Christian Gyldenløve

Christian Gyldenløve
Christian Gyldenløve
	Christian Gyldenløve, son of Christian V.; The Portrait Collection at Frederiksborg Palace.
Count of Samsøe
	DetailTitles and styles •Officer ; •County Governor of Bergenhus stiftamt (1681-1699) ; •Commanding officer of The infantry regiment 'Youl Danois' (under his leadership called the "Royal Danois") (1692-1694) ; •Lieutenant General of the Cavalry and The Infantry of Norway (1695-1701) ; •General of the Cavalry and The Infantry of Norway (1696-) ; •Supreme Commander of the militia in Norway (1696-1697) ; •Field Marshal Lieutenant (1697-) ; •Field Marshal (1699-) ; •General Field Marshal Lieutenant (1701-1703) ; •Commander-in-Chief of the Danish-Norwegian auxiliary corps (1701-1703) ; •Imperial Generalfeldmarschall (1702-1703) ; •Lord Chamberlain of Denmark (1696-1703)
Born	28. February 1674; Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	16. July 1703; Odense, Denmark
Buried	St. Peter's Church, Copenhagen, Denmark
Noble family	Danneskiold-Samsøe
Father	Christian V of Denmark
Mother	Sophie Amalie Moth
Religion	Lutheran

Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsøe (Copenhagen, 28 February 1674 - Odense, 16 July 1703), was one of five illegitimate children fathered by Christian V of Denmark with Sophie Amalie Moth.

He distinguished himself in both foreign and Danish military service and established himself as the Danish Count Danneskiold-Samsøe, which descended from his second marriage.

In Copenhagen on 27 November 1696 Christian married firstly his second cousin Countess Charlotte Amalie af Danneskiold-Samsøe (15 November 1682 - 7 December 1699), a daughter of Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve. They had two daughters:

Christiane Charlotte (Copenhagen, 7 July 1698 - Akershus, 5 October 1699).
Frederikke Louise (Akershus, 2 October 1699 - Sønderborg, 2 December 1744), married on 21 July 1720 to her kinsman Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.

In Copenhagen on 25 May 1701 Christian married secondly Dorothea Krag (27 September 1675 - Gisselfeld, 10 October 1754). They had two sons:

Christian, Lensgreve af Danneskiold-Samsøe (Verona, 1 August 1702 - Copenhagen, 17 February 1728).
Frederik, Count of Danneskiold-Samsøe (Assendrup, 1 November 1703 - Aarhus, 18 July 1770).

After his death, his widow assumed his post of royal General Postmaster.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Christian Gyldenløve

16. Frederick II of Denmark

8. Christian IV of Denmark

17. Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

4. Frederick III of Denmark

18. Joachim Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg

9. Anne Catherine of Brandenburg

19. Margravine Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin

2. Christian V of Denmark

20. William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

10. George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

21. Princess Dorothea of Denmark

5. Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg

22. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

11. Landgravine Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt

23. Margravine Magdalene of Brandenburg

1. Christian Gyldenløve

24. Poul Mathiassen Moth

12. Mathias Poulsen Moth

25. Margrethe Volradsdatter Schröder

6. Poul Mathiassen Moth

13. Ingeborg Jørgensdatter

3. Sophie Amalie Moth

14. Rudolph Burenæus

7. Ida Dorothea Bureneus

15. Ida Rothfelsen

External links

Danneskiold at Den Store Dansk Encyklopædi

Government offices
Preceded by Hans Hansen Lillienskiold	County Governor of Bergenhus stiftamt 1681–1699	Succeeded by Christian Stockfleth

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