Hans Schack was born on 4 March 1676 in
Ribe in the
Kingdom of Denmark. Born into the
noble family of
Schack, he was the second child and eldest surviving son of the Danish
nobleman and
civil servant Otto Didrik Schack, and his second wife Sophie Dorothea von Marschalk. At the death of his grandfather in February 1676, his father had inherited the large
manors of
Schackenborg and
Gram in
Southern Jutland, and
Gisselfeld in
Zealand. Later in the same year, on 23 June 1676, Otto Didrik Schack was awarded the
title of
enfeoffed count (), as the
Countship of Schackenborg was created from the manors of
Schackenborg,
Sødamgård,
Solvig, and
Store Tønde. At the death of his father, he inherited the
Countship of Schackenborg and assumed the title of enfeoffed count. Due to his age, his mother assumed the administration of Schackenborg until he came of age. On 22 July 1712, he was made a
Geheimrat in the
privy council, and on 26 October 1716 he was awarded the
Order of the Elephant. Count Schack was appointed finance deputy in 1719. However, he died already on 22 September the same year, aged only 43, in
Copenhagen in the
Kingdom of Denmark. He was succeeded as count of Schackenborg by his eldest surviving son,
Otto Didrik Schack. ==Family==