Christen Friis
{{Short description|Danish nobleman, politician and patron of arts and science}}
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| caption = Christen Friis by Simon van de Passe
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1581|11|04}}
| birth_place = Kastrup, Denmark
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1639|10|01|1581|11|04}}
| death_place = Copenhagen, Denmark
| parents = Jørgen Friis
| honours = Order of the Elephant (1616)
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Christen Friis (4 November 1581 – 1 October 1639) was a Danish nobleman, politician, and patron of arts and science.
Biography
Friis was born on 4 November 1581 in Kastrup to Jørgen Friis and Else Bjørnsdatter. He attended Sorø Academy. In 1610 he inherited Borreby Castle from his paternal uncle, Johan Friis. He later also inherited Kragerup in 1610 and purchased Lindholm manor in 1633.Ole Degn, Christian 4.s kansler: Christen Friis til Kragerup (1581-1639) som menneske og politiker (Landsarkivet for Nørrejylland, 1988). He married Barbara Wittrup (1591–1653) on 8 May 1614, with whom he had several children, including Hans Friis and Else Friis.Thomas Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot, vol. 2 (Odense, 1988), p. 285.
Friis became Chancellor of Denmark in 1616.Steffen Heiberg, Christian IV and Europe (Copenhagen, 1988), p. 62. He was an opponent of the continuation of the Kalmar War and advocated peace measures to Christian IV of Denmark.Paul Douglas Lockhart, Denmark in the Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 (Susquehanna U. P., 1996), pp. 70, 163, 194.
He was a patron of the astronomer Christen Sørensen Longomontanus and the historians Johannes Pontanus and Johannes Meursius, and a friend of the natural historian Ole Worm.Karen Skovgaard-Petersen, 'By the direction of the most noble and distinguished Christen Friis: The influence of Chancellor Christen Friis on the histories of Denmark by (1571-1639) and (1579-1639)', Daphnis 32 (1-2), (January 2003), pp. 199-229.
Friis died on 1 October 1639 in Copenhagen.
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External links
- [http://selsoe-lindholm.com/historie/ History of Lindholm manor (Danish)]
- [https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1848-0911-719 Engraving of 'Christen Friis' by Simon van der Passe, British Museum]
- [https://m.cils.dk/epitafium-for-christian-friis-cils-46 Epitaph and tomb of Christen Friis]
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Category:16th-century Danish nobility
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