KRAG CRAGIUM, NIELS NICOLAUM [SSNE 1480]

Surname

KRAG CRAGIUM

First name

NIELS NICOLAUM

Title/rank

Professor DR

Nationality

DANE

Social status

GENTRY

Education

UNIVERSITY

Text source

James VI was first made aware of Niels Krag in a letter of 27 August 1589 where he is called by Christian "Nicolaum Cragium Doctorem". He was to one of several Danes selected to conduct Princess Anna to Scotland for her wedding scheduled to take place in Scotland, pre James' jaunt to Norway. In the footnote to the letter from Christian IV we are told that he was, in 1589, a professor of history at [Copenhagen] University, and that he died in 1602. The only other mention of him in the collection of Christian's letters is as an envoy to England in 1598. His mission is mentioned in the text though he is not by name.

C.F. Bricka, J. A. Fredericia, and J. Skovgaard, et al., eds., Kong Christian den Fjerdes egenhaendige Breve (8 vols, Copenhagen, 1878-1947), I, pp.1-2. Christian IV to James VI, 27 August 1589; Ibid. pp.9-10. Christian IV to Christoffer Valkendorf, 18 November 1598. See also E. Marquard, Danske Gesandter og Gesandtskabspersonale indtil 1914 (Copenhagen, 1952); T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.289.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, SCOTLAND

Arrived 1593-05-06

Departed 1593-12-31

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY

DENMARK-NORWAY, ENGLAND

Arrived 1598-11-22

Departed 1599-04-19

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY

 

Arrived 1600-01-31

Departed 1600-12-31

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY