Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne was a member of the powerful House of La Tour d'Auvergne, Prince of Sedan and a marshal of France.
Christoffer Valkendorff was a Danish-Norwegian statesman and landowner. His early years in the service of Frederick II brought him both to Norway, Ösel and Livland. He later served both as Treasurer and Stadtholder of Copenhagen and finally as Steward of the Realm from 1596 to 1601. He owned Glorup Manor on Funen from 1535 to 1601, whose current main building he constructed, although it has later been adapted in the Neoclassical style. He constructed the old Town Hall in Bergen, and he also constructed Svindinge Church, on Funen, one of the best preserved Renaissance style churches in Denmark. He founded the dormitory Valkendorfs Kollegium in Copenhagen where the street Valkendorfsgade is named after him.
Sir George Lauder of the Bass, Knight, was a cleric, Privy Counsellor, and Member of the Scottish Parliament. He was a legal tutor to Prince Henry.
Ove Gjedde was a Danish nobleman and Admiral of the Realm (Rigsadmiral). He established the Danish colony at Tharangambadi and constructed Fort Dansborg as the base for Danish settlement. He was a member of the interim government that followed the death of King Christian IV and which imposed restrictions (Haandfæstning) on his successor King Frederick III.
Sir William Stewart of Houston was a Scottish soldier, politician and diplomat.
Sir Peter Young (1544–1628) was a Scottish diplomat, Master Almoner, and tutor to James VI of Scotland.
Steen Bille (1565–1629) was a Danish councillor and diplomat.
Christoffer Hjort (1561–1616) was a Norwegian clergyman and crypto-Catholic. He served as a vicar in Aker and was the priest at the chapel of Akershus Castle, until he was expelled from the country for Catholicism in 1613.
Events from the 1520s in Denmark.
Events from the 1530s in Denmark.
Christoffer Knudsson Urne of Årsmarke was a Danish statesman and landholder. He served as Royal Treasurer from 1617 to 1627, Governor-General of Norway from 1629 to 1642 and as Chancellor of the Realm from 1646.
Events from the 1590s in the Spanish Netherlands and Prince-bishopric of Liège.
Peder Munk of Estvadgård (1534–1623), was a Danish navigator, politician, and ambassador, who was in charge of the fleet carrying Anne of Denmark to Scotland. The events of the voyage led to witch trials and executions in Denmark and Scotland.
Breide Rantzau was a German nobleman in Danish-Norwegian service. He served as stadtholder of Copenhagen from 1602.
