Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø

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This article is about the Danish admiral. For his great-uncle, see Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve (general).
Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve
File:Christian Gyldenløve.jpg
Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, son of Christian V.
The Portrait Collection at Frederiksborg Palace.
Count of Samsøe
Reign 1698—1719
Predecessor Sophie Amalie Moth
Successor Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe
Noble family Danneskiold-Samsøe
Father Christian V of Denmark
Mother Sophie Amalie Moth
Born 1678
Brattingsborg, Samsø, Denmark
Died December 1719
Køge Bugt
Buried Brattingsborg, Samsø, Denmark
Religion Lutheran
Occupation Admiral in the Royal Danish Navy
Governor of Iceland

Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve (1678 – December 1719) was a Danish navy Admiral and Governor of Iceland. He was an acknowledged illegitimate son of King Christian V of Denmark and his officially acknowledged royal mistress Sophie Amalie Moth.

Life

When Gyldenløve was 6 years old, his father appointed him Governor of Iceland, then a Danish possession, a position that he held until his death, although he never visited the country.[1]

Although Frederick IV of Denmark strongly distrusted nobility, his half-brother, Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve became Lieutenant General Admiral of the Danish Fleet in 1697, ultimately going on to become Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. He is also recognized as the founder of the Royal Danish Naval Academy.

By the outbreak of the Great Northern War General-Admiral Gyldenløve and the fleet were ready for the confrontation, but to no avail. The allied fleets of Sweden, Britain and the Dutch Republic sailed into the Øresund, and, since they severely outnumbered the Danish fleet (61 ships of the line against 21), prevented the Danish fleet from interdicting the Swedish troop transports. Under the cover of these combined fleets, Charles XII of Sweden put troops ashore and bombarded Copenhagen, thus ending the early Danish participation in the Great Northern War.

By 1709, when the war resumed, Gyldenløve had risen in the organization. Under his command, late in the autumn of 1712 the North Squadron joined with the Baltic fleet. Lord High Admiral Gyldenløve had gathered the fleet to support a siege of Stralsund. This fleet attacked the Swedish fleet while they were offloading transports on 29 September; Gyldenløve's fleet fired 80 transport ships, making it impossible for Sweden to relieve Stralsund. This represented a notable victory. The fleet played a continued role in the siege of Stralsund, ultimately resulting in the loss of the city and the flight of Charles XII to Sweden.

Ancestry

Family of Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 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. Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sigurgeir Steingrímsson, tr. Bernhard Scudder, Árni Magnússon (1663 - 1730) - live and work, The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies.

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