appointed Secretary to the Danish Legation in St. Petersburg in 1823. He remained there until his brother Theodor assumed the position in 1828. As Eleanor Middleton succumbed to illness in 1827, her diary entries likely refer to the elder Reventlow. The portrait in the Album however may be of either brother.
The bust-length portrait presents Count Reventlow facing partly left, eyes looking forward, against a background of grey clouds. The young man wears a blue-black coat with gold buttons, a beige waistcoat, and a white shirt with a black cravat.
Anders Jacobsen Reventlow [på Fyn] (-1518-1535)
til Søbo på S-Fyn, lensmand Og hustru
Cecilie (Sidsel) Lange (-1553)
Teksten i yderkanten af stenen:
Her hvil(es) erlig from || ma(n)ds bee(n) A(n)d(e)rs refve(n)tlof vnder ten(n)e stee(n) Med cicilie 15 || lange sin hustru Ætlæ
bo || af Søbo Gud gifve th(enne)m roo
Siden kom sig so | i lav
ha(n) blef her lavd || S(anc)te M(ar)g(re)te dav 1535
Teksten på øverste bånd:
O h(e)re gwd myskw(n)elig wi bede tig ydmydelig
at tv est os barmhiertelig ANO MDXXXV
Teksten på nederste bånd:
o søde h(e)re ihesv christ tw est vor ene frelsere vist gif os ten evige gledis trøst
Frederik Rantzau blev født den 31 okt. 1557 i Segeberg, Slesvig-Holsten, Tyskland; døde den 9 nov. 1587 i Champroux, Moulins, Auvergne, Frankrig; blev begravet i Couleuvre, Auvergne, Frankrig.
1557 - 1587 (30 år)