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the ground and a shame-pillar erected on the site. Whether his wife
shared his guilt or was merely the victim of the Queen’s jealousy may
never be known. Certain it is that she was kept in harsh captivity for
twenty-two years and only released after the death of Sofie Amalie,
then dowager queen.
Page 91.
Hans Nansen was chief mayor of Copenhagen and a leader of the citizen
party. The other persons mentioned are likewise historical: Axel Urup,
Councillor of the Realm; Joachim Gersdorf, High Steward of the
Realm; Hans Schack, Governor and defender of the city; Frederik
Thuresen, commander of the citizens’ militia; Peder Retz, Chancellor
and chief pillar of royalty.
Page 113.
Burrhi. The Italian physician and alchemist, Francesco Borri or
Burrhi, afterwards came to Denmark and gained much influence over
Frederik the Third.
Page 145.
Sti Högh, known also as Stycho or Stygge Höegh, was the son of the
famous Just Högh, Chancellor of the Realm. He was an accomplished
linguist and an eloquent speaker, but in ill repute for his somewhat
hysterical nature and his atheistical opinions. He married Erik Grubbe’s
eldest daughter, Anne Marie, but neglected both his family and his
office as magistrate of Laaland. He was always in debt and borrowing
money. A contemporary, Matthias Skaanlund, whose chronicle has
been published under the title Gyldenlöves Lakaj, writes of him:
“Guldenlew and Sti Högh they were very fine friends, but it was said that
Sti Högh had a little more inclination toward Guldenlew’s consort
[Marie Grubbe] than was proper, and when his High Excellency found
this out, he at once divorced her, and Sti Högh had to leave his wife
and immediately depart out of the King’s land and dominions.” Anne
Marie divorced Sti Högh in 1674. We hear him later in the staff of
his brother, Just Högh, ambassador to Nimeguen, then a very important
post. Sti was incorrigible, however, and his scandalous conduct made
him always a thorn in the side of his respectable brother.
Page 154.
Mademoiselle La Barre was a French singer who appeared at the
Danish court in the fifties.
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