See also:

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

HANNIBAL See also:

• HANNIBAL SEHESTED (16o9-1666)

SEHESTED (16o9-1666)  , Danish statesman, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Arensborg See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle on Osel . After completing his See also:

• EDUCATION

education abroad, he returned to See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark in 1632 and was attached 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:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian IV . Two or three years later he was sent to See also:

• WISMAR

Wismar to negotiate a treaty with the See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish See also:

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

chancellor, Axel See also:

• OXENSTJERNA

Oxenstjerna, and, if possible, bring about a match between Christian's son 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 and Gustavus See also:

• ADOLPHUS, JOHN LEYCESTER (1795-1862)

Adolphus's daughter See also:

• CHRISTINA (1626–1689)
• CHRISTINA [MARIA CHRISTINA HENRIETTA DESIREE FELICITE RENIERE]

Christina . Though failing in both particulars, he retained the favour of the 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, who had marked him out as one of his seven sons-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, by whose See also:

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

influence he hoped to increase the influence of the See also:

• CROWN

crown; and in 1636 he was betrothed , to one of the daughters, the countess Christine, then in her tenth See also:

• YEAR

year, whom he married in 1642 . In May 164o See also:

• SEHESTED, HANNIBAL (16o9-1666)

Sehested became a member of the See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

august Rigsraad . He imagined, with some See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason, that the proper See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field for the exercise of his talents was See also:

• DIPLOMACY (Fr. diplomatic)

diplomacy, and he openly aspired to be See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign affairs . Despite a successful See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in 1640-164, he did not obtain the coveted See also:

• POST

post, but was appointed See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy of See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway (See also:

• APRIL

April 1642) . He had now the opportunity of displaying an administrative and organizing ability, See also:

• UNITED

united with a zeal for reform, as remarkable as unexpected, which raises him high above his compeers . He made it his first See also:

• OBJECT

object thoroughly to develop Norway's material resources, and reorganize her armaments and fiscal See also:

• SYSTEM

system; and he aimed at giving her a more See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent position as regards Denmark . During Christian IV.'s second See also:

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

war with See also:

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

Sweden (1643-1645), Sehested, as viceroy of Norway, assisted his See also:

• FATHER

father-in-law materially . He invaded Sweden four times; successfully defended Norway from attack; and, though without any particular military See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent, won an engagement at Nysaker in 1644 . After the war he renewed his reforming efforts, and during the years 1646-1647 strove to withdraw his See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• ROYALTY (0. Fr. realte, reialte, royaulte, from Med. Lat. regalitas, the substantive of regalis, of or belonging to a king, rex)

royalty from the benumbing influence of the central See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration at See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen, and succeeded with the help of Christian IV. in creating a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate defensive See also:

• FLEET

fleet for Norway and giving her partial See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of her own finances .

He was considerably assisted in his endeavours by the fact that Norway was regarded as the hereditary See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the. See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of Denmark . At the same 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 Sehested freely used his immense See also:

• WEALTH

wealth and See also:

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

official position to accumulate for himself See also:

• PROPERTY

property and privileges of all sorts . His successes finally excited the envy and disapprobation of the Danish Rigsraad, especially of his See also:

• RIVAL

rival 'Korfits See also:

• ULFELDT, KORFITS (1606-1664)

Ulfeldt (q.v.), also one of the king's sons-in-law . The See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel became acute when Sehested's semi-independent administration of the finances of Norway infringed upon Ulfeldt's functions as See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord treasurer of the whole See also:

• REALM

realm; in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1647 Ulfeldt carried his point, and a See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree was issued that henceforth the See also:

• NORWEGIAN

Norwegian provincial See also:

• GOVERNORS

governors should send their rents and taxes See also:

• DIRECT

direct to Copenhagen . On the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of Frederick III . (1648), Sehested strove hard to win his favour ; but an investigation into his accounts as viceroy, conducted by his enemies, brought to See also:

• LIGHT

light such whole-See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale See also:

• EMBEZZLEMENT (A.-Fr. embesilement, from beseler or besillier, to destroy)

embezzlement and peculation that he was summoned to appear before a herredag, or See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly of notables, in May 1551, and give an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his whole administration . Unable to meet the charges brought against him, he compromised matters by resigning his viceroyalty and his senatorship, and surrendering all his private property in Norway to the crown . Throughout his trial Sehested had shown consummate prudence . He surrendered voluntarily thrice as much as he had ever embezzled, and, calculating on the See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret fondness of Frederick III. for a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of his monarchical tendencies, carefully abstained from the See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild and treasonable projects of revenge which were the ruin of Korfits Ulfeldt . From 1651 to 166o he lived abroad . At the end of 1655 he met the exiled 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 II. of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England at See also:

• COLOGNE (Ger. Koln, or officially, since 1900, Coln)

Cologne, and lived a See also:

• PART

part of the following year with him in the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish Nether-lands . In the summer of 1657 he returned to Denmark, but Frederick III. refused to receive him, and he hastily quitted Copenhagen .

During the crisis of the war of 1658 he was at the headquarters of Charles X. of Sweden . In seeking the help and See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of the worst enemy of his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, Sehested approached the very See also:

• VERGE (Lat. virga, a rod)

verge of See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason, but he never quite went beyond it . When, at last, it seemed probable that the war would not result in the annihilation of Denmark, Sehested strained every See also:

• NERVE (Lat. nervus, Gr. vevpov, a bowstring)

nerve to secure his own future by working in the interests of his native See also:

• LAND

land while still residing in Sweden . In April 166o he obtained permission from Frederick III. to come to Copenhagen, and was finally instructed by .him as plenipotentiary to negotiate with the Swedes . The treaty of Copenhagen, which saved the 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 of Denmark and brought her repose, was very largely Sehested's See also:

• WORK

work . He was one of the willing abettors of Frederick III. at the revolution of x66o, when he re-entered the Danish service as lord treasurer and councillor of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . Both at See also:

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

home and on his frequent foreign See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions he displayed all his old ability . As a diplomatist he, in some respects, anticipated the views of See also:

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

Griffenfeldt, supporting the policy of friendship with Sweden and a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance . He died suddenly on the 23rd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1666 at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, where he was conducting important negotiations . His " See also:

• POLITICAL

political testament " is perhaps the best testimony to his liberal and statesmanike views . See Thyra Sehested, See also:

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

Hannibal Sehested (Copenhagen, 1886) ; See also:

• JULIUS

Julius See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert Fridericia, Adelsvaeldens sidste Dage (Copenhagen, 1894) . (R .

N .