Godschalk Ericksen (d. 1544), was Christian II of Denmark's chancellor and later a diplomat at the service of Emperor Charles V. Ericksen was born in Schleswig.
When Christian II became a lifelong prisoner in July 1532, Ericksen entered the Emperor Charles V's service, following him to Spain in 1533.
He was subsequently sent on missions to Bavaria, 1533, to Cologne, Trier and Münster in 1535, and to the Hansa Towns in 1535.
In the following years he is recorded amongst the administrators of the army, and was sent to levy a corps of landsknechts in Germany, at the head of whom he preceded the Emperor into Ghent in February 1540.
Having fallen from his horse at Valenciennes, he became ill and died on September 28, 1544..[1]