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TROLLE, HERLUF (1516-1565)
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See also:TROLLE, HERLUF (1516-1565) , Danish See also:naval See also:hero, was See also:born on the 14th of See also:January 1516 at See also:Lillo. At the See also:age of nineteen Trolle went to Vor Frue Skole at See also:Copenhagen, subsequently completing his studies at See also:Wittenberg, where he adopted the views of See also:Melanchthon, with whom he was in intimate See also:correspondence for some years. His See also:marriage with Brigitte, the daughter of See also:Lord Treasurer Mogens Gjoe, brought him a See also:rich See also:inheritance, and in 1557 he took his seat in the See also:senate. Both See also:Christian III. and See also:Frederick II. had a very high See also:opinion of Trolle's trustworthiness and ability and employed him in various See also:diplomatic See also:missions. Trolle was, indeed, richly endowed by nature, and his handsome See also:face and lively See also:manners made him popular everywhere. His one enemy was his wife's See also:nephew Peder Oxe, the subsequently distinguished See also:finance See also:minister, whose narrow grasping ways, especially as the two men were near neighbours, did not contribute towards See also:family See also:harmony. It was Trolle whom Frederick. II. appointed to investigate the charges of malversation brought against Oxe, Both Trolle and his wife were far renowned for their piety and See also:good See also:works, and their whole See also:household had to conform to their example or seek service elsewhere. A See also:man of culture, moreover, he translated See also:David's 31st See also:Psalm into Danish See also:verse. He also promoted literature and learning by educating poor students both at See also:home and abroad, endowing Latin See also:schools and encouraging See also:historical See also:research In 1559 Trolle was appointed See also:admiral and inspector of the See also:fleet, a task which occupied all his See also:time and See also:energy. In 1563 he superseded the aged Peder See also:Skram as admiral in See also:chief. On the loth of May he put to See also:sea with twenty-one See also:ships of the See also:line and See also:Ave smaller vessels and, after uniting with a See also:Lubeck See also:squadron of six liners, encountered, off the isle of bland, a See also:superior See also:Swedish fleet of See also:thirty-eight ships under See also:Jacob Bagge. Supported by two other Danish ships Trolle attacked the Swedish See also:flagship " Makalos " (Matchless), then the largest battleship in See also:northern See also:waters, but was beaten off at nightfall. The fight was renewed at six o'See also:clock the following See also:morning, when the " Makalos " was again attacked and forced to surrender, but blew up immediately afterwards, no fewer than 300 Lubeck and Danish sailors perishing with her. But the Swedish admiral was captured and the remnant of the Swedish fleet took See also:refuge at See also:Stockholm. Despite the damage done to his own fleet and flagship " See also:Fortuna " by this See also:great victory, Trolle, on the 14th of See also:August, fought another but indecisive See also:action with a second Swedish fleet under the famous Swedish admiral Klas See also:Horn, and kept the sea till the 13th of See also:October. Trolle spent the See also:winter partly at his See also:castle of Herlufsholm completing his See also:long cherished See also:plan- of establishing a school for all classes, and partly at Copenhagen equipping a new fleet for the ensuing See also:campaign. On the 1st of See also:June 1565 he set See also:sail with twenty-eight liners, which were reinforced off Femern by five Lubeck vessels. Klas Horn had put to sea still earlier with a superior fleet and the two admirals encountered off See also:Fehmarn on the 4th of June. The fight was severe but indecisive, and both commanders finally separated to repair their ships. Trolle had been severely wounded in the thigh and See also:shoulder, but he would not let the See also:ship's surgeon see to his injuries till every one else had been attended to. This characteristic See also:act of unselfishness was his undoing, for he died at Copenhagen on the 25th of June, seventeen days after they had put him ashore. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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