Ulrich Friedrich Gyldenlöwe

Ulrich Friedrich Gyldenlöwe, Count of Laurvig

Ulrich Friedrich Gyldenlöwe , also Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve or Ulrich Friedrich Graf von Güldenlöw-Laurvig , (born July 20, 1638 in Bremen , † April 17, 1704 in Hamburg ) was the Danish governor in Norway from 1664 to 1699 .

ancestry

Ulrich Friedrich Gyldenlöwe was the son of King Friedrich III. of Denmark and his lover Margrethe Pape (1620–1684), a commoner from Holstein, who was raised in 1683 by Christian V to Baroness von Löwendal .

The name Gyldenlöwe was the illegitimate children of the kings Christian IV. , Friedrich III. and Christian V as well as a son who died as a child from Frederick IV's bigamistic marriage with Elisabeth Helene Countess von Viereck. The descendants of the golden lion were noble and were given the name Danneskjold .

Life

Gyldenlöwe took part in the Danish-Swedish wars in the 17th century and distinguished himself in particular in the so-called " Karl Gustav War " (1657-1660) in the victorious battle of Nyborg on November 14, 1659. In 1666 he became commander in chief of the Norwegian armed forces. This army contributed significantly to the victory under his leadership in the Northern War (1674–1679) between Denmark and Brandenburg on the one hand and Sweden on the other hand, so that this war is called Gyldenløvefejde (Gyldenløvsfehde) in his honor in Norway . 1686 he directed on behalf of his half brother, King Christian V, the Danish siege of Hamburg .

As governor of Norway, he led the reforms of his predecessor Hannibal Sehested in the tax system (simplification, collection of taxable assets), in the administration of justice (establishment of a supreme Norwegian court with direct appeal to the king, reform of the Christian IV code) and in the defense system (Construction of a Norwegian war fleet, fortifications on the Norwegian-Swedish border) and protected the fortified farmers . He took part in Danish politics in close coordination with Christian V's secret chamber secretary, Peder Schumacher Griffenfeld .

Gyldenlöwe had Charlottenborg Palace built in Copenhagen from 1672 . On July 15, 1701, his third wife died in Amsterdam . He himself died in Hamburg in 1704 at the age of 65. He had lived there, as it was reported "i utrolig stilhed og sparsomhed" (in unbelievable silence and thrift). He was buried in the Frue Kirke in Copenhagen.

Marriages and offspring

• Secretly married to Sophie Urne on July 11, 1659, dissolved in 1660 after the second marriage, with her the sons:

1. Woldemar von Löwendal (1660–1740), since 1682 Woldemar Freiherr von Löwendal
2. Carl von Löwendal, since 1682 Carl Freiherr von Löwendal (born September 25, 1660, † September 27, 1689 in Sao Tomé )

• On December 16, 1660 he married Marie Grubbe , but was divorced from her in 1670.
• Married on August 16, 1677 to Countess Antoinette Augusta von Aldenburg (1660–1701) (granddaughter of Count Anton Günther von Oldenburg and daughter of his illegitimate son Anton I von Aldenburg ). She gave birth to ten children, but only four of them reached adulthood:

1. Charlotte Amalie Countess Danneskiold-Laurvig (* November 27, 1682 - † December 7, 1699) ⚭ November 27, 1696 Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsøe, illegitimate son of King Christian V.
2. Ulrica Antonia Countess Danneskiold-Laurvig (* January 12, 1686; † September 23, 1755) ⚭ March 2, 1702 Count Carl von Ahlefeldt
3. Ferdinand Anton Count Danneskiold-Laurvig (* July 11, 1688 - September 18, 1754) ⚭ (March 1) March 15, 1711 Mette Catharine von Ahlefeldt (* August 25, 1686 - March 5, 1712); ⚭ (2nd) December 20, 1713 Ulrica Eleonora Countess of Reventlow (November 1, 1690 - September 12, 1754), (sister of Queen Anna Sophie of Denmark )
4. Margaretha Cristiana Augusta Countess Danneskiold-Laurvig (* July 18, 1694; † July 8, 1761) ⚭ February 2, 1711 Count Georg Karl Ludwig zu Leiningen-Westerburg in Neuleiningen (* March 2, 1666; † May 4, 1726)

literature

• Ulrich Friedrich Gyldenlöwe . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 6 : Gerson-H. Hansen . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1892, p. 350 (Danish, runeberg.org ).

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