MUNK, PEDER [SSNE 468]

Surname

MUNK

First name

PEDER

Title/rank

ADMIRAL

Nationality

DANE

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Admiral Peder Munk, Court-Marshal Sten Brahe, Breide Rantzau and Dr Poul Knibbe were credited as agents to King James IV of Scotland escorting Princess Anna on 27th August 1589. Munk acted as an envoy to Scotland in April to June 1590 after which he returned to Denmark and began the witch-hunts in Copenhagen

E. Marquard, Danske Gesandter og Gesandtskabspersonale indtil 1914 (Copenhagen, 1952); T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.291.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, SCOTLAND

Arrived 1589-08-27

Departed 1590-12-31

Capacity ENVOY, purpose DIPLOMACY