Show ContentsRosenkrantz History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms


United States Rosenkrantz migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rosenkrantz Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Johann C. Rosenkrantz, who sailed to Philadelphia in 1773
  • Joh Carl Rosenkrantz, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1773 1
  • Henrich Rosenkrantz, who landed in New York in 1784 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Rosenkrantz (post 1700) +

  • Arild Rosenkrantz (1870-1964), Danish nobleman painter, sculptor, stained glass artist and illustrator
  • Baron Timme Rosenkrantz (b. 1911), Danish author and jazz enthusiast, active in the 1930s and 1940s
  • Otte A Rosenkrantz (b. 1952), Canadian author, journalist, professor of communication at Fanshawe College
  • Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz (1762-1838), Norwegian minister


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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