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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Cornelius_Paus_COA_by_Hans_Krag_1699.png/220px-Cornelius_Paus_COA_by_Hans_Krag_1699.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Cornelius_Paus_COA_by_Hans_Krag_1699.png/330px-Cornelius_Paus_COA_by_Hans_Krag_1699.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Cornelius_Paus_COA_by_Hans_Krag_1699.png/440px-Cornelius_Paus_COA_by_Hans_Krag_1699.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="538" /></a><figcaption>Coat of arms, from the book <i>Norsk heraldisk mønstring 1699–1730</i></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Cornelius Povelsson Paus</b> (1662 – 1723) was a Norwegian lawyer and government official who served as governor and district judge—i.e. the region's foremost government official—of <a href="/wiki/Upper_Telemark" title="Upper Telemark">Upper Telemark</a> from 1696 to 1723. His descendants include the playwright <a href="/wiki/Henrik_Ibsen" title="Henrik Ibsen">Henrik Ibsen</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cornelius_Povelsson_Paus&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cornelius Povelsson Paus belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Paus_family" title="Paus family">Paus family</a> and was the son of the parish priest of <a href="/wiki/Hjartdal" title="Hjartdal">Hjartdal</a> and signatory of the 1661 <a href="/wiki/Sovereignty_Act" title="Sovereignty Act">Sovereignty Act</a>, <a href="/wiki/Povel_Pedersson_Paus" title="Povel Pedersson Paus">Povel Pedersson Paus</a>, and Ingrid Corneliusdatter Trinepol from <a href="/wiki/Skien" title="Skien">Skien</a>. He was born shortly after midsummer in 1662 and was baptized on 17 August of the same year by his father's colleague, provost Sakarias Jonsson Skancke. He was named after his maternal grandfather, the timber merchant in Skien, Cornelius Jansen Trinepol, and was the brother of the priest <a href="/wiki/Hans_Povelsson_Paus" title="Hans Povelsson Paus">Hans Povelsson Paus</a>. He married Valborg Jørgensdatter Rafn (1673–1726), daughter of the district judge of Upper Telemark, Jørgen Hansen Rafn, and Margrethe Fredriksdatter Blom.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He received his initial education from his father, who was considered a very learned and thoughtful personality. He later attended <a href="/wiki/Oslo_Cathedral_School" title="Oslo Cathedral School">Oslo Cathedral School</a> and then studied at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Copenhagen" title="University of Copenhagen">University of Copenhagen</a>. He began as an assistant judge for his father-in-law and was appointed by King Christian V as his father-in-law's successor as governor and district judge on 21 August 1696, upon recommendation from his father-in-law and Bratsberg governor Henrik Nilsen Adeler. He held the office until his death in February 1723. In 1714 he and his governor colleague in Lower Telemark Marcus Hanssen had Eastern Upper Telemark district shared between them, thus enlarging his jurisdiction significantly. He was the second in line in "one of the most prominent district judge dynasties" in Norway and was succeeded in office by his nephew Peder Hansson Paus.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cornelius Paus bore a coat of arms featuring a wild man with a club; a drawing of the coat of arms by Hans Krag is published in the book <i>Norsk heraldisk mønstring 1699–1730</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cornelius Paus was the father of the judge Paul Paus (1697–1768). Among Cornelius Paus' descendants are <a href="/wiki/Henrik_Ibsen" title="Henrik Ibsen">Henrik Ibsen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ole_Paus" title="Ole Paus">Ole Paus</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cornelius_Povelsson_Paus&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Andreas Blom, "Cornelius Povelsen Paus," in <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011072520001">Efterladte historiske optegnelser : særlig vedkommende Skien, Laardal og Kviteseid</a></i>, 1904, pp. 48–55.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hans Eyvind Næss (1991), "Fra tingskriver til dommer," in Hans Eyvind Næss (ed.), <i>For rett og rettferdighet i 400 år. Sorenskriverne i Norge 1591–1991</i>, p. 40. Oslo: Justis- og politidepartementet.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Hans_Krag_(writer)" title="Hans Krag (writer)">Hans Krag</a> (1955). <i>Norsk heraldisk mønstring 1699–1730</i>, vol. 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Early<br />members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dominus_(title)" title="Dominus (title)">Sir</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Hans_Olufsson" title="Hans Olufsson">Hans Olufsson</a> (<i>ca.</i> 1500), cleric</li> <li><i>Sir</i> <a href="/wiki/Hans_Povelsson_Paus_the_Elder" title="Hans Povelsson Paus the Elder">Hans Povelsson Paus the Elder</a> (1587), cleric</li> <li><i>Sir</i> <a href="/wiki/Peder_Povelsson_Paus" title="Peder Povelsson Paus">Peder Povelsson Paus</a> (1590), cleric</li> <li><i>Sir</i> <a href="/wiki/Povel_Hansson_Paus" title="Povel Hansson Paus">Povel Hansson Paus</a> (1620), cleric</li> <li><i>Sir</i> <a href="/wiki/Povel_Pedersson_Paus" title="Povel Pedersson Paus">Povel Pedersson Paus</a> (1625), cleric</li> <li><i>Sir</i> <a href="/wiki/Hans_Povelsson_Paus" title="Hans Povelsson Paus">Hans Povelsson Paus</a> (1656), cleric</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cornelius Povelsson Paus</a> (1662), judge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peder_Hansson_Paus" title="Peder Hansson Paus">Peder Hansson Paus</a> (1691), judge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Pedersson_Paus" title="Hans Pedersson Paus">Hans Pedersson Paus</a> (1721), judge</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Paus_family#Skien_branch" title="Paus family">Skien<br />branch</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div style="float:right; margin:10px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paus_arms_(simplified).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Paus_arms_%28simplified%29.svg/50px-Paus_arms_%28simplified%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Paus_arms_%28simplified%29.svg/75px-Paus_arms_%28simplified%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Paus_arms_%28simplified%29.svg/100px-Paus_arms_%28simplified%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1531" data-file-height="1691" /></a></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Paus_(civil_servant)" title="Cornelius Paus (civil servant)">Cornelius Paus</a> (1726), civil servant</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedevig_Paus" title="Hedevig Paus">Hedevig Paus</a> (1763)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ole_Paus_(shipowner)" title="Ole Paus (shipowner)">Ole Paus</a> (1766), shipowner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henrik_Johan_Paus" title="Henrik Johan Paus">Henrik Johan Paus</a> (1799), lawyer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Cornelius_Paus" title="Christian Cornelius Paus">Christian Cornelius Paus</a> (1800), governor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Blom_Paus" title="Christopher Blom Paus">Christopher Blom Paus</a> (1810), shipowner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henrik_Ibsen" title="Henrik Ibsen">Henrik Ibsen</a> (1828), playwright</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johan_Altenborg_Paus" title="Johan Altenborg Paus">Johan Altenborg Paus</a> (1834), war commissioner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ole_Paus_(businessman)" title="Ole Paus (businessman)">Ole Paus</a> (1846), industrialist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_L._Paus" title="Karl L. Paus">Karl L. Paus</a> (1856), industrialist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Lintrup_Paus" title="Christopher Lintrup Paus">Christopher Lintrup Paus</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></span></span> (1881), British diplomat</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorleif_Paus" title="Thorleif Paus">Thorleif (von) Paus</a> (1881), diplomat</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Wegner_Paus" title="George Wegner Paus">George Wegner Paus</a> (1882), lawyer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Wangensten_Paus" title="Hans Wangensten Paus">Hans Wangensten Paus</a> (1891), engineer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Paus_Platt" title="Robert Paus Platt">Robert Paus Platt</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">OBE</a></span></span> (1905), British diplomat</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helvig_Paus_(painting)" title="Helvig Paus (painting)">Helvig (von) Paus</a> (1909)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ole_Paus_(general)" title="Ole Paus (general)">Ole (von) Paus</a> (1910), general</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Per_Paus" title="Per Paus">Per Paus</a> (1910), industrialist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorleif_Lintrup_Paus" title="Thorleif Lintrup Paus">Thorleif Lintrup Paus</a> (1912), diplomat</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecilie_Paus" title="Cecilie Paus">Cecilie Paus</a> (1943), shipping magnate</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peder_Paus_(businessman)" title="Peder Paus (businessman)">Peder Paus</a> (1945), businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ole_Paus" title="Ole Paus">Ole Paus</a> (1947), singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontine_Paus" title="Pontine Paus">Pontine Paus</a> (1973), shipping heir</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympia_Paus" title="Olympia Paus">Olympia Paus</a> (1976), shipping heir</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Paus" title="Marcus Paus">Marcus Paus</a> (1979), composer</li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="of_Herresta" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Paus_family#Herresta_branch" title="Paus family">of Herresta</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Count <a href="/wiki/Christopher_de_Paus" title="Christopher de Paus">Christopher (de) Paus</a> (1862), philanthropist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herman_Paus" title="Herman Paus">Herman Paus</a> (1897), skier, estate owner</li> <li>Countess <a href="/wiki/Tatiana_Tolstoy-Paus" title="Tatiana Tolstoy-Paus">Tatiana Tolstoy-Paus</a> (1914)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Henrik_Ibsen_40px&#124;link=Henrik_Ibsen#Family_and_childhood" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Henrik_Ibsen#Family_and_childhood" title="Henrik Ibsen">Henrik Ibsen</a>  <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Henrik_Ibsen#Family_and_childhood" title="Henrik Ibsen"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Altenburg2.png/40px-Altenburg2.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Altenburg2.png/60px-Altenburg2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Altenburg2.png/80px-Altenburg2.png 2x" data-file-width="467" data-file-height="268" /></a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Knud_Ibsen" title="Knud Ibsen">Knud Ibsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marichen_Altenburg" title="Marichen Altenburg">Marichen Altenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigurd_Ibsen" title="Sigurd Ibsen">Sigurd Ibsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Altenburgg%C3%A5rden" 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