Christian (Oldenburg) Prince of Danmark (1603 - 1647)

Born 10 Apr 1603 in Haderslev, Sonderjylland, Denmark

Ancestors

Husband of Magdalena Sibylle (UNKNOWN) Wettin — married 5 Oct 1634 in København, Danmark

Died 2 Jun 1647 at age 44 in Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland(HRR)

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Biography

Birth

Date: 10 APR 1603

Place: Rosenborgs slott, Rosenborgs slott, Oster Voldgade 4A, Köpenhamn, 1350, Denmark

Death

Date: 2 JUN 1647

Place: Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland(HRR)

Burial

Burial:

Place: Roskilde Domkirke, Roskide, Danmark

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Early life

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He was born in Copenhagen Castle as a son of King Christian IV of Denmark (1577–1648) and Queen-Consort Anne Catherine (1575–1612). He was the couple's oldest living son, an older brother Frederick having died in 1599, less than a year old. As such his father saw him as the preferable heir to the throne.[1] Denmark was an elective monarchy, where the power of election was held by the Danish Privy Council. However, during his own lifetime the King would choose an heir and have him hailed as such, strongly influencing the council's choice.[2] In 1608 the Privy Council and representatives of the Estates supported the King in naming Christian as Prince Elect. He was publicly hailed in 1610, both in Denmark and Norway.[1]

The Tugtmester, responsible for theprince's education, was Niels Jørgensen Æryleus from 1610 to 1617, then Jesper Brochmand from 1617 to 1620. Christian Friis til Kragerup was the Hofmester from 1615 to 1616, leading the principal court, and Christian Thomesen Sehested from 1616.[1]

Career and marriage

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In 1625, Denmark ventured into the Thirty Years' War. The Danish Intervention saw the war entering its second main phase, after the end of the Bohemian Revolt.[3] With King Christian IV commanding on the battlefield, prince Christian was installed as acting head of government. Christian held this post to 1627, but not without entering the battlefield in the meantime. He was even hit by two gunshots in November 1626. In 1627 he was sent to Holstein near the frontier, where he took seat in Segeberg. He later retreated when enemy troops overran South Denmark and Jutland, as the Danish Intervention failed. During this process he even broke a leg after a fall from a wagon.[1] In 1626, his relationship with the noble Anne Lykke caused a conflict with his father and the council of state when his father arrested Lykke because of her influence on him and tried to have her charged with sorcery.

In1628, Christian received the feudum of Malmöhus. In January 1632 he was appointed Governor-General of the Danish parts of Schleswig and Holstein. He also received Laaland and Falster. In 1633 he was engaged to Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony, daughter of John George I, Elector of Saxony and Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia; the marriage had been discussed as early as 1630. The wedding took place on 5 October 1634 in Copenhagen among great festivities. The marriage was childless, and they resided at Nykøbing Castle in Falster. Christian was not much involved on the political scene in this phase of hislife, partly to his own dismay, but he did act as head of government in 1644, when the King was absent due to the Torstenson War. In the autumn of 1644, Prince Christian had a stay in the fortified Malmø, but Swedish forces threatened the city, and Christian retreated, first to Copenhagen due to illness, then to Falster.[1]

Later life and legacy

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Christian gained a reputation as lazy, and as a drinker. He was heavily indebted; despite his father's attempts to pay some of Christian's debts, he still owed more than 215,000 Rigsdaler in 1647. Among others, he took a loan from the Duke of Gottorp in 1646 in order to finance a stay in a Bohemian spa. He left Nykøbing for Bohemia on 8 May 1647. He reached Dresden on 28 May, and continued on 1 June. Not long after leaving he was struck by a fit of illness. He was brought to a castle in Gorbitz near Dresden, where he died on the next day. He was buried on 8 November 1647 in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen. In 1655 his remains were moved to the tombs at Roskilde Cathedral.[1]

The consequence of his death was a sudden openness as to who would become the next king. Christian IV did not see to the hailing of a new heir. Instead he called a meeting of the estates, before his own death in February 1648. Christian's only living son from his marriage to Anne Catherine was Prince Frederick, whereas he had severalother descendants and sons-in-law, including the Privy Council members Corfitz Ulfeldt and Hannibal Sehested.[4] Ulfeldt had been a friend of the Prince Elect Christian.[1] Later in 1648 Frederick was coronated as Frederick III of Denmark, but he had to admit the power of election to the Privy Council, securing a strong standing for the elective monarchy (as opposed to hereditary monarchy). The Danish royal power was at a "historic low", wrote historian Ståle Dyrvik—however, under Frederick III absolute monarchy was introduced in 1660–1661, partly caused by the devastating Dano-Swedish Wars of 1657-1658 and 1658-1660.[4]

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