Johan Ludvig Holstein

Johan Ludvig Holstein
An oil painting depicting Holstein, c. 1752
Privy Councillor of Denmark
Predecessor	Ulrik Adolf Holstein
Successor	Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff
Born	7 September 1694 Lübz, Mecklenburg, Germany
Died	29 January 1763(1763-01-29) (aged 68) Copenhagen, Denmark
Spouse(s)	Hedevig Vind ​ ​ (m. 1733; died 1756)​
Issue	Christian Frederik Holstein
Father	Johan Georg Holstein
Mother	Ida von Bülow

Johan Ludvig Holstein, Lensgreve til Ledreborg (7 September 1694 – 29 January 1763) was a Danish Minister of state from 1735 to 1751. The Danish colony Holsteinsborg on Greenland (now Sisimiut), was named after him.^[1]

He was the ancestor of the Holstein-Ledreborg family, including Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg and Knud Johan Ludvig, Lensgreve Holstein til Ledreborg, husband of Princess Marie Gabriele of Luxembourg.

In 1739 he built Ledreborg Manor near Lejre, Denmark.