Christian Gyldenløve

Christian Gyldenløve
Landgrave of Samsøe
Portrait in Frederiksborg Palace
Other titles	County Governor of Bergenhus stiftamt (1681–1699) Commanding officer of The infantry regiment 'Youl Danois' (under his leadership called the "Royal Danois") (1692–1694) Lieutenant General of the Cavalry and The Infantry of Norway (1695–1701) General of the Cavalry and The Infantry of Norway (1696-) Supreme Commander of the militia in Norway (1696–1697) Field Marshal Lieutenant (1697-) Field Marshal (1699-) General Field Marshal Lieutenant (1701–1703) Commander-in-Chief of the Danish-Norwegian auxiliary corps (1701–1703) Imperial Generalfeldmarschall (1702–1703) Lord Chamberlain of Denmark (1696–1703)
Born	28. February 1674 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	16. July 1703 Odense, Denmark
Buried	St. Peter's Church, Copenhagen, Denmark
Noble family	Danneskiold-Samsøe
Father	Christian V of Denmark
Mother	Sophie Amalie Moth

Christian Gyldenløve, Landgrave of Samsøe (Copenhagen, 28 February 1674 – Odense, 16 July 1703), was a Danish nobleman and military officer. He was one of five illegitimate children fathered by Christian V of Denmark with Sophie Amalie Moth.

He distinguished himself in both foreign and Danish-Norwegian military service and established himself as the Danish Count Danneskiold-Samsøe, which descended from his second marriage.

In Copenhagen on 27 November 1696 Christian married firstly his first cousin Countess Charlotte Amalie Danneskiold-Laurvig (15 November 1682 – 7 December 1699), a daughter of Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, his father's half-brother. They had two daughters:

Christiane Charlotte (Copenhagen, 7 July 1698 – Akershus, 5 October 1699)
Frederikke Louise (Akershus, 2 October 1699 – Sønderborg, 2 December 1744), married on 21 July 1720 to her kinsman Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

In Copenhagen on 25 May 1701 Christian married secondly Dorothea Krag (27 September 1675 – Gisselfeld, 10 October 1754). They had two sons:

Christian, Lensgreve af Danneskiold-Samsøe (Verona, 1 August 1702 – Copenhagen, 17 February 1728)
Frederik, Count of Danneskiold-Samsøe (Assendrup, 1 November 1703 – Aarhus, 18 July 1770)

After his death, his widow assumed his post of royal General Postmaster.