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The present state of Denmark and reflections upon the ancient state thereof. Together with a particular account of the birth, education, martial atchievements and brave performances of His Royal Highness Prince George, only brother of His present Majesty of Denmark. / By G. Pierreville Gent. Secretary to the King's Minister at the Court of Denmark.
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Pierreville, Gideon.
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Wing P2212A; ESTC R203183
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Town or Person at his Pleasure He can at his Will and Pleasure Convene Adjourn Prorogue Remove the States and the Senate Grant safe Conduct Letters of Mart and Reprizal with all the other Perogatives of an Independent Prince nay of one whose Will is a Law The King of Denmark has all such things as are proper To a Monarch as Crowns Scepters Purple Robe and Holy Vnction and acknowledgeth no Superiour but God nor holdeth his Kingdom in Vassalage nor receiveth his Investiture or Instalment from another Thus at the congress of Nimeguen there being a dispute between the French and Danish Ambassadors about the Language they were to Treat in the French Insisting to Love both Parties use French the Danes Replyed that if the French used the French they would use Danish Being well assured that their Master yielded in nothing to the French King either as to the extent of his Perogative or of his Dominions And since the Introduction and Establishment in Denmark of the Augsbourg Confession there lyes no Appeal from the King to the Pope as there does in the Catholick Princes Dominions but He is Supream Head and Governour in all matters as well Ecclesiastical as Civil so that none of his Subjects whatsoever are exempt from his Jurisdiction and Justice Hardly any Prince in Europe is looked upon with more Veneration and Respect than this Monarch is by his Subjects they paying him all those Respectuous Duties Devoirs and Reverence that a Sovereign can Receive But before I proceed any further I shall give an account of the Royal Family as it Standeth at this day as also of the Nobility and other Orders of the Kingdom And having already said that the King Married Charlotra Amalia the Daughter of William the Sixth Landgrave of Hesse Cassel in the year 1669 He hath had by that Princess the following Issue Frederick the Heir apparent Born on the 21st of October 1671. Christianus Wilhelmus Born on the 21st of November 1672. Dyed on the 25 of January 1673. Christian Born on the 25th of March 1678. Sophia Hedwig Bom on the 28. of August 1677. Since that Princess a younger Daughter Carolus Born in the Year 1682. or the Queen Mother Sophia Amalia Prince George the present Kings Brother was Born in the year 1653. a Prince of extraordinary Vertues and Qualifications and all the Actions of whose Life both in Peace and War have shown Wisdom Valour and Conduct and more particularly he gave extraordinary Testimonies of his Gallantry and Courage in the Battel of Lunden when that the King his Brother being taken Prisoner by the Sweeds notwithstanding that the Enemies far Surpassed 'em in number that his Men were disheartned and over-powered Nevertheless he rush'd in amongst them cut his way through all Opposition and Slew those Persons with his own Hand who had dared to lay hold on his Royal Brother And thus delivered the King from his Enemies Anna Sophia the King of Denmark's Eldest Sister was born on the first of September in the year 1647. and was Married in September 1663. to John George the Third of the Name Prince Electoral of Saxony the Son of the Elector John George and of Magdelena Sibyla Marchioness of Brandenbourg And their Marriage was consummated at Copenhagen on the 16 of October 1666. Frederica Amalia Born 1648. was Married at Gluckstadt on the 3d. of November 1667. to Christian Adolph the Duke of Holstein Sunderbourg the Son of the Duke John Christian and of Dorothea Johanna Countess of Swarthenbourg Wilhelmina Ernestina Born on the 20 of June 1650. and Married to the present Elector Palatine in the year 1671. Vlrica Eleonora Sabina the Third Daughter Born in the year and Married to the present King of Sweeden in 1680. of the Ceremonies and Solemnization of whose Marriage more hereafter Frederick Guldenlieu Vice Roy of Norway the late Kings Natural Son Having thus spoken of the Kings Children and Brothers I shall now proceed to set down the Princes of the Blood and other Branches of the Royal Family which form Sire Branches All these Princes are Issued from Christian the 3d. King of Denmark except the Branches of Oytin and of Golterp which come from Adolph Duke of Heswick that same Kings Brother Sunderbourg Christian Adilphe of Denmark Heir of Norway Duke of Heswick of Hostein Sunderbourg of Stormaria and Dithmarsh was Born the 3d. of June 1641. of Duke John Christian who Died the 20th of August 1659. Married at Geluckstadt the 3d. of November in the year 1667. Frederices Emilia Princess of Denmark the 2d Daughter of King Frederick the 3d. and of Sophia Amalia Dutchess of Lunenburg his Wife He has two Sisters Dorothea Augusta Born on the 12th of September 1636. and Christina Elizabetha Born on the 9th of June 1638. Married in the year 1656. with John Ernest Duke of Sax-Weymar Alexander Henry the Uncle of Duke Christian Adolphus Born 1608. Ernest Gunther Alexanders Brother Born 1609. Married Augusta of Holstein Glucksbourg the Daughter of Duke Philip and of Sophia Hedwig of Sax-Sawenbourg without Children George Frederick Born in the year 1611. Augustus Philip likewise Brother of Alexander Born in the year 1612. Married in 1645. Calrai Countess of Oldenbourg the Daughter of Count Anthony who Died 1647. and in Second Nuptials Sidonia her Sister who Died 1650 and in the Third Maria Sibylla Countess of Nassaw the Daughter of Count William Lewis Of which Marriages He has not hitherto had any Children Philip Lewis Duke of Holstein Sunderbourg the Brother of those Princes Colonel of a Regiment of Foot against the Turk in the year 1662. was Born on the 27 of October 1620. and had for his first Wife on the 15th of November 1643. Catharina Countess of Waldeck the Widow of Simon Lewis Count de Lippe the Daughter of Count Christian who departed this Life 1649. and was a Second time Married in the year 1650. to Anna Margarita Langravinne of Hess-Hombourg and of Margarita Elizabetha Countess of Leiningen from whom Issued two Sons and three Daughters Sophia Catharina their Sister born in the year 1617. Married in the year 1635. to Anthony Gunther Died without Children Norbourg Frederick Duke of Holstein Norbourg the Uncle of the Duke of Sunderbourg was Born on the 26th of November 1581. of Duke John and of his first Wife Elizabeth Dutchess of Brunswick the first Wife he Married in the year 1627. was Juliana Dutchess of Saxe-Lawenbourg the Daughter of Duke Francis and of Mary Dutchess of Brunswick his Second Wife who Died 1630. and he again Married in 1632. Eleonora Princess of Anhalt the Daughter of Prince Rodolph Zerbst and of Dorothy Hedwige Dutchess of Brunswick his first Wife He died 1658. First Bed John Bugislas Duke of Holspein Norbourg Born 1629. on the 30th of Septemb. Second Bed Elizabeth Juliana Born 1634. Married 1656. Anthony Vlrick Duke of Brunswick the Son of Augustus Duke of Brunswick Wolphembuttel and of Dorothy Princess of Anhalt his Second Wife Dorothea Hedwig
Born 1636. Doyene of Gandersheim Christian Augustus Born 1639. Ludorica Amalia Born 1642. Rodolphus Frederick Born 1645. Gluckbourg Philip Duke of Holstein Gluckbourg the Grand Uncle of Duke Christian Augustus was Born 1584. and died 1663. being the Brother of Duke Frederick above mentioned Born of the first Bed Married in the year 1624. Sophia Hedwig Dutches of Saxe-Lawenbourg the Daughter of Duke Frareis and of Mary Dutchess of Brunswick his Second Wife of which Marriage are Born Christian Born in 1627. and dyed 1671. Mary-Elizabeth Born in the year 1628. Married 1651. to George Albert Marquess of Brandenbourg and dyed 1664. Adolphe Born 1631. Augusta Born 1633. Married in 1651. to Ernest Gunther Duke of Holstein Sunderbourg her Cousin the Son of Duke Alexander and of the Dutchess Dorothey Countess of Schwartrenbourg Christina Born 1634. Married 1650. Christian Duke of Saxony Dorothy Born 1636. Married for the first time in the year 1653. Christian Lewis Duke of Lunenbourg and the Second on the 25th of June 1668. Frederick William Marquess of Brandenbourg Elector Hedwig Born 1643. Eleonor Dutches of Holstein Sister of Philip Born 1590. Second Bed Hedwig the Sister of Dorothy Born 1643. Anna Sabina the Dutchess of Holstein Born in the year 1593. of the Second Bed of Duke John of his Second Wise Agnes-Hedwig Princess of Anhalt Married 1698. Julius Frederick Duke of Wirtembourg the Son of Duke Frederick Count of Montbeliard who left her a Widow died 1659. Arnsbeck Joachim Ernest Duke of Holstein-Arnsbeck Born in the year 1595. of John Duke of Sleswick and of Holstein Sunderbourg and of his Second Wife Agnes Hedwig Princess of Anhalt Born in the year 1595. Married in 1633. Dorothea Augusta Dutchess of Holstein leswick his Cousin the Daughter of Duke John Adolphus and of the Princess Augusta of Denmark He Dyed 1671. but had by that Princess John Adolphus in 1634. General Major of the Imperial Cavalry against the Turks in 1664. Augustus Born in 1639. Ernestina in 1636. Joachim Ernest 1637. Bernard 1639. Agnes Hedwig 1640. Sophia Eleonor 1644. Eleonor Sophia the Sister of Joachim Ernest Born 1603. of the Second Bed Married in the year 1625. Christian the young Prince of Anhalt the Son of Christian Prince of Anhalt Barnbourg whose Widow she is Gottorp Frederick Duke of Sleswick of Holstein Gottorp of Stormaria of Dithmars Cousin German of Duke Joachim Ernest Born 1697. of Duke John Adolphus and of Augusta Princess of Denmark Married in the year 1630. Mary-Elizabeth Dutchess of Saxony the Daughter of the Elector John George and of Magdalena Sibila of Brandenbourg Prussia of which Alliance are Born the following Children In the year 1633. this Prince sent a signal Embassy into Muscovy into Persia for the Establishment of the Commerce by Land He Alternates with the King of Denmark in the Admistration of Justice in the Session at the Dyets of the Empire and in all the Rights of the Regale He Died the 10 of Aug. 1659. Sophia Augusta Born 1630. Married 1649. with John Prince of Anhalt Zerbst the Son of Prince Rodolphus Magdalena Sibila Born 1631. Married in the year 1654. to Gustavus Adolphus Duke of Mecklembourg the Son of Duke John Albert. Mary Elizabeth Born 1634. Married in the year 1650 to Lewis Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt the Son of the Landgrave George the Second Hedwig Eleonor Born 1636. on the 23 of October Married in the year 1654. on the 24 of October Carolus Gustavus King of Sweeden the Son of John Casimir Count Palatine of the Rhine and of Katharina Princess of Sweeden Sister of King Gustavus Adolphus Anna Dorothea Born 1640. Augustus Frederick Born 1646. Augusta Maria 1649. Ottingen or Oyten John Augustus Duke of Holstein Ottingen Nephew of Duke Frederick Gottorp Born 1647. on the third of August the Son of John Duke of Holstein Ottingen or Oyten and of Juliana Felecita Dutchess of Wirtembourg Dorothea Augusta Sister of Duke Frederick Gottorp Born 1602. Married in 1633. Joachim Ernest Duke of Holstein Arnsbourg Her Cousin the Son of Duke John and of his Second Wife Agnes Hedwig Princess of Anhalt Hedwig Sister of Dorothea Born in 1603. Married in 1620. with Augustus Count Palatine of Sultzbach the Son of Philip Lewis Count Palatine Duke of Newbourg and Ann of Cleves and of Juliers Died in 1656. And I shall pass on to the Nobles who never Claim nor pretend to the Titles of Dukes Earls or Barons but are such as have had a single Coat of Arms belonging to their Family for many Ages Denmark is said to have at this day some Families of that Nobility of that antiquity as VVren and others as to have been present at the Signing of a Treaty of Peace between Charles Magne and the Danish King Hemmines on the Eider Out of this Body of the Nobility are drawn the Senators of the Kingdom or the Members of the Council of State who are Elected to the Number of 28. All a Noblemans Goods moveable and immoveable are at his Death divided amongst his Children the Son having two Moities and a Daughter only one The King cannot by the Laws of Denmark purchase any part of a Noble-Mans Estate neither can the Nobles buy any of the Crown Lands some Officers of the Crown Knights of the Order of the Elephant Vice-Roys and Governours of Provinces and Places were formerly chosen out of the Body of the Nobility and nominated by the Election of the Senators bating the Knights of the Order But at present since the Reformation of that Kingdom half of those Officers are drawn out of the Body of the Burgery the King being willing to consider and Reward that part of the State which served with so much Courage and fidelity at the Siege of Copenhagen when that Capital of the Kingdom was almost the only place which sustained almost all Efforts of the Sweedish Army which had taken in all the rest of the Kingdom But here I will Insert a Catalogue of the Principal Families of the Nobility now in Denmark in the following Alphabetical Order A Achsel Appelgard Alefeld Andersem B Bielke Banner Brache Bilig Below Bilde Brokenhusem Biorn Beck Blick Bassi Bax. Baselich Bille Bilde Bockowlt Budde Baggen Bammelbourg Brune Blom Brocktorp Breiden D Dreslelberch Daac Dune Duram Dam. F Freze Fassi Falster Faleke G Gulderstern Grubbe Goce Green Gelschut Galle Gram. Gris. Goss Gadendorp Grahow H Hardenberg Holke Hoken Hiderstorper Hiderstorper Hube Hesten Hager Holer Haeken Hoier Hacken Harberger I Jul. Jensen Juenan Juensen Johensen K Korwitz Krabbe Kaas Krusen Kragge Krumpen Kramdick Kerckberg Karssenbrock Kaelet Kutzen L Lange Lindeman Lunge Lutkem Laxman Lancken Leven Luck Lindow Lutken M Munck Matiessen Marizer Must Matre. Meinstorf Maeten Magnussen N Negil Narbu Norman O Ofrin Otten P Pasberg Podessen Podebussen Papenheimb Pogwisch Plessen Peâ—sen Paisen Petersen Q Qualem Quittow R Rantzaw Rosentkrantz Rastorp Ruthede Reuter Ruten Rosenpart Rosengard Roanow Reventlow Ratlow Ritzerow S Schram Schefeldt Schelen Seestede Stuege Swron Stantbeke