Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsøe (

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, 28 February 1674 –

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, 16 July 1703), was a Danish nobleman and military officer. He was one of five illegitimate children fathered by

Christian V of Denmark Christian V (15 April 1646 25 August 1699) was king of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death in 1699. Well-regarded by the common people, he was the first king anointed at Frederiksborg Castle chapel as absolute monarch since the decr ...

with Sophie Amalie Moth. He distinguished himself in both foreign and Danish-Norwegian military service and established himself as the Danish Count ''

Danneskiold-Samsøe The House of Danneskiold-Samsøe is a Danish family of high nobility associated with the Danish Royal Family, and who formerly held the island of Samsø as a fief. By royal statutory regulation, the Counts Danneskiold-Samsøe and their male-li ...

,'' which descended from his second marriage. In

on 27 November 1696 Christian married firstly his second cousin Countess Charlotte Amalie Danneskiold-Laurvig (15 November 1682 – 7 December 1699), a daughter of Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve. They had two daughters: *Christiane Charlotte (Copenhagen, 7 July 1698 – Akershus, 5 October 1699) * Frederikke Louise (Akershus, 2 October 1699 –

Sønderborg (; german: Sonderburg ) is a Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Sønderborg Municipality (Kommune). The town has a population of 27,766 (1 January 2022),Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg Christian August I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (4 August 1696 – 20 January 1754) was a son of Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, who was himself a son of Ernest Günther. He served as ...

In Copenhagen on 25 May 1701 Christian married secondly

Dorothea Krag Dorothea Krag (27 September 1675–10 October 1754) was a Danish Postmaster General and noble. Dorothea was married first to count Jens Juel in 1694, and second to the king's illegitimate half brother Christian Gyldenløve in 1701. As the wido ...

(27 September 1675 – Gisselfeld, 10 October 1754). They had two sons: *Christian,

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af Danneskiold-Samsøe (Verona, 1 August 1702 – Copenhagen, 17 February 1728) * Frederik, Count of Danneskiold-Samsøe (Assendrup, 1 November 1703 – Aarhus, 18 July 1770) After his death, his widow assumed his post of royal General Postmaster.

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