OLDENBURG, CHRISTIAN (V) [SSNE 5358]

Surname

OLDENBURG

First name

CHRISTIAN (V)

Title/rank

CROWN PRINCE OF DENMARK

Nationality

DANE

Text source

Crown Prince Christian (V) of Denmark-Norway is said to have arrived in Britain in June 1639 in a bid to settle some of the problems between Charles I and his Scottish subjects. He is also said to have met Henrietta-Maria. 

Sources: Calendar of State Papers Venetian, XXIV, 1636-1639, pp.544-545; S. Murdoch, 'Scotland, Denmark-Norway and the House of Stuart 1603-1660 (unpublished PhD thesis, Universiry of Aberdeen, 1998), p.116.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, LONDON

Arrived 1639-05-01

Departed 1639-06-30

Capacity ROYALTY, DIPLOMAT, purpose DIPLOMACY