1. Christoffer Valkendorff was a Danish-Norwegian statesman and landowner.
15 Facts About Christoffer Valkendorff
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Christoffer Valkendorff later served both as Treasurer and Stadtholder of Copenhagen and finally as Steward of the Realm from 1596 to 1601.
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Christoffer Valkendorff owned Glorup Manor on Funen from 1535 to 1601, whose current main building he constructed, although it has later been adapted in the Neoclassical style.
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Christoffer Valkendorff constructed the old Town Hall in Bergen, and he constructed Svindinge Church, on Funen, one of the best preserved Renaissance style churches in Denmark.
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Christoffer Valkendorff founded the dormitory Valkendorfs Kollegium in Copenhagen where the street Valkendorfsgade is named after him.
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Christoffer Valkendorff received a thorough education in his mother's house.
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Christoffer Valkendorff is mentioned in 1553 as king Christian III of Denmark-Norway`s secretary and was rewarded with the 1554 Fief of Bergen for life.
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Christoffer Valkendorff was successful in opposing the last remains of Hanseatic influence, which earned him the benevolence of King Frederick II.
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Christoffer Valkendorff confiscated illegally collected taxes and made the German clergy respect the ordinance and Bergen's superintendent.
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Christoffer Valkendorff was outraged and a further conflict with the king over land interests on Funen sent him off to Saxony in exile.
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Christoffer Valkendorff handled the office with great efficiency and managed to reduce national debts.
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For some years Christoffer Valkendorff kept in the background but gradually he regained his influence and at the accession to power of the young Christian IV in 1596 he was at last appointed Steward of the Realm, a post he kept until his death.
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Christoffer Valkendorff owned Glorup Manor from 1535, although he initially seem to have shared the ownership of some of the land with his siblings.
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Christoffer Valkendorff expanded the estate significantly over the years through the acquisition of more land.
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Christoffer Valkendorff died in on 17 1601 and was buried in the graveyard of the Church of Our Lady.