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Chap. XLVIII. CHRISTIAN H. AND THE APE.
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King Nuclet of the Wends, embraced Christianity,
and King Valdemar gave him as a reward his sister
Catherine in marriage, with Lolland as her dower. Her
son Knud founded here his castle of Nyborg; he did
not, however, enjoy it much, for he turned monk for
very peace’s sake, and Nyborg fell into the hands of
the crown. King John much loved this royal residence.
Here were born Christian and Protestant Elizabeth of
Brandenburg, who considered twenty-two years of
incarceration quite locking-up enough for one family.
The days of canonisation were over, and she had no
fancy to be a martyr.
Scarcely had Christian opened his eyes to daylight
when an adventure occurred, which, had it terminated
fatally, would have saved him a world of trouble. The
new-born princeling lay asleep in his cradle, when an
ape, who formed part of the royal establishment, stealthily
entering the nursery, lifts him from the cradle and carries
him in his arms, laughing and chattering, to the
housetop. The consternation of the royal household was
extreme, but they acted wisely; left the monkey to his
own devices, who, after a time, tired of the office of dry
nurse, returned his charge uninjured to the place from
which he had taken him. The same story is told of
one of the Leinster family and also of Oliver Cromwell.
In later days Nyborg, with its grand and lofty tower,
followed the fate of other royal buildings; it was pulled
down for its materials, not by that old clothesman the
second Frederic, but by the bigamous fourth Frederic
to build up his trumpery palace of Odense.
Not being in an excursion ising mood when at Nyborg,
we merely extended our walks to the adjoining manor
of Holckenhavn, a chateau beautiful in itself as well as
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