Jørgen Lunge (11 October 1577 – 19 August 1619) was a
Danish
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nobleman who served as
Rigsmarsk from 1616 to 1619.
Biography
Lunge was born in on 11 October 1577 to Ove Lunge and Anne Maltesdatter Sehested. After receiving his schooling at home in
Viborg and at
Sorø Academy he spent six years went abroad in order to continue his studies, spending most of his time in
Strasbourg
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,
Geneva and
Padua.
Shortly after his return to Denmark, he left the country once again to go into
Dutch military service. Before his departure, he recruited a company of soldiers which he led with honours in the war against the
Spanish, leading to his promotion through the ranks.
[
Back in Denmark, he married Sophie Brahe on 8 September 1605. Just a few weeks later, he received orders to recruit a regiment of 2,000 men for use against the city of Brunswick in support of the king's relative, Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. However, the king abandoned his plan and the regiment was dissolved.][ In 1713 he acquired Birkelse Manor in the north of Jutland.
In 1616 Lunge was elected Rigsmarsk, an office he held until his death in 1619.]Aalborg
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.[
]
See also
* Steward of the Realm (Denmark)
* Danish nobility
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References
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Rigsmarsk (Denmark)
16th-century Danish nobility
17th-century Danish nobility
1577 births
1619 deaths
Lunge family