Christian Gyldenløve

Christian Gyldenløve (Copenhaguen, 28 February 1674 - Odense, 16 July 1703), was one of five illegitimate children fathered by Christian V of Denmark with Sophie Amalie Moth.

He distinguished himself in both foreign and Danish 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 kinswoman Countess Charlotte Amalie af Danneskiold-Samsøe (15 November 1682 - 7 December 1699), a daughter of Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve. They had two daughters:

• Christiane Charlotte (Copenhaguen, 7 July 1698 - Akershus, 5 October 1699).
• Fredericka Louise (Akershus, 2 October 1699 - Sonderborg, 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 Danneskiöld-Samsöe (Verona, 1 August 1702 - Copenhaguen, 17 February 1728).
• Frederick, Count of Danneskiöld-Samsöe (Assendrup, 1 November 1703 - Arhus, 18 July 1770).

After his death, his widow who took over his post of royal General Postmaster.

Ancestry

Family of Christian Gyldenløve

16. Frederick II of Denmark               8. Christian IV of Denmark                       17. Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow               4. Frederick III of Denmark                             18. Joachim Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg               9. Anne Catherine of Brandenburg                       19. Margravine Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin               2. Christian V of Denmark                                   20. William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               10. George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg                       21. Princess Dorothea of Denmark               5. Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg                             22. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt               11. Landgravine Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt                       23. Margravine Magdalene of Brandenburg               1. Christian Gyldenløve                                         24. Poul Mathiassen Moth               12. Mathias Poulsen Moth                       25. Margrethe Volradsdatter Schröder               6. Poul Mathiassen Moth                             13. Ingeborg Jørgensdatter                       3. Sophie Amalie Moth                                   14. Rudolph Burenæus                       7. Ida Dorothea Bureneus                             15. Ida Rothfelsen

External links

• Danneskiold at Den Store Dansk Encyklopædi