KORFITS See also:

• KORFITS ULFELDT (1606-1664)

ULFELDT (1606-1664)  , Danish statesman, was the son of the See also:

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

chancellor See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob See also:

• ULFELDT, KORFITS (1606-1664)

Ulfeldt . After a careful See also:

• EDUCATION

education abroad he returned to See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark in 1629 and quickly won the favour of See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian IV . In 1634 he was made a See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

Knight of the See also:

• ELEPHANT

Elephant, in 1636 became councillor of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, in 1637 See also:

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

governor of See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen, and in 1643 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 . In 1637 he married 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's daughter Leonora See also:

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

Christina, who had been betrothed to him from her ninth See also:

• YEAR

year . Ulfeldt was the most striking See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality at the Danish 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 in all superficial accomplishments, but his See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character was marked by ambition, avarice and See also:

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

absolute lack of 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 or See also:

• CONSCIENCE (Lat. con-scientia, literally " knowledge of a thing shared with another person " or " complete knowledge," and derivatively " consciousness in general)
• CONSCIENCE, HENDRIK (1812-1883)

conscience . He was largely responsible for the disasters of the See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish See also:

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

war of 1643-45, and when the treaty of Bromsebro was signed there was a violent See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene between him and the king, though Ulfeldt's resignation was not accepted . In See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1646 he was sent 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 the See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague, but the results of his See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy by no means corresponded to its costliness, and when he returned to Denmark in See also:

• JULY

July 1647 he found the king profoundly irritated . Ulfeldt, supported by the Raad and the See also:

• NOBILITY

nobility, who objected to Christian's fiscal policy, resisted his See also:

• FATHER

father-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, and triumphed completely . As lord high steward he was the virtual ruler of Denmark during the two months which elapsed between the See also:

• DEATH

death of Christian IV. and the See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of 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 . (July 6, 1648); but the new king was by no means disposed to tolerate the outrageous usurpations of Ulfeldt and his wife, and this antagonism was still further complicated by allegations of a See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot (ultimately proved to be false, but believed at the 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 be true) on the See also:

• PART

part of Dina Winhavers, a former See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress of Ulfeldt, to See also:

• POISON

poison the royal See also:

• FAMILY

family . Dina was. convicted of See also:

• PERJURY (through the Anglo-Fr. perjurie, modern parjure, Lat. perjurium, a false oath, perjurare, to swear falsely)

perjury and executed, but Ulfeldt no longer See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt secure at Copenhagen, and on the 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 after the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution he secretly quitted Denmark (July 14, 1651), with his family . After living for a time in concealment at See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, he migrated to See also:

• BARTH
• BARTH, HEINRICH (1821–1865)
• BARTH, KASPAR VON (1587-1658)

Barth in Swedish See also:

• POMERANIA (German, Pommern)

Pomerania, and began the intrigues which have branded his name with See also:

• INFAMY (Lat. infamia)

infamy .

In July 1657 he eagerly responded to the invitation of 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. of See also:

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

Sweden, when he invaded Denmark, and entered the service 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's deadliest foe, for the See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express purpose of humiliating his See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign and enriching himself . He persuaded the commandant of See also:

• NAKSKOV

Nakskov, the one fortress of Laaland, to surrender to Charles X., and did his best to convince his countrymen that resistance was useless . Finally, as one of the Swedish negotiators at the See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress of Taastrup, he was instrumental in humiliating his native See also:

• LAND

land as she had never been humiliated before . Ulfeldt's See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason was rewarded by Charles X. of Sweden with the countship of Solvitsburg in Blekinge; but the discontented renegade began intriguing against his new See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, and in May 1659 was condemned to death . The Swedish regents, on the 7th of July, amnestied him, and he returned to Copenhagen to try to make his See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace with his lawful sovereign, who promptly imprisoned him and his wife . In the summer of r66o they were conveyed to Hammershus in See also:

• BORNHOLM

Bornholm, as prisoners of state . Their captivity was severe to brutality; and they were only released (in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1661) on the most degrading conditions . The fallen See also:

• MAGNATE (Late Lat. magnas, a great man)

magnate henceforth dreamed of nothing but revenge, and in the course of 1662, during his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence at See also:

• BRUGES (Flemish Brugge, a name signifying the bridge or place of bridges)

Bruges, he offered the Danish See also:

• CROWN

crown to the elector of See also:

• BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg, proposing to raise a See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion in Denmark for that purpose . Frederick See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William betrayed Ulfeldt's treason to Frederick III., and the Danish See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government at once impeached the traitor; on the 24th of July 1663 he and his See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children were degraded, his See also:

• PROPERTY

property was confiscated, and he was condemned to be beheaded and quartered . He escaped from the country, but the See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence was actually carried out on his effigy; and a See also:

• PILLORY (0. Fr. pilori, Prov. espitlori, from Lat. speculatorium, a place of observation or " peep-hole ")

pillory was erected on the ruins of his See also:

• MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

mansion at Copenhagen . He died at See also:

• BASEL (Fr. Bale)
• BASEL (Fr. Belle, but Basle is a wholly erroneous form; Ital. Basilea)
• BASEL, CONFESSION OF
• BASEL, COUNCIL OF

Basel, in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1664 . See 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) ; Danmarks riges historie, vol. iv .

(Copenhagen, 1897—1905) ; See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Nisbet See also:

• BAIN, ALEXANDER (1818-1903)
• BAIN, ANDREW GEDDES (1797-1864)

Bain, Scandinavia, chs. vii., ix., x . (See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, 1905) .