Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holstein

Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1622–February 26, 1656) was the son of king Christian IV of Denmark and his morganatic spouse Kirsten Munk. He had the title Count of Schleswig-Holstein.

Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holstein by Justus Sustermans

Biography

He was raised under the supervision of the royal governess Karen Sehested. In 1643, he was sent to Russia to marry Irene of Russia, the daughter of Tsar Michael of Russia, but as he refused to convert to the Orthodox faith, he was kept prisoner until 1645. In 1648, he came into conflict with his half-brother Frederik III of Denmark because of his wish to be elected king instead of Frederick, and after this, he lived abroad. He served in the Swedish army from 1655 and was killed in Poland in 1656.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holstein

16. Frederick I of Denmark 8. Christian III of Denmark 17. Anna of Brandenburg 4. Frederick II of Denmark 18. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 9. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg 19. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 2. Christian IV of Denmark 20. Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg 10. Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg 21. Anna of Brandenburg 5. Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow 22. Frederick I of Denmark 11. Elizabeth of Denmark 23. Sophie of Pomerania 1. Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holstein 24. Mogens Olufsen Munk 12. Ludvik Mogensen Munk 25. Karen Ludvigsdatter Rosenkrantz 6. Ludvig Ludviksen Munk 26. Peder Hansen Lykke 13. Kirsten Pedersdatter Lykke 27. Kirsten Pedersdatter Høg or Karen Pedersdatter Reventlow 3. Kirsten Munk 28. Peder Jørgensen Marsvin 14. Jørgen Pedersen Marsvin 29. Helle Tagesdatter Hollunger 7. Ellen Jørgensdatter Marsvin 30. Otte Henriksson Gyldenstierne 15. Karen Ottesdatter Gyldenstierne 31. Helvig Mogensdatter Gøye

References

• http://runeberg.org/nfck/0214.html (In Danish)