JENS See also:

• JENS JUEL (1631-1700)
• JUEL, NIELS (1629-1697)

JUEL (1631-1700)  , Danish statesman, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 15th of See also:

• JULY

July 1631, began his See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic career in the See also:

• SUITE (Suite de pieces; Ordre; Partita)

suite of See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian Rantzau, whom he accompanied to See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna and See also:

• REGENSBURG (RATISBON)

Regensburg in 1652 . In See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1657 See also:

• JUEL, JENS (1631-1700)
• JUEL, NIELS (1629-1697)

Juel was accredited to 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:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland, and though he failed to prevent 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 See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Casimir from negotiating separately with See also:

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

Sweden he was made a privy councillor on his return See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home . But it was the reconciliation of Juel's See also:

• UNCLE

uncle See also:

• HANNIBAL
• HANNIBAL (" mercy " or " favour of Baal ")

Hannibal See also:

• SEHESTED, HANNIBAL (16o9-1666)

Sehested with King 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 III. which secured Juel's future . As Sehested's representative, he concluded the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen with 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., and after the Danish revolution of 166o was appointed Danish See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister at See also:

• STOCKHOLM

Stockholm, where he remained for eight years . Subsequently the See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor See also:

• GRIFFENFELDT, PEDER, COUNT (Peder Schumacher) (1635-1699)

Griffenfeldt, who had become warmly attached to him, sent him in 1672, and again in 1674, as See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador extraordinary to Sweden, ostensibly to bring about a closer See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union between the two See also:

• NORTHERN

northern kingdoms, but really to give 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 to consolidate Griffenfeldt's far-reaching See also:

• SYSTEM

system of alliances . Juel completely sympathized with Griffenfeldt's Scandinavian policy, which aimed at weakening Sweden sufficiently to re-establish some-thing like an See also:

• EQUILIBRIUM (from the Lat. aequus, equal, and libra, a balance)

equilibrium between the two states . Like Griff enfeldt, Juel also feared, above all things, a Swedo-Danish See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war . After the unlucky Scanian War of 1675-79, Juel was one of the Danish plenipotentiaries who negotiated the peace of See also:

• LUND
• LUND, TROELS FREDERIK (1840- )

Lund . Even then he was for an See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance with Sweden " till we can do better." This policy he consistently followed, and was largely instrumental in bringing about the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage of Charles XI. with Christian V.'s daughter Ulrica Leonora . But for the See also:

• DEATH

death of the like-minded See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish statesman Johan See also:

• GYLLENSTJERNA, JOHAN

Gyllenstjerna in See also:

• JUNE

June 168o, Juel's " Scandinavian " policy might have succeeded, to the See also:

• INFINITE (from Lat. in, not, finis, end or limit; cf. findere, to deave)

infinite See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage of both kingdoms . He represented See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark at the See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation of Charles XII . (See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1697), when he concluded a new treaty of alliance with Sweden .

He died in 1700 . Juel, a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of very few words and a sworn enemy of phrase-making, was perhaps the shrewdest and most cynical diplomatist of his See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . His See also:

• MOTTO (an Italian word, from Late Lat. muttum, a low sound, a mutter or murmur, cf. mutere, to mutter; the Latin word also gives Fr. mot, word)

motto was: " We should wish for what we can get." Throughout See also:

• LIFE

life he regarded the See also:

• POLITICAL

political situation of Denmark with See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute See also:

• PESSIMISM (from Lat. pessimus, worst)

pessimism . She was, he often said, the See also:

• CAT
• CAT, CIVET
• CAT, HOUSE

cat's-paw of the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

Powers . While Griffenfeldt would have obviated this danger by an elastic political system, adaptable to all circumstances, Juel preferred seizing whatever he could get in favourable conjunctures . In domestic affairs Juel was an adherent of the See also:

• MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

mercantile system, and laboured vigorously for the See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial development of Denmark and See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway . For an aristocrat of the old school he was liberally inclined, but only favoured See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty reforms, especially in See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture, while he regarded emancipation of the See also:

• SERFS, SERROS

serfs as quite impracticable . Juel made no See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret of his preference for See also:

• ABSOLUTISM

absolutism, and was one of the few See also:

• PATRICIANS (Lat. patricius, an adjectival form from pater, father; not, as some say, from pater and ciere, to call)

patricians who accepted the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron . He saw some military service during the Scanian War, distinguishing himself 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 Venersborg, and by his See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

swift decision at the See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical moment materially contributing to his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Niels's See also:

• NAVAL

naval victory in the See also:

• BAY

Bay of Kjoge . To his great See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour he remained faithful to Griffenfeldt after his fall, enabled his daughter to marry handsomely, and did his utmost, though in vain, to obtain the ex-chancellor's See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release from his See also:

• DUNGEON

dungeon . See Carl Frederik Bricka, Dansk biografisk lex., See also:

• ART

art . " Juel " (1887, &c.); Adolf Ditlev Jorgensen, P .

See also:

• SCHUMACHER, HEINRICH CHRISTIAN (1780-1850)

Schumacher Griffenfeldt (1893-1894) . (R . N .