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Jørgen Kaas (1618 – 30 January 1658 in
Jørgen Kaas (1618 – 30 January 1658 in Fyn
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) was a Danish colonel
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, lord of the fief
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dom Lister in Norway, and owner of the Hastrup and Østergaard estates in Denmark. A member of the younger Kaas family (informally known as ''Mur-Kaas''), one of Denmark's preeminent families of ancient high nobility, he is notable as a war hero
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during the March across the Belts when he led the defense of Fyn against the Swedes and fell in battle. King Charles X Gustav of Sweden
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accompanied his body on foot in honour of his bravery. He was given the fief of Lister by King Christian IV
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A member of the H ...
on 30 December 1648, after he had sold his estate Østergaard to the King's son Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve
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* Albert Ulrik Bååth (1853–1912), Swedish poet
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. He never resided in Norway, and the fief was administered by the fiefholder of Nedenes.
He was the son of judge Hans Kaas and Birgitte Norby, and was married to Karen Jørgensdatter Grubbe (born 1616 at Halsted Priory
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, died 1695 at Lerbæk), who was a granddaughter of Chancellor of Denmark Eiler Grubbe
Eiler Grubbe (28 March 1532 – 20 November 1585) was a Danish statesman. He became Master of Finances in 1560 and Chancellor of Denmark and member of the Council of the Realm in 1570. He was also fiefholder of Tryggevælde, Vordingborg and Jung ...
and a sister of Regitze Grubbe. He was thus a brother-in-law of the King's son Hans Ulrik Gyldenløve
Hans Ulrik Gyldenløve (10 March 1615 – 31 January 1645) was the illegitimate son of King Christian IV of Denmark and his mistress, Karen Andersdatter. He was also a Danish-Norwegian Navy officer and ''lensmann'' bailiff.
Childhood
Hans Ulr ...
.'' Personalhistorisk Tidsskrift'' R2 Vol. 4 (1889). Jørgen Kaas and Karen Grubbe were the parents of Governor of Christiania and Trondheim Hans Kaas (1640–1700) and Governor Jørgen Grubbe Kaas of Rydbjerggård (1643–1711), grandparents of Governor of Bergen and Admiral Ulrik Kaas (1677–1746) and General Henrik Bielke Kaas (1686–1773), and great-grandparents of the admirals Frederik Christian Kaas (1727–1804) and Ulrik Christian Kaas (1729–1808). Hans Kaas was the father of the poet Birgitte Christine Kaas (1682–1761), married to Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt
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of Elingård
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. Their descendants include Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt-Kaas
Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt-Kaas (2 February 1834 – 18 May 1905) was a Norwegian historian and Director-General of the National Archives of Norway (''riksarkivar'').
Huitfeldt-Kaas was born in Christiania (now Oslo, Norway). He was a member of bot ...
. Jørgen Kaas is the progenitor of the Danish branch of the Kaas family. He also has descendants in Norway, in particular in the families Huitfeldt, Nissen and Paus
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.
Jørgen Kaas and Karen Grubbe were also great-great-great-grandparents of Countess Louise Sophie of Danneskiold-Samsøe
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(1796–1867), married to Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
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, a member of the royal House of Oldenburg
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. Their descendants include Augusta Victoria, German Empress, King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden, King Constantine II of Greece
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, Queen Sofía of Spain, the current head of the House of Glücksburg
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Christoph, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
Christoph of Schleswig-Holstein (22 August 1949 – 27 September 2023) ( German: ''Christoph Prinz zu Schleswig-Holstein'') was the head of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (commonly known as the House of Glücksburg) and, ...
, the current head of the House of Hanover
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Prince Ernst August of Hanover and the current head of the House of Hohenzollern
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Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia
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.
References
Literature
* Danmarks Adels Aarbog, 1917 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaas, Jorgen 17th-century Danish military officers 1618 births 1658 deaths Kaas family