KRISTOFFER See also:

• KRISTOFFER GABEL (1617-x673)

GABEL (1617-x673)  , Danish statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Gliickstadt, on the 6th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1617 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, Wulbern, originally a landscape painter and subsequently See also:

• RECORDER
• RECORDER, FIPPLE FLUTE

recorder of Gliickstadt, was killed at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of that fortress by the Imperialists in 1628 . Kristoffer is first heard of in 1639, as overseer and accountant at the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

Duke See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick . When the duke ascended the Danish See also:

• THRONE

throne as Frederick III., See also:

• GABEL, KRISTOFFER (1617-x673)

Gabel followed him to See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen as his private secretary and See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of business . Gabel, who veiled under a mysterious reticence considerable See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial ability and uncommon shrewdness, had See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence over the irresolute See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king . During the brief See also:

• INTERVAL

interval between King See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles X.'s first and second attack upon See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark, Gabel was employed in several See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions to See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden; and he took a See also:

• PART

part in the intrigues which resulted in the autocratic revolution of 166o (see *DENMARK: See also:

• HISTORY

History) . His services on this occasion have certainly been exaggerated; but if not the originator of the revolution, he was certainly the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief intermediary between Frederick III. and the conjoined Estates in the mysterious See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy which established See also:

• ABSOLUTISM

absolutism in Denmark . His activity on this occasion won the king's lifelong gratitude . He was enriched, ennobled, and in 1664 made See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Copenhagen . From this See also:

• YEAR

year must be dated his open and See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official influence and See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, and from 166o to 167o he was the most considerable personage at court, and very largely employed in financial and See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic affairs . When Frederick III. died, in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1670, Gabel's power was at an end . The new ruler, See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian V., hated him, and accusations against him poured in from every See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter .

When, on the 18th of See also:

• APRIL

April 167o, he was dismissed, nobody sympathized with the man who had grown wealthy at a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time when other See also:

• PEOPLE

people found it hard to live . He died on the 13th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1673 . See Carl Frederik Bricka, Dansk . Biograf . Lex. See also:

• ART

art " Gabel " (Copenhagen, 1887, &c.) ; Danmarks Riges Historie (Copenhagen, 1897-1005), vol . V .