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Eleanora Ulfeld.
the prospect of so great a marriage for his daughter—one that a real princess would have been glad of . Her mother strongly advised her to accept it , but , no ; she had given her troth , and nought could make her break it , and the brave young duke of Saxony returned home from his bootless errand a sadder , if not a wiser man . Four years after this she became the wife of
Corfitz Ulfeld . Honours ivere shoAvered upon the young pair , and happy as a wife and mother , Eleanora seemed likely to pass her life in prosperity . Her first sorroAv was the disgrace of her mother . Himself an unfaithful husband , Christiern IV . accused his wife of the same crime . It is difficult to say what degree of credit is to be given to the accusation , ivhich was supported
chiefly by the evidence of unprincipled persons , who may have perjured themselves out of malice , and who may have borne true lvitness out of revenge ; but Christina Avas deprived of all her honours , reduced to the plain title of Madame Munck , and separated from the king . Perhaps Christiern did not read fair faces rightlydid not know Avhen he saw one trulfairbut
mis-, y , took fine proportions and skin-deep beauty for real loveliness . Indeed , we have no great opinion of him , seeing he was the same king of Denmark ( brother of Anne of Denmark ) at whose feet the queen of Sheba fell ; both their majesties ( i . e . our
"brother of Denmark" and the said queen of Sheba ) , with the British Solomon to boot , being vino ciboque pleni , i . e . in plain English , helplessly drunk . — Vide Jesse and Miss Strickland . In course of time Christiern was gathered to his fathers , dying in 1648 . Strange whispers arose of endeavours on Corfitz Ulfeld's part to set aside the crown prince in favour of the
Countess Eleanor ; but Frederick III . ascended the throne , ancl for a time things went as prosperously as ever with Ulfeld and his fair countess . True , she and the other half brothers and sisters of the present king laid claim to honours that were denied them , but Corfitz was continued in posts of the highest trust , and employed as ambassador on more than one occasion . Two
incidents of their lives deserve notice , as they brought forth bitter fruit afterwards . Sophia Amelia , the queen of Frederick III ., by birth a princess of Brunswick Liineburg , entertained a violent jealousy of her accomplished and beautiful sister-in-law . The daughter of the houses of Este and Guelph perhaps disliked the relationshipwhile the attractions of
Elea-, nora threw the queen , in spite of her exalted position , into the shade . But a solemnity drew nigh , in which , at any rate , she ivould be the first . The coronation was soon to take place , and the court jeweller , Lyngbye , expended all his skill in producing a crown worthy of her majesty . When finished , moved by a VOL . T . Y
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Eleanora Ulfeld.
the prospect of so great a marriage for his daughter—one that a real princess would have been glad of . Her mother strongly advised her to accept it , but , no ; she had given her troth , and nought could make her break it , and the brave young duke of Saxony returned home from his bootless errand a sadder , if not a wiser man . Four years after this she became the wife of
Corfitz Ulfeld . Honours ivere shoAvered upon the young pair , and happy as a wife and mother , Eleanora seemed likely to pass her life in prosperity . Her first sorroAv was the disgrace of her mother . Himself an unfaithful husband , Christiern IV . accused his wife of the same crime . It is difficult to say what degree of credit is to be given to the accusation , ivhich was supported
chiefly by the evidence of unprincipled persons , who may have perjured themselves out of malice , and who may have borne true lvitness out of revenge ; but Christina Avas deprived of all her honours , reduced to the plain title of Madame Munck , and separated from the king . Perhaps Christiern did not read fair faces rightlydid not know Avhen he saw one trulfairbut
mis-, y , took fine proportions and skin-deep beauty for real loveliness . Indeed , we have no great opinion of him , seeing he was the same king of Denmark ( brother of Anne of Denmark ) at whose feet the queen of Sheba fell ; both their majesties ( i . e . our
"brother of Denmark" and the said queen of Sheba ) , with the British Solomon to boot , being vino ciboque pleni , i . e . in plain English , helplessly drunk . — Vide Jesse and Miss Strickland . In course of time Christiern was gathered to his fathers , dying in 1648 . Strange whispers arose of endeavours on Corfitz Ulfeld's part to set aside the crown prince in favour of the
Countess Eleanor ; but Frederick III . ascended the throne , ancl for a time things went as prosperously as ever with Ulfeld and his fair countess . True , she and the other half brothers and sisters of the present king laid claim to honours that were denied them , but Corfitz was continued in posts of the highest trust , and employed as ambassador on more than one occasion . Two
incidents of their lives deserve notice , as they brought forth bitter fruit afterwards . Sophia Amelia , the queen of Frederick III ., by birth a princess of Brunswick Liineburg , entertained a violent jealousy of her accomplished and beautiful sister-in-law . The daughter of the houses of Este and Guelph perhaps disliked the relationshipwhile the attractions of
Elea-, nora threw the queen , in spite of her exalted position , into the shade . But a solemnity drew nigh , in which , at any rate , she ivould be the first . The coronation was soon to take place , and the court jeweller , Lyngbye , expended all his skill in producing a crown worthy of her majesty . When finished , moved by a VOL . T . Y