Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve (general)

Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve (7 April 1630 – 11 December 1658) was an illegitimate child of Christian IV of Denmark and his chambermaid and mistress Vibeke Kruse.

[1] In February 1645, Gyldenløve was given the estate Skinnerup gård by his father.

When the Swedes stormed Kallebodstrand in Copenhagen, where Gyldenløve had his headquarters, a bloody struggle was fought between the Danish-Dutch defenders and the Swedish-German attackers.

The Gyldenløvesgade streets in Copenhagen and Odense are named after him.

Gyldenløve was remembered by the Danish nobility and peasantry as one of Denmark's foremost military commanders.