17th-Century Danish People: Ludvig Holberg, Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Peder Griffenfeld, Jørgen Friis, Kirsten Munk, Sophia Brahe

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Ole R mer, Anne of Denmark, Ludvig Holberg, Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Peder Griffenfeld, J rgen Friis, Kirsten Munk, Sophia Brahe, Hannibal Sehested, Niels Juel, Corfitz Ulfeldt, Jens Juel, Ulrik Frederik Gyldenl ve, Ove Juul, Conrad von Reventlow, Maren Spliid, Christenze Kruckow, Marie Grubbe, Hans Nansen, Dina Vinhofvers, Anne Lykke, Sophie Amalie Moth, Margareta Huitfeldt, Beinta Broberg, Vibeke Kruse, Truid Aagesen, Ellen Marsvin, Brita Scheel, Karen Andersdatter, Christiane Sehested, Christine Sophie Holstein, Birgitte Thott, Hedevig Ulfeldt, Justine Cathrine Rosenkrantz, Christian Gyldenl ve, Sophie Amalie Lindenov, Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Dorothea Elisabeth Christiansdatter, Elisabeth Augusta Lindenov, Sophie Elisabeth Pentz, Margrethe Lasson, Chajim F rst, Kirsten Madsdatter, Hans Ulrik Gyldenl ve. Excerpt: Anne of Denmark (12 December 1574 - 2 March 1619) was queen consort of Scotland, England, and Ireland as the wife of King James VI and I. The second daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark, Anne married James in 1589 at the age of fourteen and bore him three children who survived infancy, including the future Charles I. She demonstrated an independent streak and a willingness to use factional Scottish politics in her conflicts with James over the custody of Prince Henry and his treatment of her friend Beatrix Ruthven. Anne appears to have loved James at first, but the couple gradually drifted and eventually lived apart, though mutual respect and a degree of affection survived. In England, Anne shifted her energies from factional politics to patronage of the arts and constructed a magnificent court of her own, hosting one of the richest cultural salons in Europe. After 1612, she suffered sustained bouts of ill health and gradually withdrew from the centre of court life. Though she was ...