Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Excerpt from Peder Juel's letter to Peder Charisius, dated March 26/April 5 (Old Style), 1653

Source:

Bidrag til Dronning Christinas, det svenske Hofs og Corfitz Ulfeldts Historie, i Aarene 1651-1655, af Peder Juul's utrykte Breve til Charisius, article by Christian Molbech in Historisk tidsskrift, volume 5, page 346, published by Den Danske Historiske Forening, 1844
The letter excerpt:

Den 26de Marts. ... "Vicepræsidenten og nogle Assessores i Hofretten ere hensendte at lade rette nogle af de fangne rebelske Bønder, blandt andre er der en Pige, som haver prætenderet at blive Dronning, naar Bøndernes Rige blev."

With modernised spelling:

Den 26. marts. ... "Vicepræsidenten og nogle assessores i Hofretten ere hensendte at lade rette nogle af de fangne rebelske bønder; blandt andre er der en pige, som haver prætenderet at blive dronning, når bøndernes rige blev."

English translation (my own):

March 26. ... "The Vice President and some assessors in the Court of Appeals have been sent to have some of the captured rebellious peasants corrected; among others, there is a girl who has pretended to be queen when the peasants became a kingdom."

Note: "there is a girl who has pretended to be queen when the peasants became a kingdom" = Anna Mårtensdotter.

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