FRIIS, CHRISTIAN [SSNE 1024]

Surname

FRIIS

First name

CHRISTIAN

Title/rank

Nationality

DANE

Region

Social status

GENTRY

Education

Religion

Text source

E. Marquard, Danske Gesandter og Gesandtskabspersonale indtil 1914 (Copenhagen, 1952). He travelled to England with Mandrup Parsberg, Henrik Ramel, Niels Krag and Jonas Charisius in 1600. In 1603 Friis returned to England, though on this occassion to visit the Stuart, not the Tudor Court. He travelled Henrik Belov to visit Robert Cecil and then James VI and I.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, ENGLAND

Arrived 1600-01-31

Departed 1600-12-31

Capacity AGENT, purpose DIPLOMACY

DENMARK-NORWAY, STUART KINGDOMS

Arrived 1603-05-08

Departed 1603-12-31

Capacity AGENT, purpose DIPLOMACY