Kirsten Munck

Kirsten Munk (* 6. Juli 1598; † 19. April 1658 in Boller), daughter of Ludwig Munk and Ellen Marsvin.
In 1615 she became 'Gräfin von Schleswig-Holstein' and the second wife of the Danish king Christian IV. The King divorced her in 1629 after the birth of her last child. The King hadn't slept with her for over a year and this child was probably the child of her lover, Otto Ludwig Rheingraf zu Salm. She had became his lover in about 1626. In 1629 Christian IV took a new mistress: Vibeke Kruse. Vibeke was presented to the King by his former mother-in-law Ellen Marsvin. Ellen wanted to keep her influence over the king.
Most sources say she had 12 children with the Christian IV. I can only find 10. Who knows the other two children wo were probably stillborn?


Anna Christine (* 10. August 1618 Frederiksborg; † 20. August 1633), heiratet Frands Rantzau
Sophie Elisabeth (* 20. September 1619 Skanderborg; † 29. April 1657), heiratet am 10. Oktober 1634 Christian von Pentz,
Eleonore Christine (* 8. Juli 1621 Frederiksborg; † 16. März 1698 Maribo Kloster), heiratet am 9. Oktober 1634 in Kopenhagen Corfitz Ulfeldt,
Waldemar Christian (* 1622 Frederiksborg; † 26. Februar 1656 Lublin), Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein,
Elisabeth Auguste (* 28. Dezember 1623 Kronborg; † 9. August 1677), heiratet am 27. Oktober 1639 in Kopenhagen Johann Lindenow,
Friedrich Christian (* 26. April 1625; † 17. Juli 1627),
Christiane (* 15. Juli 1626 Haderslevhus (Hansborg); † 6. Mai 1670), heiratet am 6. November 1642 in Kopenhagen Hannibal von Sehestet,
Hedwig (* 15. Juli 1626 Haderslevhus (Hansborg); † 5. Oktober 1678 Kristiansstad), heiratet am 6. November 1642 in Kopenhagen Ebbe Olfeld,
Marie Katharina (* 29. Mai 1628; † 1. September 1628) und
Dorothea Elisabeth (* 1. September 1629 Kronborg; † 18. März 1687 Augustinerkloster in Köln).