Herluf Trolle
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Herluf Trolle (14 January 1516 – 25 June 1565) was a Danish naval hero, Admiral of the Fleet and co-founder of Herlufsholm School (Herlufsholm Skole og Gods), a private boarding school at Næstved on the island of Zealand in Denmark. [1] [2]
Early life
Herluf Trolle was born at Lillø in Norra Åsum parish in Scania. He was born into the noble Trolle line of Swedish origins. He was the son of Kirsten Herlufsdatter Skave and Sir Joachim Arvidsen Trolle, Lord of Lillö; grandson of justiciar Arvid Trolle (c. 1440–1505), Lord of Bergkvara, and the latter's second wife Beate Iversdatter (ca 1440-1487), heiress of Lillö, and daughter of lord Iver Axelsen til Thott, fiefholder of the island of Gulland.[3] [4] [5]
At the age of nineteen, Trolle went to
His marriage with
A man of culture, he translated
Military career
In 1559, Trolle was appointed
Despite the damage done to his own fleet and flagship Fortuna by this great victory, Trolle, on 14 August, fought another but indecisive action with a second Swedish fleet under Finnish born, Swedish nobleman and Naval Admiral Klas Horn (1517–1566), Lord of Joensuu, his distant kinsman, and kept the sea until 13 October. Trolle spent the winter partly at his castle of Herlufsholm completing his long-cherished plan of establishing a school for all classes, and partly at Copenhagen equipping a new fleet for the ensuing campaign. On 1 June 1565 he set sail with twenty-eight liners, which were reinforced off Fehmarn by five Lübeck vessels. Horn had put to sea still earlier with a superior fleet and the two admirals encountered off Fehmarn on 4 June. The fight was severe but indecisive, and both commanders finally separated to repair their ships. Trolle had been severely wounded in the thigh and shoulder, but he would not let the ship's surgeon see to his injuries until every one else had been attended to. This characteristic act of unselfishness was his undoing, for he died at Copenhagen on 25 June, seventeen days after they had put him ashore.[6]
Herlufsholm
In 1544, Herluf Trolle married Birgitte Gøye. In 1565, they founded Herlufsholm as a boarding school for "sons of noble and other honest men". It was situated on the site of a former Benedictine monastery dating from the 12th century. Herluf Trolle died during 1565 and his wife Birgitte Gøye died during 1574. Both Herluf Trolle and Birgitte Gøye were buried together at Herlufsholm in a tomb made by the Flemish sculptor Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1514–1575).[10]
Legacy
The street Herluf Trolles Gade in Copenhagen and Herluf Trolle Land are named after him.
A statue of Herluf Trolle and Birgitte Gøye has been installed at Herludsholm.
See also
References
- ^ "Trolle, Herluf, 1516-65". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "Herluf Trolle, a learned admiral". Herlufsholm. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "Arvid Trolle (~1430 - 1505)". marcus.varland.se. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "Trolle". Nordisk familjebok. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "Thott, Iver Axelsen, –1487". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Harry Haue. "Metropolitanskolen". Den Store Danske, Gyldendal. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "Birgitte Gøye (ca. 1511-1574)". Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ Carsten P. Rasmussen. "Mogens Gøye". Den Store Danske, Gyldendal. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "Herlufsholm Skole". roundsquare.org. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
Attribution:
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Trolle, Herluf". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 300. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the