Ulrik of Denmark (1578–1624)

Ulrich of Denmark, with dynastic title Ulrich, heir to Norway, Duke of Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn and Dittmarschen ( born December 30, 1578 Kolding, † March 27, 1624 in Rühn ) was a Danish prince and administrator of the diocese of Schleswig and (as Ulrich II ) Schwerin.

Life

Ulrich was the fourth child and second son of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway and his wife Sophie of Mecklenburg. It was named after his grandfather, Duke Ulrich of Mecklenburg.

At the instigation of his mother, the chapter of the diocese of Schwerin decided on 24 September 1590 it had not yet twelve years old to want to choose under certain conditions to succeed his grandfather as an administrator. In 1592 he was enrolled at the University of Rostock. After prolonged negotiations, on 19 February 1597 an election capitulation in the collegiate residence Biitzow, which was of Prince Ulrich, his grandfather Duke Ulrich and his brother King Christian IV signed.

In 1602 he also received the Bishopric of Schleswig.

After the death of Duke Ulrich in 1603 he appeared as Ulrich II to the Government in the Bishopric of Schwerin and also became Chancellor of the University of Rostock. He now called himself the grace of God go to Norway, Duke of Schleswig -Holstein, Stormann and Ditmarschen, Administrator of the pin Schwerin, Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst. In Biitzow he set up a dedicated pin, a government, called the Ducal Council, Dr. Erasmus Reutze Chancellor and strove to reform of the cathedral chapter and the preservation of the autonomy of the congregation of Mecklenburg. In his reign falls to the construction of the pulpit in the collegiate church Biitzow, probably by the sculptor Hans Peper, is depicted on the Ulrich, as well as the beginning of the Thirty Years' War.

1604/5, he traveled to London to his sister Anna, who was the wife of wife of James I since 1603 Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, and was here on May 16, 1605 Knight of the Garter.

Ulrich, who was inclined to contemporary reports to drunkenness, died after a short illness Rühn monastery. His body was first buried with pomp and ceremony on May 24, 1624 the collegiate church Biitzow; 1642, King Christian IV transfer the coffin to Denmark and finally bury in Roskilde Cathedral.

Successor as administrator in Schwerin became his eponymous nephew, a son of Christian IV, as Ulrich III .. The high pin Schleswig fell to the Danish crown.

Ulrich lived in a marriage- like relationship with Katharina Hahn, who he ( today part of Dreetz in Mecklenburg -Western Pomerania) gave the good Zibühl.