Biography of Prince Ulrik Oldenburg 1578-1624

Paternal Family Tree: Oldenburg

Maternal Family Tree: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 1557-1631

1559 Christian III King Denmark Dies Frederick II Succeeds

1605 Christening of Princess Mary Stuart

1605 Marriage of Philip Herbert and Susan Howard

Christian III King Denmark Dies Frederick II Succeeds

On 01 Jan 1559 [his grandfather] Christian III King Denmark (age 55) died. His son [his father] Frederick II King Denmark (age 24) succeeded II King Denmark.

On 20 Jul 1572 [his father] Frederick II King Denmark (age 38) and [his mother] Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 14) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of Christian III King Denmark and Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. They were second cousin once removed.

On 30 Dec 1578 Prince Ulrik Oldenburg was born to Frederick II King Denmark (age 44) and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 21).

On 04 Apr 1588 [his father] Frederick II King Denmark (age 53) died. His son [his brother] Christian IV King Denmark (age 10) succeeded IV King Denmark.

Christening of Princess Mary Stuart

On 05 May 1605 Princess Mary Stewart was christened at the Palace of Placentia [Map]. Elizabeth Vere Countess Derby (age 29) carried the child. The infant's clothing, a train of purple velvet, embroidered with gold and furred with Ermines, was supported by two countesses, being so long that it fell to the ground. Richard Bancroft Archibishop Canterbury (age 60) performed the christening. The [his sister] Queen's (age 30) brother Prince Ulrik Oldenburg (age 26), the King's (age 38) first cousin Arabella Stewart (age 30) and Dorothy Devereux Countess Northumberland (age 41) were godparents. The King (age 38) presented Queen Anne (age 30) (who was not present) with new jewelry.

On 16 May 1605 Prince Ulrik Oldenburg (age 26) was appointed 399th Knight of the Garter by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 38). at Windsor Castle [Map].

Marriage of Philip Herbert and Susan Howard

Memorials of affairs of state in the reigns of Q Elizabeth and K James I Volume 2 Dudley Carleton to Mr Winwood Jan 1605. Jan 1605. Dudley Carleton (age 32) to Ralph Winwood (age 42)

Sir

I had written unto you at this time, though I had not been invited by your Letters I received by Captain Doyly. For in Mr. Chamberlain's Absense, I come in quarter, and have waited so diligently at Court this Christmas, that I have Matter enough, if the Report of Masks and Mummings can please you.

On St. John's Day we had the Marriage of Sir Philip Herbert (age 21) and the Lady Susan (age 18) performed at Whitehall, with all the Honour could be done a great Favourite. The Court was great, and for that Day put on the best Bravery. The Prince (age 11) and Duke of Holst (age 26) led the Bride (age 18) to Church, the [his sister] Queen (age 31) follow'd her from thence. The King (age 39) gave her, and she in her Tresses, and Trinketts brided and bridled it so handsomly, and indeed became her self so well, that the King (age 39) said, if he were unmarried he would not give her, but keep her himself. The Marriage Dinner was kept in the great Chamber, where the Prince (age 11) and the Duke of Holst (age 26), and the great Lords and Ladies accompanied the Bride. The Ambassador of Venice was the only bidden Guest of Strangers, and he had place above the Duke of Holst (age 26), which the Duke took not well. But after Dinner he was as little pleased himself; for being brought into the Closet to retire himself, he was there suffered to walk out his Supper unthought of. At Night there was a Mask in the Hall, which for Conceit and Fashion was fuitable to the Occasion. The Actors, were the Earle of Pembrook (age 25), the Lord Willoby, Sir Samuel Hays, Sir Thomas Germain, Sir Robert Cary (age 22), Sir John Lee, Sir Richard Preston, and Sir Thomas Eager. There was no smal Loss that Night of Chaines and Jewells, and many great Ladies were made shorter by the Skirts, and were well enough served that they could keep cut no better. The Presents of Plate, and other Things given by the Noblemen, were valued at £2500, but that which made it a good Marriage, was a Gift of the King's of £500 Land for the Bride's Joynture. They were lodged in the Councill Chamber, where the King in his Shirt and NightGown gave them a Reveille Matin before they were up, and spent a good time in or upon the Bed, chuse which you will believe. No Ceremony was omitted of Bride-Cakes, Points, Garters, and Gloves, which have been ever since the Livery of the Court; and at Night there was sewing into the Sheet, casting off the Bride's left Hose, with many other petty Sorceries.

On 27 Dec 1605 Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery (age 21) and Susan Vere Countess Montgomery (age 18) were married at Whitehall. The bride was escorted into the church by the [his sister] Queen's (age 31) brother Prince Ulrik Oldenburg (age 26) and her son Henry Frederick Stewart Prince of Wales (age 11). She the daughter of Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford and Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford. He the son of Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke and Mary Sidney Countess Pembroke (age 44).

On 27 Mar 1624 Prince Ulrik Oldenburg (age 45) died.

Royal Ancestors of Prince Ulrik Oldenburg 1578-1624

Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of Malcolm III King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Philip "Bold" III King France

Ancestors of Prince Ulrik Oldenburg 1578-1624

Great x 3 Grandfather: Dietrich Count of Oldenburg

Great x 2 Grandfather: Christian I King Denmark

Great x 3 Grandmother: Helvig of Schauenburg

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Frederick I of Denmark

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothea of Brandenburg

Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolf III Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg

Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg

GrandFather: Christian III King Denmark 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anna of Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick I Duke Saxony

Great x 3 Grandfather: William III Duke of Luxemburg 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret of Thuringia 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Habsburg 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Luxemburg Duchess Austria 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Father: Frederick II King Denmark 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandMother: Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Prince Ulrik Oldenburg 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry IV Duke of Mecklenburg

Great x 2 Grandfather: Magnus II Duke of Mecklenburg

Great x 1 Grandfather: Albrecht VII Duke Mecklenburg

GrandFather: Ulrich Mecklenburg-Schwerin 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William III Duke of Luxemburg 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret of Thuringia 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Habsburg 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anna Hohenzollern Duchess Mecklenburg 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Mother: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England