Ulfeldt
The House of Ulfeldt is an old and distinguished Dano-German noble family from Funen. The oldest known members of the family lived in 12th century.[1] The family was represented by several royal Danish councilors during the 15th and 16th century, when the family was among the most influential in Denmark.
History
[edit]The family was first mentioned in a written document from 1186, with the name Strange, but in the 16th century they began to call themselves Ulfeldt after the family coat of arms.[citation needed] Family members held the title of Count in Denmark and Imperial Count within the Holy Roman Empire, but went extinct in male line in 1769.[1]
Notable members
[edit]- Anton Corfiz Ulfeldt (1699–1769), Austrian politician and diplomat of Danish descent
- Corfits Ulfeldt (naval officer) (1600–1644), Danish naval officer
- Corfitz Ulfeldt (1606–1664), Danish statesman, and one of the most notorious traitors in Danish history
- Ebbe Ulfeldt (1600–1670), brother of the Danish naval officer Corfits Ulfeldt, became a landscape painter in Delft
- Elisabeth Ulfeldt (1747–1791), maternal grandmother of Princess Maria Antonia of Koháry, co-founder of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry
- Hedevig Ulfeldt (1626–1678), the daughter of king Christian IV of Denmark and Kirsten Munk
- Jacob Ulfeldt (1535–1593), Danish diplomat and member of the Privy Council from 1565
- Jacob Ulfeldt (born 1567) (1567–1630), Danish diplomat and explorer and chancellor of King Christian IV of Denmark
- Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621–1698), the daughter of King Christian IV of Denmark and wife of Count Corfitz Ulfeldt
- Mogens Ulfeldt (1569–1616), Danish naval officer and landowner