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Leonora Christina was a favourite of Christian IV but, soon after his death in 1648, she and Corfitz Ulfeldt came into conflict with Frederik III and, not least, with Queen Sophie Amalie. The couple fled to Sweden in 1651 and took part in conspiracies against the Danish government. In 1659 they had to flee from Sweden to Denmark, and in 1660 they were held captive at Hammershus Castle, Bornholm. Frederik III had them released the year after but when Ulfeldt was charged with high treason in 1663, Leonora Christina was arrested in England and handed over to Denmark. Until the death of Sophie Amalie she was imprisoned in the Blue Tower at the Castle of Copenhagen. She spent the rest of her life in a foundation for noble ladies in Maribo, Lolland.
Leonora Christina was highly intelligent and a talented writer. Her autobiographical Memory of Woe (Jammers Minde), which was partly written during her imprisonment in the Blue Tower, is one of the great autobiographies of Danish literature.
Source of article: Rosenborg Castle Amalienborg PalaceHM The Queens Reference Library
Added by Janet Milburn 7/10/19
Renowned in Denmark since the 19th century for her posthumously published autobiography, Jammersminde, written secretly during two decades of solitary confinement in a royal dungeon, her intimate version of the major events she witnessed in Europe's history, interwoven with ruminations on her woes as a political prisoner, still commands popular interest, scholarly respect, and has virtually become the stuff of legend as retold and enlivened in Danish literature and art.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonora_Christina_Ulfeldt
http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonora_Christina_Ulfeldt
Var datter af Christian lV. og Kirsten Munk. Hun blev forlovet med Corfitz Ulfeldt allerede i 9 års alderen og giftede sig med ham som 15-åring den 9. oktober 1636.
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July 8, 1621
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Frederiksborg Slot, Hillerød, Nordsjælland, Danmark (Denmark)
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December 5, 1637
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1638
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København
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March 18, 1639
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København, København, Denmark
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1640
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1641
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København
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October 1, 1643
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Bruxeles, Belgien (Belgium)
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1645
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October 1646
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Haag, Tne netherlands, Tne netherlands
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