The House of Danneskiold-Samsøe is a Danish family of high nobility associated with the Danish Royal Family, and whom formerly held the island of Samsø as a fief. By royal statutory regulation, the Counts Danneskiold-Samsøe and their male-line descendants are ranked as the second-highest nobles in Denmark, second only to the Counts of Rosenborg, who also descend from the Danish Kings. With a place in the 1st Class No. 13, they are entitled to the style "His/Her Excellency". The family uses a traditional spelling of the name; a modern spelling would be Danneskjold-Samsø.