Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holstein

Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1622–February 26, 1656) was the son of king Christian IV of Denmark and his morganatic spouse Kirsten Munk. He had the title Count of Schleswig-Holstein.

Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holstein by Justus Sustermans

Biography

Born as the youngest legitimate son of King Christian IV of Denmark , he had a tough childhood . His elder brother Ulrik had succeeded his uncle as Ulrich III as a bishop . He was raised under the supervision of the royal governess Karen Sehested. In 1643, he was sent to Russia to marry Irene of Russia, the daughter of Tsar Michael of Russia, but as he refused to convert to the Orthodox faith, he was kept prisoner until 1645. In 1648, he came into conflict with his half-brother Frederik III of Denmark because of his wish to be elected king instead of Frederick, and after this, he lived abroad. He served in the Swedish army from 1655 and was killed in Poland in 1656.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holstein

16. Frederick I of Denmark

8. Christian III of Denmark

17. Anna of Brandenburg

4. Frederick II of Denmark

18. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

9. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg

19. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

2. Christian IV of Denmark

20. Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg

10. Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg

21. Anna of Brandenburg

5. Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

22. Frederick I of Denmark

11. Elizabeth of Denmark

23. Sophie of Pomerania

1. Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holstein

24. Mogens Olufsen Munk

12. Ludvik Mogensen Munk

25. Karen Ludvigsdatter Rosenkrantz

6. Ludvig Ludviksen Munk

26. Peder Hansen Lykke

13. Kirsten Pedersdatter Lykke

27. Kirsten Pedersdatter Høg
or
Karen Pedersdatter Reventlow

3. Kirsten Munk

28. Peder Jørgensen Marsvin

14. Jørgen Pedersen Marsvin

29. Helle Tagesdatter Hollunger

7. Ellen Jørgensdatter Marsvin

30. Otte Henriksson Gyldenstierne

15. Karen Ottesdatter Gyldenstierne

31. Helvig Mogensdatter Gøye

References

http://runeberg.org/nfck/0214.html (In Danish)

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