Jørgen Lykke (1515–26 December 1583) was a Danish nobleman, diplomat and politician. He was a member of the

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, lord of Overgård Manor and

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holder in

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.Poul Colding
Jørgen Lykke
Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Gyldendal

Biography

Jørgen Pedersen Lykke was born on Havnø at

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, Denmark. He was the son of the National Councilor member (''

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'') Peder Hansen Lykke (d. 1535) and Kirsten Pedersdatter Høg (d. 1542). He was the brother of estate owner

Sophie Lykke Sophie Lykke (died 1570) was a Danish county administrator, landholder and nobility, noble. Biography Sophie Lykke was the daughter of Councilor member (''Riksråd'') Peder Hansen Lykke (d. 1535) and Kirsten Pedersdatter Høg (d. 1542). Her ...

(d. 1570), widow of Jacob Hardenberg (d. 1542). He enter diplomatic service as chief of staff from 1532 to 1543 in the court of King

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(1494–1547). Returning to Denmark, he served frequently in diplomatic tasks abroad and in commission duties within the country during the Northern Seven Years' War (1563–1570). He was used in a number of other diplomatic missions; 1544 to

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, 1551 to

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and during 1560 and 1561 to

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Personal life

Jørgen Lykke was married to Beate Axelsdatter Brahe, daughter of steward of

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, Axel Axelsen Brahe (ca. 1480–1551), and secondly to Beate Aagesdatter Brahe (ca. 1525–1602), daughter of knight and fiefholder Aage Axelsen Brahe, til Tostrup (d. 1525). During 1550, he built Overgård Manor (''Overgård Gods'') in the parish of Udbyneder at

Mariager Fjord With a length of approximately 35 km (22 statute miles), Mariager Fjord is the longest fjord in Jutland, and the 2nd longest fjord (Tied with Ise Fjord on Zealand), behind Roskilde Fjord in Denmark (Excluding the self-governing territory of Gree ...

. Jørgen Lykke became a knight of the

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in 1559. He died during 1583 and was interred in Udbyneder Church (''Udbyneder Kirke'') at

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References

Other sources

*Thit Jensen (2016) ''Jørgen Lykke'' (Lindhardt og Ringhof)

External links

Overgaard website
1515 births 1583 deaths People from Hadsund 16th-century Danish politicians 16th-century Danish landowners 16th-century Danish diplomats 16th-century Danish nobility

Jørgen Jørgen is a Danish, Norwegian, and Faroese masculine given name cognate to George People with the given name Jørgen * Jørgen Aall (1771–1833), Norwegian ship-owner and politician * Jørgen Andersen (1886–1973), Norwegian gymnast * Jørgen ...

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