Treschow (noble Family)

Treschow (noble Family)

Treschow (originally Træskomager) is the name of a Danish and Norwegian family, the name of which is derived from the profession of its ancestor, "wooden shoe maker".

A member of the family, Michael Treschow, was in 1812 ennobled by letters patent, wherefore this branch of the family became a part of the untitled nobility of Denmark and Norway; however, the concept of nobility is no longer officially recognized in Norway, following the adoption of the 1821 Nobility Law. Members of this family have been merchants and landowners, notably in Vestfold. The family is not known to be related to a different Treschow family living in Norway. The family is also unrelated to the noble German Tresckow family; however, the family adopted a coat of arms based on the coat of arms of the German family in the 19th century. The name Treschow is used also by some persons who are not patrilineal descendants of the family and thus not members of the family that was considered as noble.