OTTENSEN, HANS [SSNE 4715]

Surname

OTTENSEN, OTTENS, OTTOZIN

First name

HANS, JOHANNES

Nationality

DANE

Social status

GENTRY

Text source

Hans Ottensen travellled to London in 1585 to learn Latin. In 1592 he could be found employed as a courier between William Stewart and Niels Kaas. In April 1592 he was to travel to Scotland and was attached to the Danish embassy of 1594.

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.287.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, SCOTLAND

Arrived 1592-04-01

Departed 1592-12-31

Capacity CIVIL SERVANT, purpose DIPLOMACY

 

Arrived 1594-01-01

Departed 1594-12-31

Capacity CIVIL SERVANT, purpose DIPLOMACY