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Bolle Luxdorph
Bolle Luxdorph (19 February 1643 – 5 September 1698) was a Denmark, Danish civil servant and landowner. He was ennobled under the name Luxdorph family, Luxdorph in 1679. He owned the estates Rosengaard, Sandbygaard, and Sørupgaard. He left them to his daughter, Hedevig Ulrika Luxdorph, who would later marry Adam Christopher Knuth (1687–1746), Christopher Knuth, Knuthenborg, 1st Count of Knuthenborg. His other child, Christian Luxdorph, was the father of Bolle Willum Luxdorph. Early life and travels Luxdorph was born in Copenhagen, the son of Christen Bollesen Luxdorph (died 1669) and Maren Olufsdatter Stafrofski (died 1689). He was the elder brother of Peder Luxdorph. His father was employed as economist at Herlufsholm from 1651 and he graduated from the school in 1660. He worked then for a while in the household of professor Peder Resen and from 1662 to 1664 served as a tutor at his old school. In 1775, he accompanied the Danish minister in London Simon de Petkum to England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peder Luxdorph
Peder Luxdorph (1648 – 5 January 1702) was a Denmark, Danish landowner and judge who was ennobled in 1679 under the name Luxdorph. He was headmaster of Herlufsholm School. Early life and education Luxdorph was born in Copenhagen, the son of Christen Bollesen Luxdorph (died 1669) and Maren Olufsdatter Stafrofski (died1689). He was the younger brother of Bolle Luxdorph. He graduated from Herlufsholm School in 1666 and then studied law at universities abroad. Career and property In 1678, Luxdorph was appointed as deputy judge of Lolland-Falster Landsting. In 1679, he was ennobled under the name Luxdorph. He acquired Fjellebro Manor Skovgård on Funen in 1783 and was two years later appointed as district judge (''landsdommer'') of Funen and Langeland. In 1786, he acquired Nybøllegård, Funen, Nybøllegaard Manor. In 1687, he was appointed as Chancellery Councillor (''kancelliråd'') and in 1700 as ''justitsråd''. Family Luxdorph married Anna Margrethe Helverskov, a daughter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road. Originally a Vikings, Viking fishing village established in the 10th century in the vicinity of what is now Gammel Strand, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the early 15th century. During the 16th century, the city served as the ''de facto'' capital of the Kalmar Union and the seat of the Union's monarchy, which governed most of the modern-day Nordic countries, Nordic region as part of a Danish confederation with Sweden and Norway. The city flourished as the cultural and economic centre of Scandinavia during the Renaissance. By the 17th century, it had become a regional centre of power, serving as the heart of the Danish government and Military history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Kingo
Thomas Hansen Kingo (15 December 1634 – 14 October 1703) was a Danish bishop, poet and hymnwriter born in Slangerup, near Copenhagen. His work marked the high point of Danish baroque poetry. Early life and education His parents were Hans Thomsen Kingo and Karen Sørensdatter. His father was born in Crail, Scotland, and moved to Helsingør, Denmark, as a two-year old; he became a weaver of modest means. The name ''Kingo'' is a shortening of the Scottish name ''Kinghorn''. Although his parents were not wealthy, he was sent to Frederiksborg Latin School at the age of 16 in 1650. He studied theology at the University of Copenhagen, enrolling in 1654 and graduating in 1658. Career Kingo started his career by working as a private tutor at Frederiksborg Castle. From 1659 he lived on the Vedbygård estate at Tissø, where he wrote some of his first poems. In 1661 he was appointed chaplain to the priest Peder Worm at Kirke Helsinge and Drøsselbjerg, and in 1668 he was ordai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th-century Danish Landowners
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, the French ''Grand Siècle'' dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, the world's first public company and megacorporation known as the Dutch East India Company, and according to some historians, the General Crisis. From the mid-17th century, European politics were increasingly dominated by the Kingdom of France of Louis XIV, where royal power was solidified domestically in the civil war of the Fronde. The semi-feudal territorial French nobility was weakened and subjugated to the power of an absolute monarchy through the reinvention of the Palace of Versailles from a hunting lodge to a gilded prison, in which a greatly expanded ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Civil Servants
Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A Danish person, also called a "Dane", can be a national or citizen of Denmark (see Demographics of Denmark) * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity * A member of the Danes, a Germanic tribe * Danish (name), a male given name and surname Language * Danish language, a North Germanic language used mostly in Denmark and Northern Germany * Danish tongue or Old Norse, the parent language of all North Germanic languages Food * Danish cuisine * Danish pastry, often simply called a "Danish" See also * Dane (other) * * Gdańsk * List of Danes * Languages of Denmark The Kingdom of Denmark has only one official language, Danish, the national language of the Danish people, but there are several minority languages spoken, namely Faroese, German, and Greenlandic. A large majority (about 86%) of Danes also ... {{disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinitatis Church
The Trinitatis Church (''Trinitatis Kirke'') is located in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is part of the 17th century Trinitatis Complex, which includes the Rundetårn astronomical observatory tower and the Copenhagen University Library, in addition to the church. Built in the time of Christian IV, the church initially served the students of Copenhagen University. It is situated at the corner of Landemærket and Købmagergade. The interior was seriously damaged in the fire of 1728 but was rebuilt in 1731. , Visit Copenhagen. Retrieved 16 December 2012. History Initial plans in 1635 were for a student church at Regensen, the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cort Adeler
Cort Sivertsen Adeler (16 December 16225 November 1675), known in Denmark as Coort Sifvertsen Adelaer, in the Netherlands as Koert Sievertsen Adelaer and in Italy as Curzio Suffrido Adelborst, was the name of honour given to Kurt Sivertsen, a Norway, Norwegian seaman, who rendered distinguished service to the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy, Dano-Norwegian and Dutch navy, Dutch navies, and also to the Republic of Venice against the Ottoman Empire, Turks. Early naval career Cort Sivertsen was born in Brevik, Norway, Brevik, Norway, the son of a Shipment, shipper. At the age of fifteen he took service with the Dutch navy; in 1639 he fought under Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp at the Battle of the Downs. In 1642 he was first mate on the ''Grote St. Joris'', a Dutch ship hired by the fleet of Venice as the ''San Giorgio Grande''. Sivertsen called himself ''Adelborst'' in this period, a Dutch name meaning "cadet". In 1645 he became captain of the ''San Giorgio'' and entered full Venetian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedevig Ulrika Luxdorph
Hedevig may refer to: * Hedevig Johanne Bagger (1740-1822), Danish inn-keeper and postmaster * Hedevig Lund (1824–1888), Norwegian painter * Ida Hedevig Moltke (1744–1816), Danish countess and letter writer * Hedevig Rasmussen (1902–1985), Danish freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics * Hedevig Rosing (1827–1913), author, educator, school founder; first woman to teach in Copenhagen's public schools * Hedevig Ulfeldt, (1626–1678), daughter of king Christian IV of Denmark and Kirsten Munk {{given name, Hedevig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Our Lady, Copenhagen
The Church of Our Lady () is the Lutheran cathedral of Copenhagen. It is situated on the Frue Plads public square in central Copenhagen, next to the historic main building of the University of Copenhagen. The present-day version of the church was designed by the architect Christian Frederik Hansen (1756–1845) in the Neoclassical style and was completed in 1829. History Construction of the original Collegiate Church of St. Mary (''den hellige Marias kirke'') began no later than 1187 under archbishop Absalon (c. 1128–1201). The church was located on the highest point near the new town of Havn, later Copenhagen. Absalon was the bishop of Roskilde (Zealand), Denmark's capital of that era, and spent most of his life securing Denmark from foreign attacks. He built many churches and monasteries, while also founding Copenhagen as Denmark's Baltic port city. Named archbishop of Lund in 1178, Absalon accepted only under threat of excommunication. St. Mary's construction continu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitus Bering (1617–1675)
Vitus Pedersen Bering (6 October 1617 – 20 May 1675) was a Danish poet and historian. He served as Danish Historiographer Royal and was the great-uncle of the explorer Vitus Bering (1681–1741). Early life and education Vitus Pedersen Bering was born in Viborg, Denmark. Bering was the son of the city mayor Peder Pedersen Bering and Maren Vitusdatter Brun. He graduated from Viborg Katedralskole in 1635. He soon attracted attention for his poems in Latin and was called to serve as steward for Otte Thott, son of Scania county governor Tage Thott (1580–1658). He subsequently conducted a seven-year foreign trip to Leiden (1639), Orléans (1640), Siena (1642), Rome and Padua (1647) and Strasbourg and Basel (1648). Career After their return to Denmark, he took a Master's degree at the University of Copenhagen in 1649. He immediately assumed a position as at the University of Copenhagen. Later that same year he was appointed to professor in history at Sorø Academy and Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historiographer Royal (Denmark)
Kongelig historiograf (''Historicus Regius'', " Historiographer Royal") was a position in the kingdom of Denmark-Norway (after 1814 Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...) between 1594 and 1883. The office was originally created with the aim of producing a national history of Denmark from the 13th century, a "continuation of Saxo", improving upon the first such work, published in the vernacular in 1600 by Arild Huitfeldt. The office is not to be confused with that of ''kongelig ordenshistoriograf'', the position of official historian of the Danish system of orders which was established in 1808 and remains in existence today. The parallel office in Sweden was established in 1618, in England in 1660 and in Scotland in 1681. List of Historiographers Royal * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolle Luxdorph Copperplate Engraving
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Bolle may refer to: People * Eivind Bolle (born 1923), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party * Frank Bolle (born 1924), American cartoonist * (1905–1999), whose standard abbreviation as a botanist is "F. Bolle" * Pierette Cornelie Bolle (1893–1945), whose standard abbreviation as a botanist is "P. C. Bolle"; see * Roberto Bolle (born 1975), Italian ballet dancer Other uses * Bolle's pigeon, named after the naturalist Carl Bolle * , a defunct German supermarket chain; see * , a defunct German dairy See also * Carl Bolle (other) * Karl Bolle (other) * Bollé (other) Bollé may refer to: * Bollé, Burkina Faso, a village in Burkina Faso * Bollé Brands, a safety eyewear/sunglasses manufacturer * Hermann Bollé (1845–1926), Austrian architect * Jacques Bolle (born 1959), French Grand Prix motorcycle road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
