The House of Ulfeldt is an old and distinguished Dano-German noble family from Funen. The oldest known members of the family lived in 12th century. [1] The family was represented by several royal Danish councilors during the 15th and 16th century, when the family was among the most influential in Denmark.
The family was first mentioned in a written document from 1186, with the name Strange, but in the 16th century they began to call themselves Ulfeldt after the family coat of arms.[ citation needed ] Family members held the title of Count in Denmark and Imperial Count within the Holy Roman Empire, but went extinct in male line in 1769. [1]
Count Corfits Ulfeldt was a Danish statesman known for his collaboration with Sweden during and after the 1657-1658 Dano-Swedish War, for which he is often considered traitorous.
Corfitz Ulfeldt (1606-1664), Danish statesman, son of the chancellor Jacob Ulfeldt.
Jacob Ulfeldt may refer to:
Jacob Ulfeldt was a Danish diplomat and member of the Privy Council from 1565. He is mostly known for his very troubled diplomatic journey into Russia in 1578 during which he concluded an unfavourable treaty with Tsar Ivan IV (1530–1584) that brought him to disgrace at home. His bitter attempts of getting satisfaction only damaged his case. However, his account of his Russian travels is still considered a main source of Danish-Russian relations as well as of 16th-century Russia. He was the father of Jacob Ulfeldt (1567–1630).
Leonora Christina, Countess Ulfeldt, born "Countess Leonora Christina Christiansdatter" til Slesvig og Holsten, was the daughter of King Christian IV of Denmark and wife of the Steward of the Realm, the traitor Count Corfitz Ulfeldt. Renowned in Denmark since the 19th century for her posthumously published autobiography Jammers Minde, written secretly during two decades of solitary confinement in a royal dungeon, her intimate version of the major events she witnessed in Europe's history, interwoven with ruminations on her woes as a political prisoner, still commands popular interest and scholarly respect, and has virtually become the stuff of legend as retold and enlivened in Danish literature and art.
Bosjökloster is a castle located on the shore of Lake Ringsjön in Höör Municipality, Scania, Sweden.
Kirsten Munk was a Danish noble, the second spouse of King Christian IV of Denmark, and mother to twelve of his children.
Countess Maria Antonie Gräfin von Waldstein Herrin zu Wartenberg was a Bohemian noblewoman. By birth, she was a member of the prominent House of Waldstein, maternal grandmother of King Ferdinand II of Portugal and great-grandmother of King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria.
Corfits Mogensen Ulfeldt was a Danish naval officer. He was a cousin of the much more famous traitor Corfitz Ulfeldt (1606–1664). He is known in the annals of whaling as the man who drove the French out of Spitsbergen. Ulfeldt later fought and died in the Torstenson War.
Holckenhavn Castle is a manor house located next to Holckenhavn Fjord, an arm of the Great Belt, just south of Nyborg on the east coast of Funen, Denmark. The current Renaissance castle was built in the late 16th and early 17th century by three consecutive owners. Previously known both as Ulfeldtsholm and Ellensborg, it received its current name in 1672 when it was acquired by Eiler Holck, who at the same time founded the Barony of Holckenhavn. The estate has been in the possession of his family ever since.
Jacob Ulfeldt was a Danish diplomat, explorer, and chancellor of King Christian IV of Denmark.
Jacob Mogensen, or Ebbe Ulfeldt, was the brother of the Danish naval officer Corfits Ulfeldt, and became a landscape painter in Delft.
Selsø is a historic manor house located near Skibby, on the Hornsherred peninsula, Frederikssund Municipality, some 50 km (31 mi) west of Copenhagen, Denmark. The estate traces its history back to the 13th century. The current main building dates from 1576 but was renovated in the Baroque style in 1734. The estate has been owned by the Scheel-Plessen family since 1721 but the recently restored main building and its immediate surroundings have been ceded to a self-owning foundation. The building is now operated as a museum and is also used as a venue for concerts and other events. The knight's hall is decorated with paintings by Hendrick Krock. The main building, a gatehouse from 1734 and the east wing of the adjacent home farm (Avlsgården) were listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918.
The following is a list of events that occurred in the year 1641 in Denmark.
Saltø is a manor house and estate located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of Næstved in southeastern Denmark. The estate was acquired by Carl Adolph von Plessen in 1725 and had been owned by the von Plessen family since then. The main building from the second half of the 16th century and two half-timbered buildings from the second half of the 18th century were listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918. The estate covers 1,050 hectares (10.5 km2).
Mogens Ulfeldt was a Danish naval officer and landowner. He served as Admiral of the Realm from 1610.
Count Anton Corfiz von Ulfeldt was an Austrian politician and diplomat of Danish descent.
Events from the year 1644 in Denmark.
Bavelse is a manor house situated on the north side of Bavelse Lake, between Næstved and Sorø, in Næstved Municipality, about 70 km (43 mi) south of Copenhagen, Denmark. Since 1710, Bavelse and the nearby estate Næsbyholm have had the same owners. Bavelse's present main building was constructed for Christian Rønnenkamp in 1845. The Næsbyholm-Bavelse estate covers 1,424 hectares of land (2012).
The following is a list of events that occurred in the year 1600 in Denmark.