Peder Griffenfeld, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Danish politician
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Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
About Peder Griffenfeld
- Count Peder Griffenfeld (before ennoblement Peder Schumacher) (24 August 1635 – 12 March 1699) was a Danish statesman and royal favourite.
- He became the principal adviser to King Christian V of Denmark from 1670 and the de facto ruler of the dual kingdom of Denmark-Norway in the first half of the 1670s.
- In 1673 he was appointed as Chancellor of Denmark, elevated to count, the highest aristocratic rank in Denmark-Norway, and received the Order of the Elephant, the country's highest order.
- At the behest of his enemies at court, Griffenfeld was arrested in early 1676 and convicted of treason, a charge that historians agree was false.
- He was imprisoned for 22 years, mainly at Munkholmen in Norway.
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Source: Frederiksborg Museum
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Abraham Wuchters
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| Alternative names | Abraham Wugters | ||
| Description | Southern Netherlandish painter, etcher, engraver, delftware painter and court painter | ||
| Date of birth/death | circa 1610 | 23 May 1682 | |
| Location of birth/death | Antwerp | Copenhagen | |
| Work period | from 1636 until 1682 | ||
| Work location | Amsterdam (1636-1638), Copenhagen (1638-1660), Sweden (1660-), Copenhagen (1663, 1664, 1669), Sorø, Copenhagen (1669-1682) | ||
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Source: Frederiksborg Museum
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