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Niels Krag
Niels Krag (1550 - 14 May 1602), was a Danish academic and diplomat.
Krag was a Doctor of Divinity, Professor at the University of Copenhagen, and historiographer Royal.
In August 1589 the Danish council decided that Peder Munk, Breide Rantzau, Dr Paul Knibbe, and Niels Krag would accompany Anne of Denmark, the bride of James VI, to Scotland. After several mishaps, poor weather, and "contrary winds" they decided to stay at Oslo over the winter.
In May 1593 Krag travelled to Scotland with Steen Bille. Anne of Denmark came aboard their ship at Leith on 31 May, with her ladies in waiting, including the two sisters Marie Stewart, Countess of Mar and Henrietta Stewart, Countess of Huntly. She gave the sailors a gift of 100 gold crowns.
Their mission was primarily to accept the lands of Dunfermline Abbey given to Anne as a "morning gift" by her husband, James VI of Scotland, recently re-confirmed in the Parliament of Scotland. They negotiated with John Maitland of Thirlestane who had held some of the lands. Krag and Bille visited the dowry lands as Peder Munk had done in 1590.
In Edinburgh, they were lodged in the Canongate at John Kinloch's house close to Holyrood Palace. The last week in July was occupied by the aftermath of an attack on Holyrood by the Earl of Bothwell. Krag recorded the events in a Latin journal of their embassy and in a separate memorandum. James VI had to explain the circumstances of Bothwell's appearance at Holyrood to them in a meeting with the Privy Council in the Tolbooth.
They left the Scottish court on 6 August 1593, escorted to Leith by the queen and the royal councilors. Giacomo Castelvetro, an Italian author presented Krag with a manuscript of Italian proverbs and their explanations, with a personal dedication to "Nicolò Crachio", bound in vellum with gold tooling. James VI gave Krag a lengthy Latin letter of recommendation or testimonial with a grant of noble arms. A few weeks later a lion arrived in Edinburgh as a present from Christian IV with a German lion-keeper, Wilhelm Fröhlich. The lion, a gift to Christian from the King of Poland, was tame enough that it could led around by two boys.
In 1598 James Young, the son of the Scottish diplomat Peter Young stayed with Krag while his father and David Cunningham travelled to Rostock and Gustrow, seeking military support to put James VI on the throne of England, in the event of the death of Queen Elizabeth. Their instructions suggested that Elizabeth was in increasingly poor health.
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Niels Krag
Niels Krag (1550 - 14 May 1602), was a Danish academic and diplomat.
Krag was a Doctor of Divinity, Professor at the University of Copenhagen, and historiographer Royal.
In August 1589 the Danish council decided that Peder Munk, Breide Rantzau, Dr Paul Knibbe, and Niels Krag would accompany Anne of Denmark, the bride of James VI, to Scotland. After several mishaps, poor weather, and "contrary winds" they decided to stay at Oslo over the winter.
In May 1593 Krag travelled to Scotland with Steen Bille. Anne of Denmark came aboard their ship at Leith on 31 May, with her ladies in waiting, including the two sisters Marie Stewart, Countess of Mar and Henrietta Stewart, Countess of Huntly. She gave the sailors a gift of 100 gold crowns.
Their mission was primarily to accept the lands of Dunfermline Abbey given to Anne as a "morning gift" by her husband, James VI of Scotland, recently re-confirmed in the Parliament of Scotland. They negotiated with John Maitland of Thirlestane who had held some of the lands. Krag and Bille visited the dowry lands as Peder Munk had done in 1590.
In Edinburgh, they were lodged in the Canongate at John Kinloch's house close to Holyrood Palace. The last week in July was occupied by the aftermath of an attack on Holyrood by the Earl of Bothwell. Krag recorded the events in a Latin journal of their embassy and in a separate memorandum. James VI had to explain the circumstances of Bothwell's appearance at Holyrood to them in a meeting with the Privy Council in the Tolbooth.
They left the Scottish court on 6 August 1593, escorted to Leith by the queen and the royal councilors. Giacomo Castelvetro, an Italian author presented Krag with a manuscript of Italian proverbs and their explanations, with a personal dedication to "Nicolò Crachio", bound in vellum with gold tooling. James VI gave Krag a lengthy Latin letter of recommendation or testimonial with a grant of noble arms. A few weeks later a lion arrived in Edinburgh as a present from Christian IV with a German lion-keeper, Wilhelm Fröhlich. The lion, a gift to Christian from the King of Poland, was tame enough that it could led around by two boys.
In 1598 James Young, the son of the Scottish diplomat Peter Young stayed with Krag while his father and David Cunningham travelled to Rostock and Gustrow, seeking military support to put James VI on the throne of England, in the event of the death of Queen Elizabeth. Their instructions suggested that Elizabeth was in increasingly poor health.