Christian Gyldenløve
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Christian Gyldenløve, Landgrave of Samsøe (Copenhagen, 28 February 1674 – Odense, 16 July 1703), was a Danish nobleman and military officer. He was one of five illegitimate children fathered by Christian V of Denmark with Sophie Amalie Moth.
He distinguished himself in both foreign and Danish-Norwegian 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 first cousin Countess Charlotte Amalie Danneskiold-Laurvig (15 November 1682 – 7 December 1699), a daughter of Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, his father's half-brother. 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
External links
- Danneskiold at Den Store Dansk Encyklopædi
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- 1674 births
- 1703 deaths
- 17th-century Danish people
- 18th-century Danish people
- 18th-century Danish landowners
- Illegitimate children of Danish monarchs
- Illegitimate children of Norwegian monarchs
- County governors of Norway
- Sons of kings
- Postmasters general of Denmark
- Sons of dukes
- Sons of counts
- Children of Christian V of Denmark