Bohus Fortress lies along the old Norwegian–Swedish border in Kungälv,Bohuslän,Sweden,north east from Hisingen where the Göta river splits into two branches. It commands the surrounding area from a cliff 40 m (130 ft) high,with the river forming a natural moat around it.
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.
John Maitland,1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane,of Lethington,Knight (1581),was Lord Chancellor of Scotland.
Sir William Stewart of Houston was a Scottish soldier,politician and diplomat.
Ludvig Ludvigsen Munk was a Danish official and Count. He was also referred to as Ludvig Ludvigsen Munk von Schleswig-Holstein and Ludvig Munk til Nørlund.
Jørgen Friis was a Danish lord and Governor-general of Norway from 1601 to 1608.
Knut Alvsson was a Norwegian nobleman and landowner. He was the country's foremost Norwegian-born noble in his time and served as fief-holder in southern-central Norway.
Hartvig Krummedige was a Danish nobleman who was born circa 1400 in southern Jutland,Denmark and died in 1476 at Akershus Fortress,Norway.
The Gyldenstjerne family,also spelled Gyldenstierne and in Swedish Gyllenstierna,is a Danish,Norwegian,and Swedish noble family divided into various branches and ranks. It is one of the oldest noble families in Scandinavia. The family surname appears,in the form of Guildenstern,in William Shakespeare's tragedy The Tragedy of Hamlet,Prince of Denmark. The surname should not be confused with Gyldensteen,the name of another short-lived Danish noble family,first recorded in 1717 and which became extinct in 1749.
Events in the year 1588 in Norway.
Events from the 1570s in Denmark.
Sir Andrew Sinclair of Ravenscraig,in Denmark known as Anders Sincklar,til Ravenscraig og Sincklarsholm,born 1555,died 1625,was a Scotsman of noble birth,who became a Danish privy counsellor,envoy to England,colonel,and holder of extensive fiefs.
Thomas Foulis was a Scottish goldsmith,mine entrepreneur,and royal financier.
George Young was a Scottish churchman,courtier,member of the Privy Council of Scotland,diplomat,and secretary depute.
Steen Ottesen Brahe was a Danish privy counsellor and landowner.
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.
Andrew Keith,Lord Dingwall was a Scottish landowner,soldier,and diplomat.
Robert Douglas,Provost of Lincluden was a Scottish landowner,courtier,and administrator.
Robert Jameson was a Scottish shipowner from Ayr.
Anne of Denmark (1574–1619) was the wife of King James VI and I,and as such Queen of Scotland from their marriage by proxy on 20 August 1589 and Queen of England and Ireland from 24 March 1603 until her death in 1619. When Anne intended to sail to Scotland in 1589 her ship was delayed by adverse weather. Contemporary superstition blamed the delays to her voyage and other misfortunes on "contrary winds" summoned by witchcraft. There were witchcraft trials in Denmark and in Scotland. The King's kinsman,Francis Stewart,5th Earl of Bothwell came into suspicion. The Chancellor of Scotland John Maitland of Thirlestane,thought to be Bothwell's enemy,was lampooned in a poem Rob Stene's Dream,and Anne of Denmark made Maitland her enemy. Historians continue to investigate these events.
