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FREDERIKSBORG.
Chap. XXV.
as their father lived all went well; Christina’s children
dined at the king’s table in company with their
governess Karen Sehested, bore the title of Count
and Countess of Slesvig-Holstein, and were prayed
for in church. The most interesting of this family
by far are Count Valdemar and Eleanor Ulfeld, both
of whose portraits by Carl van Mander are
exquisite paintings. Valdemar, were the story of his
misfortunes and his romantic life unknown to you,
would not fail to attract by his grace and youth.
Then we have the race of Gyldenløves, sons of the
Karens, the Vibekes, and the other “ Ladies of
Rosenborg,” as fine a set of youths as you could wish to
see—all of whom distinguished themselves more or
less, especially the youngest, Ulrik Christian, who fell
at the siege of Copenhagen in 1658: they are painted
mostly by Abraham Wuchter, who, by the pains he
takes, evidently approves of his models.
Other male offspring had King Christian, who do not
form part of. the royal collection; among them the
celebrated Don Gorgen Ulrik, a renowned adventurer,
who turned pirate, and ended by getting his skull
cracked in a fray with a brewer in the streets of
Copenhagen. Christian’s daughters were numerous—
eight by Christina Munk, and two by other ladies—
and all married to various noblemen of his Court.
But any interest they may have inspired is so entirely
swamped by the fortunes of their youngest sister, fair
Eleanor, wife of the minister Corfitz Ulfeld, that
their memory has almost become forgotten; but as her
story belongs to another reign, we will pass her over
for the present.
It was in the year 1648 that Christian IV. died, in
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