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Governor of Iceland. Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø (1678 – December 1719) was a Danish Admiral in the Royal Danish-Norwegian Navy and Governor of Iceland. He was an acknowledged illegitimate son of King Christian V of Denmark and his officially acknowledged royal mistress Sophie Amalie Moth .
He was subsequently made a count . Gyldenløve was general of the Realm ( Danish: rigsgeneral) and commander-in-chief of the Danish army during the Dano-Swedish War of 1657–1658. Ulrik led the charge of a student army against the Swedish army during the siege of Copenhagen in 1658.
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See also: Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve (1630–1658)
Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve (1678, Samsø – December 1719) was a Danish navy Admiral and Governor of Iceland. He was an acknowledged illegitimate son of Christian V of Denmark and Sophie Amalie Moth.
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.
Although Frederick IV of Denmark strongly distrusted nobility, his half-brother, Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve became Lieutenant General Admiral of the Danish Fleet in 1697, ultimately going on to become Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. He is also recognized as the founder of the Royal Danish Naval Academy.
Dansk biografisk Lexikon / VI. Bind, by Carl Frederik Bricka (1887-1905)
Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve (1678–1719), Count of Samsø. (Not to be confused with the son of Christian IV.)
Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve (Castillo de Jægersborg, 7 de abril de 1630- Copenhague, 11 de diciembre de 1658) fue el hijo ilegítimo de Cristián IV y Vibeke Kruse, la camarera de su segunda esposa Kirsten Munk.
Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø (1678 – December 1719) was a Dano-Norwegian Admiral in the Royal Danish-Norwegian Navy and Governor of Iceland. He was an acknowledged illegitimate son of King Christian V of Denmark and his officially acknowledged royal mistress Sophie Amalie Moth.
Han fikk ved fødselen tittelen greve av Samsø. Gyldenløves slektskap skaffet ham høye embeter; i 1697 ble han generaladmiralløytnant og i 1711 generaladmiral. Han ledet flåten i krigen i 1700 og etter 1709 ( store nordiske krig ), og førte blant annet kommandoen i slaget i Køge bugt i 1710.
