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1643 In Denmark
Events from the year 1643 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IV * Steward of the Realm – Corfitz Ulfeldt Events *Start of the Torstenson War (1643–1645) Births *19 February – Bolle Luxdorph, civil servant and landowner (died 1698 in Sweden) Full date missing *Marie Grubbe, noblewoman (died 1718) Deaths * Sophia Brahe, horticulturalist and student of astronomy, chemistry and medicine (born 1556) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1643 Denmark Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ... Years of the 17th century in Denmark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Christian IV Of Denmark
Christian IV (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 until his death in 1648. His reign of 59 years, 330 days is the longest of Danish monarchs and Scandinavian monarchies. A member of the House of Oldenburg, Christian began his personal rule of Denmark in 1596 at the age of 19. He is remembered as one of the most popular, ambitious, and proactive Danish kings, having initiated many reforms and projects. Christian IV obtained for his kingdom a level of stability and wealth that was virtually unmatched elsewhere in Europe. He engaged Denmark in numerous wars, most notably the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), which devastated much of Germany, undermined the Danish economy, and cost Denmark some of its conquered territories. He rebuilt and renamed the Norwegian capital Oslo as ''Christiania'' after himself, a name used until 1925. Early years Birth and family Christian was born at Frederiksborg Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steward Of The Realm (Denmark)
Steward of the Realm (Danish: Rigshofmester) was an office at the Royal Danish Court. With the coronation of Eric VII of Denmark it became an important office, taking over the role of the Seneschal (Danish: Drost) as the de facto prime minister of the country. Prior to that the Rigshofmester had merely been the administrative leader of the Royal Court. The office was abolished with the institution of Absolute monarchy Absolute monarchy (or Absolutism as a doctrine) is a form of monarchy in which the monarch rules in their own right or power. In an absolute monarchy, the king or queen is by no means limited and has absolute power, though a limited constitut ... in Denmark-Norway in 1660. Danish Stewards of the Realm References {{reflist Political history of Denmark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corfitz Ulfeldt
Count Corfits Ulfeldt (10 July 1606 – 20 February 1664) was a Denmark, Danish politician, statesman, and one of the most notorious traitors in Danish history. Early life Ulfeldt was the son of the chancellor Jacob Ulfeldt (1567–1630), Jacob Ulfeldt. He was educated abroad, concluding with one year under Cesare Cremonini (philosopher), Cesare Cremonini at Padua. He returned to Denmark in 1629. Rise to power Upon his return to Denmark, Ulfeldt quickly won the favor of Christian IV of Denmark, King Christian IV. In 1634 he was made a Knight of the Order of the Elephant, in 1636 became Councillor of State, in 1637 Governor of Copenhagen, and in 1643 Danish Stewards of the Realm, Steward of the Realm. In 1637 Ulfeldt married Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Leonora Christina (1621–1698) who was the daughter of King Christian IV of Denmark. She had been betrothed to him since her ninth year. Ulfeldt was the most striking personality at the Danish court in all superficial accom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torstenson War
The Torstenson war, Hannibal controversy or Hannibal War ( no, Hannibalsfeiden) was a short period of conflict between Sweden and Denmark–Norway from 1643 to 1645 towards the end of the Thirty Years' War. The names refer to Swedish general Lennart Torstenson and Norwegian governor-general Hannibal Sehested. Denmark had withdrawn from the Thirty Years' War in the Treaty of Lübeck (1629). After its victories in the war, Sweden felt it had to attack Denmark-Norway due to its advantageous geographical position in relation to Sweden. Sweden invaded in a short two-year war. In the Second Treaty of Brömsebro (1645), which concluded the war, Denmark-Norway had to make huge territorial concessions and exempt Sweden from the Sound Dues, ''de facto'' acknowledging the end of the Danish '' dominium maris baltici''. Danish efforts to reverse this result in the Second Northern, Scanian and Great Northern wars failed. Background Sweden had been highly successful in the Thirty Years' W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolle Luxdorph
Bolle Luxdorph (19 February 1643 – 5 September 1698) was a Danish civil servant and landowner. He was ennobled under the name Luxdorph in 1679. He owned the estates Rosengaard, Sandbygaard, and Sørupgaard. He left them to his daughter, Hedevig Ulrika Luxdorph, who would later marry Christopher Knuth, 1st Count of Knuthenborg. His other child, Christian Luxdorph, was the father of Bolle Willum Luxdorph. Early life and travels Luxdorph was born in Copenhagen, the son of Christen Bollesen Luxdorph (died 1669) and Maren Olufsdatter Stafrofski (died 1689). He was the elder brother of Peder Luxdorph. His father was employed as economist at Herlufsholm from 1651 and he graduated from the school in 1660. He worked then for a while in the household of professor Peder Resen and from 1662 to 1664 served as a tutor at his old school. In 1775, he accompanied the Danish minister in London Simon de Petkum to England by way of Germany and Belgium. He then spent four years in France. Civi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1698 In Sweden
Events from the year 1698 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Charles XII Events * * * * * 12 May - Wedding between Hedvig Sophia of Sweden and Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp on Karlberg Palace. * Summer - The king and his brother-in-law engage in the Gottorp Fury, which scandalizes the country.Robert K. Massie (1986). Peter the Great. p. 321 f. . Births * August - Samuel Klingenstierna, scientist (died 1765) * 28 November - Charlotta Frölich, historian and agronomist (died 1770) * - Lovisa von Burghausen, memoir writer, famed for her slave narrative (died 1733) * * * Deaths * February - Anna Åkerhielm, archaeological writer and traveler (born 1642) * 23 October - David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, painter (born 1628) * * References Years of the 17th century in Sweden Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Grubbe
Fru Marie Grubbe (1643–1718) was a member of the Danish nobility who drew a lot of attention by her many extramarital affairs. She has been the inspiration for books, plays and operas. Biography Daughter of the statesman and nobleman Erik Grubbe (1605–92) and his wife Maren Juul (1608–47). She was married to Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Count of Laurvig (1638–1704), Governor-general of Norway, the son of King Frederick III of Denmark, in 1660–70, the noble Palle Dyre (d. 1707) in 1673–91, and to the coachman Søren Sørensen Møller in 1691. As the heir of her father, she was arranged to marry Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Count of Laurvig (1638-1704), the illegitimate son of King Frederick III of Denmark by her relative Regitze, widow of the illegitimate son of King Christian IV of Denmark and Karen Andersdatter. The Countess of Laurvig followed her husband to Oslo in 1664. She had extramarital relationships with her husband's secretary Joachim Lambert, the Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon
''Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon'' ("Biographical Encyclopedia of Danish Women") is a collection of over 1,900 biographies of Danish women from the Middle Ages to the present. The first edition was published in 2001 by Rosinante & Co, Copenhagen. Free searchable online access is available from the website of KVINFO The Danish Center for Research on Women and Gender (KVINFO) is a Danish information center about women's issues. It primarily aims to provide the general public with information about the results of women's studies and gender research undertake .... ''Kvinfo''. References Danish encyclopedias[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Brahe
Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia, meaning "wise". People with the name Born in the Middle Ages * Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson * Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant (1224–1275), second wife and only Duchess consort of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lothier Born in 1600s and 1700s * Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (1729–1796), later Empress Catherine II of Russia * Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628–1685), Queen consort of Denmark-Norway * Sophie Blanchard (1778–1819), French balloonist * Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (1759–1828), second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia * Sophie Dawes, Baronne de Feuchères ( 1795–1840), English baroness * Sophie Germain (1776–1831), French mathematician * Sophie Piper (1757–1816), Swedish countess * Sophie Schröder (1781–1868), German actress * Sophie von La Roche (1730–1807), German author Born 1790–1918 * Sophie, Duchess of Alenco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
