Christian Gyldenløve was one of five illegitimate children fathered by Christian V of Denmark

Christian V of Denmark

Christian V , was king of Denmark and Norway from 1670 to 1699, the son of Frederick III of Denmark and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg...

 with Sophie Amalie Moth

Sophie Amalie Moth

Sophie Amalie Moth, Countess of Samsø was Christian V of Denmark’s acknowledged official lover. She was the first officially acknowledged royal mistress in Denmark.-Biography:...

. The others, all named Gyldenløve

Gyldenløve

Gyldenløve is the name of two important noble families in Danish and Norwegian history. The first Gyldenløve family belonged to the Norwegian high nobility...

, were:

• Christiane Gyldenløve (1672–1689)
• Sophie Christiane Gyldenløve (1675–1684)
• Anna Christiane Gyldenløve (1676–1689)
• Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve
  Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø
  Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve was a Danish navy Admiral and Governor of Iceland. He was an acknowledged illegitimate son of Christian V of Denmark and Sophie Amalie Moth.-Life:...
  
   (1678–1719), Count of Samsø. Not to be confused with the son of Christian IV.

Christian Gyldenløve distinguished himself in both foreign and Danish military service and established himself as the Danish Count Danneskiold-Samsøe

Danneskiold-Samsøe

Danneskiold-Samsøe is a Danish family of high nobility, formerly holding the island of Samsø as a fief. The family uses a traditional spelling of the name; a modern spelling would be Danneskjold-Samsø....

, which descended from his second marriage. His second spouse was Dorothea Krag

Dorothea Krag

Dorothea Krag was a Danish General Postmaster and noble.Dorothea was married first to count Jens Juel in 1694, and second to the king's illegitimate half brother Christian Gyldenløve in 1701. As the widow of Count Christian Gyldenløve, the General Postmaster since 1686, she was granted the income...

, who took over his post of royal General Postmaster. A daughter of his first marriage married a royal kinsman, Duke of Augustenborg

Duke of Augustenborg

The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg was a branch of the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg of the House of Oldenburg. The line descended from Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg...

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Ancestry

External links

• Danneskiold at Den Store Dansk Encyklopædi