Niels trolls
Niels Trolle (born December 20, 1599 in Lundenæs, † September 20, 1667 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish admiral and statesman .
Life
Niels was a member of the Danish line Trolholm of the originally Swedish aristocratic family Trolle . He was the son of the governor in Copenhagen Børge Trolle († 1610) and Anne Poulsdatter Munk (1580-1641).
His first marriage was in 1626 with Mette Rud (1606–1632) and his second marriage was Helle Rosenkrantz (1618–1685), a daughter of Holger Rosenkrantz (1574–1642). A total of 14 children were born from both marriages.
Trolle visited Herlufsholm when he was twelve . Other stops on his Grand Tour were Leipzig (1614), Borreby (1615), Gießen (1617), Wittenberg and Heidelberg (1618) Strasbourg (1619), Geneva and Bourges (1620), Rome and Padua (1621), Paris (1622) , finally England . He did not return to Denmark until 1623.
He began his career in 1623 as court squire with Christian IV , followed him to the theater of war in Germany . In 1628 he was Rittmeister and from 1634 to 1641 Lensman in Copenhagen and in the same position from 1641 to 1656 in Roskildegård. As early as 1642 he was also the Land Commissioner in Zealand, and since 1644 General Provisions Commissioner. He was promoted to Imperial Councilor and Vice Admiral in 1645 . In 1648 he became a Knight of the Elephant Order . In 1653 he became General War Commissioner in Zealand. As governor in Norway he worked from 1656 to 1661. In the same year of his appointment he was also Lensman in Akershus, which he remained until 1662. Trolle ended his career in the years 1660 to 1662 as a Danish Imperial Admiral
He was the owner of Gavnø Castle , along with other goods, and was buried in Roskilde Cathedral.
literature
- JA Fridericia: Trolls, Niels . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 17 : Svend Tveskjæg – Tøxen . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1903, p. 544-546 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- Steffen Heiberg: Niels Trolle . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 15 : Treschow – Wold . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1984, ISBN 87-01-77513-8 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).
- Niels trolls. In: Store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
Web links
- Nils Trolle on adelsvapen.com (Swedish = Gustaf Elgenstierna : Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor. 1925–1936).
- Niels Trolle, til Trolholm on finnholbek.dk (Danish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anders Thiset : Trolle, Børge . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 17 : Svend Tveskjæg – Tøxen . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1903, p. 531 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trolls, Niels |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish admiral and statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1599 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lundenæs |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 20, 1667 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |