Christian Gyldenløve

Christian Gyldenløve
Christian Gyldenløve
Landgrave of Samsøe
	Portrait in Frederiksborg Palace
Other titles	County Governor of Bergenhus stiftamt (1681–1699) ; Commanding officer of The infantry regiment 'Youl Danois' (under his leadership called the "Royal Danois") (1692–1694) ; Lieutenant General of the Cavalry and The Infantry of Norway (1695–1701) ; General of the Cavalry and The Infantry of Norway (1696-) ; Supreme Commander of the militia in Norway (1696–1697) ; Field Marshal Lieutenant (1697-) ; Field Marshal (1699-) ; General Field Marshal Lieutenant (1701–1703) ; Commander-in-Chief of the Danish-Norwegian auxiliary corps (1701–1703) ; Imperial Generalfeldmarschall (1702–1703) ; Lord Chamberlain of Denmark (1696–1703)
Born	28. February 1674; Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	16. July 1703; Odense, Denmark
Buried	St. Peter's Church, Copenhagen, Denmark
Noble family	Danneskiold-Samsøe
Father	Christian V of Denmark
Mother	Sophie Amalie Moth

Christian Gyldenløve, Landgrave of Samsøe (Copenhagen, 28 February 1674 – Odense, 16 July 1703), was a Danish nobleman and military officer. He was one of five illegitimate children fathered by Christian V of Denmark with Sophie Amalie Moth.

He distinguished himself in both foreign and Danish-Norwegian military service and established himself as the Danish Count Danneskiold-Samsøe, which descended from his second marriage.

In Copenhagen on 27 November 1696 Christian married firstly his first cousin Countess Charlotte Amalie Danneskiold-Laurvig (15 November 1682 – 7 December 1699), a daughter of Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, his father's half-brother. They had two daughters:

Christiane Charlotte (Copenhagen, 7 July 1698 – Akershus, 5 October 1699)
Frederikke Louise (Akershus, 2 October 1699 – Sønderborg, 2 December 1744), married on 21 July 1720 to her kinsman Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

In Copenhagen on 25 May 1701 Christian married secondly Dorothea Krag (27 September 1675 – Gisselfeld, 10 October 1754). They had two sons:

Christian, Lensgreve af Danneskiold-Samsøe (Verona, 1 August 1702 – Copenhagen, 17 February 1728)
Frederik, Count of Danneskiold-Samsøe (Assendrup, 1 November 1703 – Aarhus, 18 July 1770)

After his death, his widow assumed his post of royal General Postmaster.