person
Christian IV of Denmark
Christian IV
also: Christian the Fourth, King Christian
Christian IV (1577-1648), the long-reigning Danish-Norwegian king, recognizable in the Ulsgaard portraits by his single plaited lovelock; his many wives and children people the gallery.
Reading notes
- The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge §181 Christian the Fourth
Christian IV (1577-1648), the long-reigning Danish king, known by the single plaited lovelock that hangs beside his cheek in the portraits; his wives and many children fill the first stretch of the gallery.
- The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge §322 Christian the Fourth
Christian IV (1577--1648), the long-reigning king of Denmark-Norway; the copied page records his dying---hours spent forcing out the single word 'Döden,' death.