Klaus von Sehested

Klaus von Sehested , occasionally and Klaus von Seested , (* 1612 in Castle Højä in Vejle , Denmark ; † 27. January 1649 in Hindsgavl , Fyn ) was a Danish court official and politician .

Life

Sehested was the son of Alexander Sehestedt , the provost of the Uetersen monastery , and his wife Margarethe von Ahlefeldt. Sehested lost his father when he was five. He received his first upbringing from a private tutor.

From July 1629 to August 1631 Sehested studied at the academy in Sorø and then moved to the university in Strasbourg .

After completing his studies, he worked as a court squire at the Danish court. From there he soon moved to the service of Archbishop Frederick of Denmark in Bremen , where he was soon promoted to court marshal .

At the end of 1636 Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt-Köthen stayed in Schleswig on the occasion of his north German trip . There Klaus von Sehested (probably together with Count Christian zu Rantzau ) was accepted into the Fruitful Society . The prince gave Sehsted the company name of the strange and, as a motto, of pleasant smells . The fragrant cornflower ( Amberboa moschata L. DC. ) Was assigned to him as an emblem . Sehested's entry can be found in the Koethen Society Register under number 284. There is also the rhyme law that he wrote on the occasion of his admission:

The cornflower is a sex present,

Those who want to be found also land in Vnsern now,

Their odor is almost suspicious,

And yet in its arth graceful whole and even.

I was given the special ride on drumb,

Let everyone live in a strange way

In this way, ahn assume that he must first God,

Then the next the ', and trew be bit in dead.

At the end of 1643 Sehested was appointed bailiff of Hindsgavl on Funen. As such, he married Christenza von Lichtenow in October of the same year. On the occasion of this wedding, the poet and preacher Johann Rist gave a remarkable speech.

At the age of 37, Klaus von Sehested died on January 27, 1649 in Hindsgavl on West Funen after a hunting accident.