Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø
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Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve | |
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Count of Samsø | |
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Buried | Brattingsborg, Samsø, Denmark |
Noble family | Danneskiold-Samsøe |
Father | Christian V of Denmark |
Mother | Sophie Amalie Moth |
Occupation | Admiral in the Royal Danish Navy Governor of Iceland |
Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø (1678 – December 1719) was a Danish
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]
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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 the
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References
- ^ Sigurgeir Steingrímsson, tr. Bernhard Scudder, [Árni Magnússon (1663–1730) – live and work][permanent dead link], The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies.
Sources
- Admiral Thunderbolt, by Hans Christian Adamson, Chilton Company, 1959.
- Dansk biografisk Lexikon / VI. Bind, by Carl Frederik Bricka (1887–1905)