Gjørvel summoned to court to receive foreign princes
KB 1588 til 92, s. 319 · Før 14. januar 1590 ·
What the letter says
The king expects some foreign lords and princes on Sunday [18 January] and wants some noble ladies to be present with him and his mother. He asks them to arrange their affairs so that they can come without fail next Sunday. Among the ladies on the list is Gjørvel Fadersdatter.
The letter in modern English
Missive to some ladies. Since the king on Sunday [18 January] expects some foreign lords and princes and therefore wishes some noble ladies to be present with him and his mother, they are asked to arrange their affairs so that they can without any excuse be present here next Sunday. The king counts on them and will acknowledge it with all favour and grace. Register: the ladies Kirsten Bølle, Elsebe Svaab, Kirstine Lykke, Thale Thott, Lene Thott, Birgitte Niels Krabbes, Kirsten Holck, Gjørvel Fadersdatter, Anne Hans Skovgaards, Sophie Otte Thotts and Karen Thott, and the wives of Lauge Beck, Oluf Daa, Oluf Bilde, Johan Bernekow, Knud Grubbe, Gabriel Sparre, Peter Hetze, Herman Juel, Jørgen Brahe, Corfitz Viffert, Christen Friis, Peter Munk, Jørgen Rosenkrantz and Frederik Lange.
Original text
Miss. til nogle Fruer. Da Kongen paa Søndag [18. Jan.] venter nogle fremmede Herrer og Fyrster til sig og derfor ønsker, at nogle Adelsfruer skulle være til Stede hos ham og hans Moder, anmodes de om at indrette deres Lejlighed saaledes, at de uden al Undskyldning sikkert kunne være til Stede her førstkommende Søndag. Kongen regner sikkert paa dem og vil bekende det med al Gunst og Naade. Register: Fruerne Kisten Bølle, Eltsebe Svaab, Kistinne Løcke, Thale Thott, Lene Thott, Birgitte Niels Krabb
Background
In the winter of 1589 to 1590 King James VI of Scotland came to Denmark with Queen Anne, the sister of Christian IV, whom he had married in Oslo in November 1589. The letter just before in the register mentions this very visit to Kronborg. The foreign princes were therefore probably the Scottish royal couple and their retinue. The king's mother was the dowager queen Sophie. That Gjørvel, nearly 80 years old, was summoned to court shows that she still belonged to the leading nobility.
People: Gjørvel Fadersdatter (Sparre)