Colen and Bremen CHRISTIAN third Son succeeded his Brother Otho in the Earldom and CUNEGUNDA their Daughter was married into the Family of the Bronckhursts 5. Christian II. Earl of Oldenburgh CHRISTIAN youngest Son of Maurice Earl of Oldenburgh after the death of his Brothers Otho and Maurice was Earl of Oldenburgh He took to Wife Mathilda or Maud Countess of Stetin and Harcinia and by her had Issue JOHN OTHO and THEODORE JOHN continued the descent OTHO founded a Colledge at Dalmenhorst and died in the year 1265. THEODORE was great Master of the Teutonick-Order in Prussia 6. John Earl of Oldenburgh JOHN eldest Son of Christian was Earl of Oldenburgh who with the help and assistance of his Kindred built a stately Church at Aurich in Broickmerland He married Anne Countess of Hoien and had by her three Sons John Christian and Otho JOHN succeeded his Father in the Earldom of Oldenburgh CHRISTIAN second Son was a Pious Affable Learned and Eloquent Prince and having studied at Paris became the Moecenas of his Age The County of Dalmenhorst was allotted him for his Inheritance which he left to his Posterity that he gat on Gertrude of Mercana his Wife viz. Christian his eldest Son joyned in Matrimony to Luitgardis Countess of Bronckhorst and Otho married to Margaret Countess of Bentheme both living in the year 1360. OTHO youngest Son of John and Anne was a Canon in the Cathedral Church of Bremeu 7. John II. Earl of Oldenburgh JOHN eldest Son of John and Anne of Hoien was Earl of Oldenburgh and Dalmenhorst in the year of Grace 1300. He greatly assisted his Nephews by his Brother Christian against Gilbert Bronkhurst Archbishop of Bremen In his youth he was so lavish and profuse in his expences that he became extremely poor which in his more mature years he recovered and gave himself to acts of Piety and Devotion He was joyned in Wedlock to Margaret Countess of Lippien who bare to him CONRADE afterwards Earl of Oldenburgh and JUDITH who was affianced to Rudolph Earl of Diepholitan 8. Conrade Earl of Oldenburgh CONRADE only Son of John and Margaret was Earl of Oldenburgh and Dalmenhorst who enlarged the Priviledges of the Burghers of Oldenburgh for some signal Services performed by them in his Domestick wars in the year 1345. But going into Butiarenland to quell the Tumults and Insurrections raised there he lost his life in Battel A. D. 1366. This Character is given him That he was an experienced Souldier Eloquent Beautiful ready in action Pious Liberal and Bounteous to Sacred Structures He had two Wives The first was the Countess of Hoien on whom he begat MAURICE his eldest Son who was Earl of Oldenburgh Dalmenhorst joyned in Matrimony to Anne Daughter of Magnus sirnamed Torquatus Duke of Lunenburgh by whom he had only two Daughters Anne the Wife of Otho Count Waldeck and Ingleburgh married to Occo a Captain in Aurich This Maurice died in the year 1410. and was buried at Rastede by his Wife JOHN second Son of Conrade by his first Wife died in his youth The second Lady of this Earl Conrade was Cunegunda Countess of Diepholitan by whom he had likewise two Sons THEODORICK who was Earl of Oldenburgh after the decease of his half Brother Maurice and CHRISTIAN 9. Theodorick Earl of Oldenburgh THEODORICK sirnamed the Fortunate eldest Son of Conrade by his second Nuptials succeeded his half-Brother Maurice in the Earldom of Oldenburgh and Dalmenhorst He married twice First Adelheda Dalmenhorst Sister to Nicholas Archbishop of Bremen in the year 1401. but by her had no Issue He took to his second Wife in the year 1423. Hedvigen the Widow of Balthasar of Meckleburgh and Sister to Gerard and Adolph both Dukes of Sleswick and Holstein whose Inheritance after their decease without Issue came to this Hedvigen whose eldest Son CHRISTIAN the first King of Denmark in Right of his Mother had the Titles of Duke of Sleswick and Earl of Holstein remaining in him which hath continued to his Successors Kings of Denmark to this day The second Son of Theodorick and this Hedvigen was GERARD sirnamed the Warrior a man of a turbulent and restless Spirit Being banish'd he died in France in the year of our Lord 1500. He married Adelheda the Daughter of Nicholas Earl of Tecleburgh and had Issue Gerard Theodorick and Christian who all died of untimely deaths Adolph fourth Son and Otho that was a Canon of Bremen both slain on the 16 th of February in the year 1500 And John the youngest who married Ann Daughter of George the elder Prince of Hannault dying in the year 1526. Adelhede eldest Daughter was the Wife of the Lord Plessian Irmengard of Hero Ommake in the year 1491. Helwise third Daughter to Edo Wimecken Lord of Jevera in the year of Grace 1498. Anne and Elizabeth died of the Plague in their Virginities A. D. 1505. The third and youngest Son of Theodorick and Helwise was MAURICE who married Catharine the Daughter of Otho Earl of Hoien who bare to him three Children James Hedwise and Adelhede who died young ADELHEDE only Daughter of Theodorick and Hedwise was first married to Ernest Honsstein and afterwards to Gebhard Mansfield This Teodorick died at his Castle of Dalmenhorst in the year 1440. 10. Christian I. King of Denmark c. CHRISTIAN sirnamed the Rich eldest Son of Theodorick the Fortunate Earl of Oldenburgh and Dalmenhorst was by the procurement of his Uncle Adolph Duke of Sleswick and Holstein his Mothers Brother who had declin'd the offer by reason of his age chosen King of Denmark by the Estates of that Kindom and crown'd in the year of Grace 1448. by the Name of Christian the first to which Kingdom upon the death of his Uncle Adolph aforesaid whose Heir he was he added that great Dukedom of Sleswick and Earldom of Holstein and in the year 1457. the Kingdom of Sweden by Conquest For the better support of these Honours and to strengthen his Interest in these new Acquisitions he took to Wife Dorothea of Brandenburgh Widow of Christopher the third and the last King of Denmark of that Family and bought out the Claim which his Brother Gerard and Otho Earl of Schaumberg pretended to have in the aforesaid Dukedom of Sleswick and Earldom of Holstein according to the custom of Germany giving to Otho 43000 Florins of Gold besides divers small Towns and to Gerard 50000 Marks of Silver as likewise his Interest in the Earldom of Oldenburgh reserving only the Title thereof After this upon the account of Devotion he went to Rome in the year 1474. where he procured from the Emperour Frederick the third that his Earldoms of Holstein Stormer Wagria and Ditzmarch of which he stood then possessed should be erected into a Dutchy and Incorporated with that of Sleswick So that his Titles were King of Denmark Norway Sweden Goths and Uandals Duke of Sleswick Holstein Stormar Wagria and Ditchmarch Earl of Oldenburgh and Dalmenhorst which he left to his
Successors and is the Stile of His present Majesty of Denmark King Christian the Fifth At the same time that he was at Rome Pope Sixtus the fourth among other Honours Invested him with the Knightly Order of the Elephant in memory of the Passion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ That Magnificent Chappel of the three Kings in the Cathedral Church of Roschilt was erected by this King who dying at Copenhagen on the two and twentieth day of May in the year of Grace one thousand four hundred eighty and two in the fifty sixth year of his Age was buried there by Dorothea his Wife By whom he had Issue four Sons and a Daughter OLAUS the Eldest who died of the Plague in the year one thousand four hundred fifty and one an Infant CANUTUS born Anno Dom. one thousand four hundred fifty and one and died the same year JOHN who succeeded his Father and was King of Denmark FREDERICK who was likewise King of Denmark And MARGARET their only Daughter Married to James the Third King of Scotland Impress or Device Christian the First King of Denmark c. Bare for his Impress or Device a Scepter and Sword plac'd in Saltire between four Coronets under that in Chief a Mond or Globe with a Cross thereon The word VIGILANTIBUS JOHN third Son of Christian the first born in the year one thousand four hundred fifty and five was King of Denmark Norway Sweden Goths and Uandals Duke of Sleswick c. and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter he took to Wife Christiana the Daughter of Ernest Elector of Sarony and dying at Elburgh on the twentieth day of February in the year of Grace one thousand five hundred and thirteen and of his Age sixty and two was buried with his Wife at Ottenwaldt who likewise died in the sixtieth year of her Age and of our Lord one thousand five hundred twenty and one leaving Issue Christian his Son and Successor Francis who died in his Childhood and Elizabeth married to James the second Marquess of Brandenburgh who liv'd to see threescore and ten Princes that were descended from her Loines Christian eldest Son of King John was born at Niburgh on the second day of July sixteen minuits after three of the Clock in the Morning in the year of Grace one thousand four hundred eighty and one after the death of his Father chosen King of Denmark by the name of Christian the second c. But by reason of his Severity to the Conquer'd Swedes and his Cruelty to many of the Danes he was depos'd and his Uncle Frederick elected in his stead He was joyn'd in Matrimony to Isabella the Daughter of Philip King of Spain and Sister to Charles the fifth and Ferdinand Emperors of Germany by whom he had first Philip secondly Maximilian who both died young his third and youngest Son was John Duke of Holstein who had his Education at the Court of the Emperour Charles the fifth his Uncle but attending him in that Expedition towards Hungary in the year one thousand five hundred thirty and two he fell Sick and Died at Steinburgh on the same day that his Father became a Prisoner in Denmark leaving no Issue Dorothea his Eldest Daughter was Wife to Frederick Elector Palatine of the Rhyne she died at Neagon in Norway in the year one thousand five hundred and eighty And Christiana the youngest was first married to Francis Sforza Duke of Milan and after to Francis Duke of Lorrain This King Christian died under Confinement at Callingburgh on the one and twentieth day of January in the year one thousand five hundred fifty and nine and was buried at Ottenwaldt by his Father His Queen Isabella departed this Life on the nineteenth day of January in the year one thousand five hundred twenty and and five and lyes Interred at Gant Impress or Device Christian the Second King of Denmark c. Bare for Impress or Device An Eagle display'd treading upon a Serpent and wounding her in the Belly The word DIMICANDUM 11 Frederick I. King of Denmark c. AFter the Deposition of Christian the second King of Denmark c. FREDERICK Sirnamed the Pcaceable his Uncle fourth Son of Christian the first was Elected into the Kingdoms of Denmark Norway c. and Crowned King by the Name of Frederick the First who gave way for Establishing the Doctrines and Principles of Martin Luther in those Countries about the year one thousand five hundred thirty and three which were settled and confirmed in his Sons reign And the Ecclesiastical Government of those Kingdoms continues to this day according to that Exemplar After he had ruled his Subjects in great peace and quietness for well nigh ten years he departed this Life at his Palace of Gottorp in Juitland on the tenth day of April in the year of Grace one thousand five hundred thirty and three and in the fifty sixth year of his Age and was Buried at Sleswick in the Cathedral-Church there under a Noble Monument of Alabaster He married two Wives first Ann the Daughter of John Elector and Marquess of Brandenburgh in the year one thousand five hundred who dying on the third day of May one thousand five hundred and fourteen was buried in the Abbey of Borsholme under a Curious Monument of various colour'd Marble by whom he had CHRISTIAN the Third King of Denmark c. and DOROTHEA married to Albert the first Duke of Prussia in the year one thousand five hundred twenty and five and died on the tenth day of April one thousand five hundred fourty and seven The second Wife of King Frederick was Sophia the Daughter of Bugslajus the tenth Duke of Stetin in Pomemerania in the year one thousand five hundred and eighteen who dying at Kilo in the year one thousand five hundred sixty and eight and of her Age seventy was buried at Stenburgh leaving Issue by her said Husband JOHN the Elder Heir of Norway Duke of Sleswick Holstein Stormar and Ditzmarsh c. He was a great encourager of Learning and Learned men and died unmarried at Hadersleve on the 30 day of September in the year one thousand five hundred and eighty in the fifty ninth year of his Age And after he had lain Magnificently in State for ten Weeks was buried at Sleswick in the Royal Sepulchre ADOLPHE her second Son Heir of Norway Duke of Sleswick Holstein Stormar Ditzmarsh born at Flensburg on the six and twentieth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred twenty and six thirteen minutes past eleven of the Clock at night who was one of the Knights Companions of the most Honourable Order of the Garter in the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and sixty He died at Gottorp on the first day of October in the year one thousand five hundred eighty and six and of his Age sixty He Wedded Christiana the Daughter of Philip Landtgrave of Hesse in the year one thousand five hundred
Honourable Order of the Garter JOHN the youngest Son was Duke of Sleswick and Holstein born on the twenty sixth of July in the year one thousand five hundred eighty and three ELIZABETH the eldest Daughter born at Koldingen on the one and twentieth day of August in the year one thousand five hundred seventy and three and was Married at Cronenburgh to Henry-Julio Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburgh on Easter-day in the year one thousand five hundred and ninety ANNE second Daughter born at Scanderberg on the twelfth day of October in the year one thousand five hundred seventy and four and was Married to James the sixth King of Scotland afterwards of England France and Ireland where she was Crowned Queen Great-Grand-Mother to her Highness the Princess Anne and Great-Aunt to Prince George of Denmark her Husband of whose Death and Funeral see more in the Paragraph of King James AUGUSTA third Daughter born on the eighth of April in the year one thousand five hundred and eighty was the Wife of John-Adolph Duke of Holstein And HEDWISE born at Hadersleu on the twenty sixth of July in the year one thousand five hundred eighty and three Married Christian the second of that Name Elector of Sarony 14 Christian IV. King of Denmark c. CHRISTIAN eldest Son of Frederick the second King of Denmark born at Fridersburgh on the twelfth day of April in the year one thousand five hundred seventy and seven at three minuets past four in the Afternoon and Elected King of Denmark in the twelfth year of his Age but not Crowned so until the eighth day of July in the year one thousand five hundred ninety and eight when he was Stiled Christian the Fourth King of Denmark Norway Gothes and Uandals Duke of Sleswick Holstein Stormar Wagria and Ditzmarsh Earl of Oldenburgh and Dalmenhorst and coming into England in the year one thousand six hundred and six to Visit his Brother-in-Law King James and his Sister the Queen was Installed Knight of the most Honourable Order of the Garter In the year one thousand six hundred and ten he was again in England and in the year one thousand six hundred twenty and five made Head of the League in Germany against the Emperour Ferdinand and Warred often with the Swedes until in the year one thousand six hundred fourty and eight he fell Sick and Died having had Issue by Anna-Catharina Daughter of Joachim-Frederick Elector of Brandenburgh CHRISTIAN his eldest Son who being only King Elect liv'd not to possess the Crown departed this life before his Father FREDERICK the second Son after the death of his Father was King of Denmark They had several other Children who dying young no other Memorial is left concerning them 15. Frederick the III. King of Denmark FREDERICK second Son of Christian the fourth was during his Fathers Life-time Archbishop of Bremen after whose decease he was Crowned King of Denmark Norway Goths and Uandals c. The first part of whose Reign was very troublesome and uneasie as being not only oppressed with Forraign Enemies and Invaders but Domestick and Intestine Factions arose which almost overthrew the State And that at a time when the Royal Family of Great Britain could not possibly assist him who lay under a more severe pressure by the unjust Tyranny and Usurpation of the worst of men and Villains the Fanaticks Yet this benefit accrued to his Posterity thereby That whereas the Ancient Kingdom of Denmark had hitherto been Elective and in the choice of the Nobility to approve their King upon the healing of these differences it was by the unanimous consent of the Estates of this Kingdom constituted Hereditary as an Argument of their Sincere intentions and Faithful returning to their Obedience His present Majesty of Denmark being the first who by virtue of this setlement hath succeeded as Heir to his Father King Frederick married whilst as yet he was but Arch-bishop Sophia-Aemilia of Lunenburgh on the eighteenth day of October in the year one thousand six hundred fourty and three And dying of a Feaver in the year one thousand six hundred sixty and nine left Issue by her CHRISTIERN his Eldest Son now King of Denmark viz. 1683. He was born on the eighteenth day of April in the year one thousand six hundred fourty and six and Crowned on the twelfth of June in the year one thousand six hundred and seventy by the Name of Christiern the Fifth He took to Wife the Lady Charlotta-Aemilia Daughter to William the sixth Landtgrave of Hessecastle by Hedwig-Sophia Electoral Princess of Brandenburgh on the tenth of May in the year one thousand six hundred sixty and seven by whom he hath had Issue Frederick his eldest Son Prince of Denmark c. born the one and twenteth of October in the year one thousand six hundred seventy and one Christiern-William second Son born the one and twenteth of November in the year one thousand six hundred seventy and two and died the twenty fifth day of January following A second Christiern born on the twenty fifth day of March in the year one thousand six hundred seventy and five Charles youngest Son born on the twenty eighth day of August in the year one thousand six hundred eighty and two And one Daughter the Princess Sophia-Hedwig born the twenty eighth day of August in the year one thousand six hundred seventy and seven ANNA-SOPHIA eldstest Daughter of King Frederick the Third born on the first day of September in the year one thousand six hundred forty and seven and Wedded to John-George the Third of that Name Prince Elector of Sarony in the month of September in the year one thousand six hundred sixty three but the Marriage was not Consummated until the sixteenth day of October in the year one thousand six hundred sixty and six FREDERICA-AEMILIA the second Daughter born in the year one thousand six hundred fourty and eight and Married on the third day of November in the year one thousand six hundred seventy and seven at Gluckstadt to Christian-Adolph Duke of Holstein Sunderburgh WILHELMINA or GUILLIEMETTA-ERNESTINA third Daughter born on the twentieh day of June in the year one thousand six hundred and fifty and given in Marriage to Charles now Prince Elector Palatine of the Rhine in the year one thousand six hundred seventy and one ULRICA ELEONORASABINA youngest Daughter the present Queen of Sweden who in the year one thousand six hundred and eighty was Wedded to Charles the Fourth King of Swedes c. Prince GEORGE of Denmark second and youngest Son of King Frederick the Third was born in the year one thousand six hundred fifty and three He is only Brother to his present Majesty of Denmark and Knight of the Noble Order of the Elephant who hath taken to Wife the Lady Anne Stuart second Daughter of his Royal Highness James Duke of York and Albany c. by the Princess Anne his first Wife Daughter of Edward Earl of Clarenden and Lord High Chancellour of
England Which Lady Anne Daughter of his Royal Highness is Neece to his present Majesty of Great Britain King Charles the Second Sister and Cousin German to their Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Orange Cousin to Charles Count Palatine of the Rhyne Duke of Babaria Cup-bearer and Great Steward of the Empire and to the Lady Charlotte his Sister Dutchess of Orleans Ualois and Chartres Countess of Blois and Mountargis Wife of Philip only Brother to Lewis the Fourteenth now King of France and Navarr c. She is Grand-Daughter to King Charles the Martyr Great-Grand-Daughter to King James of England and Henry the Fourth of France And Great-Great-Grand-Daughter to Frederick the Magnanimous King of Denmark Norway Sweden Goths and Uandals Duke of Sleswick Holstein Stormar Wageia and Ditzmarch Earl of Oldenburgh and Dalmenhorst her present Husband Prince George's Great-Grand-Father THE GENEALOGY OF THE MOST Illustrious and High-born PRINCESS ANNE OF DENMARK c. BANQUO one of the chief Nobility in the Kingdom of Scotland about the year of Grace one thousand was in the time of Duncan who began his reign in the year one thousand thirty and five made Thane of Loquhaber and his Principal Receiver or prime Steward of his Revenues unto whose Care and Conduct together with that of Macbeth Cousin-German to the King the most weighty Affairs of the Kingdom were committed By whose prudent Councel and Advice Scotland became the Envy of her Neighbours for her Tranquility and Happiness until such time as through the Ambition of Macbeth prompted thereto by certain Prophetick Speeches intimating that he should be King and spurr'd on by the restless desires of his more Ambitious Wife unfortunately became the im pious Rigicide himself by imbrewing his hands in the Blood of his Prince and then usurp'd the Crown And as Tyranny is always attended with Cruelty and distrust so fearing the Interest of Banquo might give disturbance to his ill-gotten Diadem commanded that Banquo and all his Posterity should be slain and the rather for that the same Fore-tellers of his assuming the Crown had likewise assur'd him that altho' Banquo should not be King himself yet from his Loins should proceed a Generation of Kings to Rule the Scepter of Scotland for ever Accordingly Banquo was most Inhumanely made away by Treachery and none of his Posterity left to survive except FLEANCE one of his Sons who escasped the hands of his Fathers Murtherers and fled into North Wales where after he had stay'd some time and being a youth bred up in all the Accomplishments belonging to Greatness he so far prevailed upon the affections of the Lady Nesta Daughter of Griffith ap Lewellin Prince of the Country that he gain'd her to his Embraces on whom he begat a Son that was called WALTER Fleance being dead this Walter continued in the Court of his Grand-Father 'till he came to mans Estate when hearing the Usurper Macbeth was slain and that Malcome Sirnamed Cammoir the right Heir of Scotland was Invested in the Throne he privately conveyed himself from Wales and came to the Court of Scotland where making his Lineage and Extraction known he was not only restor'd to all the Honours and Estate of his Ancestors Thanes of Loquhaber but preferr'd to the Stewardship of the Kingdom about the year one thousand sixty and seven The Name of Stuart or Steward growing from hence Hereditary to his Posterity and from whom his present Majesty of Great Brittain and his Royal Highness James Duke of York and Albany the Princes of Orange and the Princess of Denmark are Lineally Descended He had likewise given him for the signal Services performed for his King in reducing the Enemies of his Prince in Galloway and the Isles to his obedience the Lordships of Stragis Coil and Stuarts-land This Walter had a Son named ALAN who with Godfrey of Boloigne Duke of Lorrain and Robert Duke of Normandy Eldest Son of King William the Conqueror of England went into the Holy-land in the year one thousand ninety and nine where he behaved himself with much Valour for the recovery of Jerusalem leaving Issue ALEXANDER his Son and Heir who Founded the Abbey of Paseley for Monks of the Order of Saint Benedict who likewise had a Son named Walter Stuart 1. Walter II. High Steward of Scotland WALTER STUART of Daundonald the second of that Name but first in descent from and only Son of Alexander who Founded the Monastery of Paseley was a famous Commander in the Scots Wars who with the Earl of March overcame the Bastard of Galloway in the year one thousand two hundred thirty and eight He is said to have gone with Lewis the French King into the Holy-land but returning before the Battel of Largis he there particularly signaliz'd himself which was Fought against the Danes on the third day of August in the year one thousand two hundred sixty and three He was likewise Great Seneschal or Hereditary Lord High Steward of Scotland or he who had the chief Charge of the Kings Revenues He left two Sons ALEXANDER the Eldest who succeeded him in the Stewardship and ROBERT who having the Lands of Tourbouton assigned him for his Appennage and that he Married the Daughter and Heir of Robert Crux or Cross of Crurstone became Lord of most ample Possessions who going with Lewis the French King in the Expedition against the Sarazens in the year one thousand two hundred and seventy died in Indea From whom the late Earls and Dukes of Lenor in Scotland and Richmond in England the Earls of March the Lords Darley d'Aubigny or ' Obigny in Auvergne in France with several other Noble Families of the Sirname of Stuart in both Kingdoms derived their Original 2. Alexander II. High-Steward of Scotland ALEXANDER STUART of Paseley of that Christian-name the second eldest Son of Walter and chief Seneschal of Scotland was at that remarkable Battle of Largis with his Father Being then but a Knight he led the right Wing of the King's Army against the Danes who were overthrown and finally routed The year following he was joyned in Commission with John Commin and recovered the Isle of Man then in possession of the Danes and afterwards with the Earl of Lenos help'd to subdue the other Isles where he performed the part of a most wise and experienced Souldier who had Issue JAMES his eldest Son who died young and JOHN who succeeded him in the Seneschalship with many more who changing their names of Stuart assumed others according to the appellation of those Lands which were assigned them for their Inheritance 3. John High-Steward of Scotland JOHN STUART of Bute eldest Son living of Alexander of Paseley was one of the six Governours of the Kingdom of Scotland during the Controversie between Robert Bruce and John Baliol with the rest of the Candidates for the Crown Anno Domini One thousand two hundred ninety two He lost his life in the Battle of Falkirk on St. Mary Magdalens day viz. 22 Junii
Terrestrial Globe The word VANITAS VANITATUM OMNIA VANITAS 6. Robert III. King of Scotland JOHN STUART eldest Son of King Robert by his second Wife was Earl of Carriâ—… and High-Steward of Scotland and upon the death of his Father Crowned King on the Assumption of the blessed Virgin the fifteenth day of August in the year one thousand three hundred and ninety according to the establishment made in Parliament in the life time of his Father On the day of his Inauguration or Anointing he was Importun'd by his Nobles to alter his Name wherefore he was Crowned by the Name of King Robert the Third The reason given is For that it was observed how unfortunate the Name of John had been not only to several of the Blood-Royal of Scotland but likewise to John King of England and to John the French King This Robert after he had ruled the Kingdom with great Integrity for the space of sixteen years having lost one of his Sons by the wicked contrivance of his Brother Robert whilst he was Governour and his second Son continuing a Captive in England took it so to heart that he died for grief thereof at Rothsay on the first day of April in the year one thousand four hundred and six and was buried at Paseley having had Issue by his Queen Annabella Drummond Besides these two Sons as many Daughters the one Married to the Earl of Angus by whom she had William Earl of Augus The other was twice Married first to Kennedy by whom she had Sir James Kennedy Knight and another James who was Bishop of St. Andrews who built a Church and erected the famous Colledge of Phylosophy in the said City Her second Husband Graham and her Son by him Patrick Graham who was the first Arch-bishop of St. Andrews and who died in Prison at Lockleven DAVID eldest Son of King Robert and his Queen Annabella Drummond born in the year one thousand three hundred seventy and eight was created Duke of Rothsay but being delivered to the Tuition of his Uncle the Duke of Albany that he might reclaim his Extravagancies was by him inclosed in the Castle of Falkland and there Starv'd to death he Married Mary the Daughter of Archibald Duglas but left no Issue so that his Brother JAMES succeeded his Father in the Throne of Scotland The Character bestowed on King Robert the Third is this That he was a Prince of wonderful Innocency of Life and unspotted Manners deficient in nothing that might make a private man excellent and that it was most truly said him that he was a much better Man than King Impress or Device King Robert the Third bare for his Impress or Device A Sword and Scepter passing through a Coronet and placed in Saltire over a Mond or Globe with an Aveline cross thereon The Word HIS ORNARI AUT MORI 7. James I King of Scotland JAMES STUART second Son of King Robert the Third as yet a Youth was sent into France to prevent the Butchery of his Uncle Robert who had already destroy'd his Elder Brother but being cast by Storm on the Coast of England was taken Prisoner and sent to the Court where by the care of King Henry the Fifth and his Son King Henry the Sixth Noble Provision was made for his Education so that by the time he came to mans Estate he was excellently accomplished in all sorts of Learning and good Literature And having lived thus a Captive and a Stranger to his own Country for near Eighteen years was upon the Death of his Father King Robert soon after set at Liberty and returning into Scotland with his Wife Joan Eldest Daughter of John Beaufort Earl of Somerset and Marquess of Dorset whom he Married in England He was Crowned King thereof on the one and twentieth day of May next following in the year one thousand four hundred twenty and four This King James ruled the Scepter of Scotland in great Tranquility for some years making divers wholesom and good Laws especially to restrain the force of Thieves and Robbers and was the first who ordain'd that Organs should be used in the Churches of Scotland But a Confederacy and Association of mutinous Outlaws and Male-contents being entred into to take away the Life of this King they Bloodily perpetrated their Villany by assaulting his Person and giving him no less than twenty eight Mortal Wounds of which he immediately expired on the one and twentieth day of February in the year one thousand four hundred thirty and six after he had reigned thirteen years ten months and odd days in the forty and fourth year of his Age and was buried in the House of the Carthusians in the Suburbs of Berth of his own Foundation not far from the Sepulchre of his Wife Joan by whom he had two Sons and six Daughters JAMES the Eldest was King of Scotland and ALEXANDER born on the same day with his Brother a Twin who died young MARGARET Eldest Daughter given in Marriage to Lewis the Dauphin afterwards King of France by the Name of Lewis the Eleventh Son of Charles the Seventh she died in the life-time of her Father in Law at Chalones in Champagne where she was first Buried in the great Church there But after when her Husband came to the Crown he caused her Body to be Translated and Interred in the Abbey-Church of Laon in Poictou ELIZABETH Wife to Francis the first Duke of Brittany JANE first Married to the Earl of Angus and after to George Earl of Huntley ELEANOR Wedded to Sigismond of Cyroll Arch-Duke of Austria MARY Espoused to the Prince of Uerense or Lord of Camp-veer in France ANNABELLA sixth and youngest Daughter celebrated her Nuptials with the Earl of Morton Queen Jane lived many years after the death of her first Husband King James and was afterwards Married to James Stuart Son to the Lord of Lorne commonly called the Black-Knight of Lorne who being taken Prisoner by the Flemings died in Durance The Queen not long surviving him who died on the fifteenth day of July following in the year one thousand four hundred forty and six and was buried in the Charter-house at Perth by her Husband leaving Issue by the aforesaid Black-Knight John Stuart Earl of Athol James Earl of Buchane and Andrew Bishop of Murrey Impress or Device This King James bare for his Impress or Device a branch of Thistles with a Sprig of Rue The word POUR MA DEFENCE Which was first taken up by Achaius King of Scotland when he made that strict League with the Emperour Carlemain A. D. 787. giving intimation by the Motto That he feared not the Power of any Foraign Prince seeing he lean'd on the Succour and Alliance of the French 8. James II King of Scotland JAMES STUART Eldest Son of King James the First of Scotland was born together with his Brother Alexander on the fourteenth day of October in the year one thousand four hundred and thirty And being scarce seven years of Age when his
Tears and Sighs than Prayers and Ceremonies in the Vault with King Henry the Eighth of England Impress or Device This Excellent King had divers Impresses or Devices according to the several Alterations and Vicissitudes of his Affairs When he came first to the Crown he bare an Arm and Hand Armed issuing out of the Clouds and brandishing a naked Sword The Word DONEC PAX REDITA TERRIS For at that time almost all the Princes in Christendom were at Variance among Themselves or Subjects when he went into Scotland and was Crowned there in the year one thousand six hundred thirty and three He had for Device on the reverse of his Medals A spreading Branch of Thistles in their Bud with one full blown on the top The word HINC NOSTRAE CREVERE ROSAE alluding to his present possession of England but that his Original was derived from Scotland In the beginning of his Troubles he took a Palm-tree pressed down with might Weights and Mill-stones and the common word CRESCIT SUB PONDERE VIRTUS Afterwards a Ship labouring to break through a most tempestuous Sea The word ECELO SALUS And when the pretended Parliament offered base and unworthy Conditions destructive to the Fundamental Laws of the Land and his Kingly Dignity He had a Ship with the Mast broken and fallen into the Sea The word NUNQUAM NISI RECTUM But when the Rebels had Confin'd him and grew Insolent with the success His Emblem was a Lyon surpriz'd in a Net Hares and Leverets wantonly passing over him The word ET LEPORES DEVICTO INSULTANT LEONE This King Charles the first Wedded Mary de Bourbon youngest Daughter of Henry the Fourth Sir-named the Great King of France and Navarre c. by whom he had Issue CHARLES his Eldest Son who was Born Christened and Died on the same day viz. on the eighteenth day of March in the year one thousand six hundred twenty and eight A second CHARLES born on the twenty ninth of May in the year one thousand six hundred and thirty upon the death of his Glorious Father was King of England Scotland France and Ireland but not so declared publickly till some time after the niniquity of the times not permitting it nor Crowned 'till the twenty third day of April viz. St. George's-day in the year one thousand six hundred sixty and one when withgreat Pomp and Splendor he was Solemnly Inaugurated and Annointed in the Abby Church of St. Peters Westminster by the Name of King Charles the Second Whose miraculous Protection Restitution and Preservation together with his Royal Highness and the rest of the Children of that Excellent King through an Ocean of Miseries and Afflictions were sufficient to convince all men of Piety or Reason how much they have been the peculiar care of Heaven And to deter the most Nefarious Conspirators from attempting any violence against them for the future from whose Bloody and Sanguinary Hands as of late so may they ever be Defended and Protected The Designs of their Enemies laid open to the Light and all Abhorrers of Monarchy and Kingly Government brought to Condign punishment His present Majesty King Charles the Second hath Married Donna Catharina Infanta of Portugal Daughter of John the Fourth King of Portugal and Sister to Alphonso the Sixth late Deceased and Don Pedro the present King of Portugal by whom as yet he hath no Issue Impress or Device His Majesty King Charles the Second bare divers Impresses In his Exile The Sun in an Eclipse The word MEDIO OCCIDIT DIE. Vpon hopes and sometime before the Restauration his Mother Queen Mary bare a Yew-tree planted in a Church-yard and encompassed round with dead mens Bones The word PIETAS REVOCABIT AB ORCO Vpon making the Peace with the Hollanders in the year one thousand six hundred sixty and six The Effigies of the King Apparelled and Garnitured altogether like a Roman-Caesar with Lawrells Mantel and Commanders Trenchen placed on a Pedestal by the Sea-shoar the Sea it self spread all over with a mighty Navy or Fleet of Ships The word REDEANT COMMERCIA FLANDRIS And in the year one thousand six hundred and seventy I have seen this Device on the reverse of his Medals A Terrestial Globe with the word DEFUSUS IN ORBE BRITANNUS JAMES Duke of York and Albany Earl of Ulster and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and third Son of King Charles the First Born at St. Iawes's on the fourteenth day of October in the year one thousand six hundred thirty and three who hath Espoused for his second Wife the Lady Mary D'Este Sister of Francis and Daughter of Alphonso D'Este both Dukes of Modena born the twenty fifth day of September in the year one thousand six hundred fifty and eight and Married on the one and twentieth day of November in the year one thousand six hundred seventy and three by whom he hath had four Children Charles Duke of Cambridge Catharina-Laura Isabella and Charlotte-Maria who all died young and were buried at Westminster By his first Nuptials with the Lady Anne Hide Eldest Daughter of Edward Earl of Clarendon c. and Lord Chancellor of England who dying on the thirty first day of March in the year one thousand six hundred seventy and one in the thirty fourth year of her Age was buried at Westminster he had four Sons and as many Daughters viz. Charles Duke of Cambridge James Duke of Cambridge Charles Duke of Kendal and Edgar Duke of Cambridge all dying young and were Interred at Westminster The Lady Mary Eldest Daughter was born on the thirtieth day of April in the year one thousand six hundred sixty and two and is at present the Wife of William-Henry of Nassau Prince of Orange whose Nuptials were Celebrated at Whitehall on the fourteenth day of November in the year one thousand six hundred seventy and seven The Lady Anne second Daughter was born on the sixth day of February in the year one thousand six hundred sixty and four and is now Wedded to Prince George of Denmark second Son of Frederick the Third and only Brother to Christian the Fifth his present Majesty of Denmark and Norway c. The Marriage being Solemniz'd on the twenty eighth day of July in the year one thousand six hundred eighty and three Two other Daughters likewise had his Royal Highness Henrietta and Catharine who dying in their Infancies were buried with their Mother and Brothers in the Sepulchre of our Kings at Westminster HENRY fourth Son of King Charles the first was Duke of Gloucester Earl of Cambridge c. and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter born on the eighth day of July in the year one thousand six hundred and forty and departed this life on the thirteenth day of September following the Restauration in the year one thousand six hundred and sixty but was never Married he was buried at Westminster MARY Eldest Daughter of King Charles the First born at St. Iames's on the fourth day
sixty and four by whom he had five Sons Frederick Philip John-Adolph Christian John-Frederick And as many Daughters Sophia Christiana Elizabeth Ann and Agnes FREDERICK third Son of King Frederick and Sophia of Stetin was Bishop of Hildesheim and Sleswick who dying at Kilo on the twenty seventh day of October in the year one thousand five hundred fifty and six in the twenty fifth year of his Age was buried at Sleswick in the Monument of his Ancestors ELIZABETH a Daughter first married to Magnus after to Vlrick both Dukes of Meckleburgh who dying on the four and twentieth day of October in the year of Grace one thousand five hundred eighty and six it being the same day of the month whereon she was born and of her Age sixty two found Sepulchre at Gustrow in Germany ANN a second Daughter who dyed of the Plague at Flensburgh and was Inhum'd at Sleswick DOROTHEA the third and youngest Daughter was the second Wife of Christopher Duke of Meckleburgh who departed this Life on the eleventh day of November in year of our Lord one thousand five hundred seventy and five was buried by her Sister at Gustrow in the Sepulchre of the Princes of Meckleburgh on the eight day of December following Impress or Device Frederick the First King of Denmark c. Bare for his Impress or Device Fortune naked standing on a Globe in the midst of the Sea and catching the small Wind that seems gently to breath on the Surface of the Waters The word FIDELTA E COSA RARA 12. Christian the III. King of Denmark c. CHRISTIAN the third Sirnamed the Pious King of Denmark c. succeeded his Father Frederick in all his Dominions He was born on the twelth day of August in the year of Grace one thousand five hundred and three fifty six minuites past three in the Afternoon And bred up in his youth under the Elector of Brandenburgh his Uncle where he profited in all sorts of Exercises and Studies becoming the Ingenuity of a Magnanimous Prince He was Solemnly Crowned by the Hands of John Bugenhage a Divine of Pomerain on the twelfth of the Kalends of July that is on the twentieth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred thirty and seven From which time he wholly applyed himself to benefit the Commonwealth by Instituting wholesome and good Laws restoring publick Edifices and raised the University of Coppenhagen almost destroyed to its former Splendor and Magnificence doing many other Acts of Piety and Justice Wherefore this is recorded to his Glory that his House was the Temple of the Holy-Ghost the Eye of Prudence the Pattern of Honesty the Fountain of the Graces the Choir of the Muses the School of Learned men and the Temple of Divines the Table of the Poor the Refuge of Innocence and the Protection of the Miserable He departed this Life not without as is reported a Heavenly Revelation by an Angel on the first day of January in the year one thousand five hundred fifty and nine at Koldingen in Cimbria-chersonesus after he had lived fifty and five years four months and twenty days His body was first Interr'd at Ottenwaldt in the house of St. Canute but afterwards by his Son translated to Roschilt where he lyes Nobly Intom'd under a stately Monument of Alablaster and Marble He took to Wife Dorothea the Daughter of Magnus Duke of Lower-Sarony Angria and Westphalia who dying on the seventh day of October in the year one thousand five hundred seventy and one and of her Age sixty was first buried at Scanderburg in Denmark but afterwards remov'd to Roschilt where she lyes with her Husband Children by Christian the Third and this Dorothea were first FREDERICK who was King of Denmark MAGNUS the second Son Heir of Norway Duke of Holstein and Sleswick born at Coppenhagen on St. Bartholomew-day in the year one thousand five hundred and fourty fourty minutes past ten in the morning he married the great Duke of Muscovy's Neece and was made Bishop of Orpen in Livonia where he died in the year one thousand five hundred and eighty JOHN the youngest Duke of Holstein Stormar and Ditzmarch c. was born at Koldingen on the one and twentieth day of March in the year one thousand five hundred fourty and five at half an hour after seven at night He married first Elizabeth the Daughter of Ernest Duke of Lunenburgh in the year one thousand five hundred sixty and seven who died on the twelfth of February nineteen years after without Issue so that in the year one thousand five hundred eighty and eight he took to his second Wife Agnes-Hedwise the Daughter of Joachim Ernest Prince of Anhault and Relict of Augustus Elector of Sarony by whom he had seven Sons and six Daughters Christian his Eldest Stiled Heir of Norway Duke of Sleswick and Holstein Ernest second Son Duke of Sleswick and Holstein Alexander Duke of Holstein Augustus Duke of Sleswick and Holstein John-Adolph Duke of Sleswick and Holstein Frederick and Philip Dukes of Holstein Dorothea eldest Daughter Mary Ann Sophia Elizabeth and Margaret ANN Eldest Daughter of Christian the Third was Wedded to Augustus Elector of Sarony who died at Dresden in the Palace of her Husband on the Kalends of October in the year one thousand five hundred eighty and five DOROTHEA the youngest was the Wife of William the younger Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburgh Impress or Device Christian the Third King of Denmark c. Bare for his Impress or Deviee On the Revers of his Coins the Letter S. twining and enterlacing it self about the Body of the Letter F. both Roman Capitals Ensign'd above with a Coronet The word REGNA FIRMAT PIETAS 13. Frederick the II. King of Denmark FREDERICK the Eldest Son of Christian the Third Sirnamed the Magnanimous for his great Courage After the Death of his Father was chosen King of Denmark Norway c. Goths and Uandals c. Born on the first day of May at Hadersleben in Denmark in the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ one thousand five hundred thirty and four at half an hour after nine in the Morning And died at Andersoe in Zealand on the fourth day of March in the year one thousand five hundred eighty and eight at four of the Clock in the Afternoon being Aged fifty three years eight months three days and seven hours He was one of the Knights Companions of the most Honourable Order of the Garter and was buried at Roschilt His Wife was Sophia the Daughter of Vlrick Prince of Meckleburgh joyned in Matrimony on the twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred seventy and two by whom he had Issue CHRISTIAN who was King of Denmark c. ULRICK his second Son Heir of Norway Duke of Sleswick and Holstein born on the thirtieth day of December in the year one thousand five hundred seventy and eight and was one of the Knights Companions of the most