Vibeke Kruse
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Vibeke Kruse (died 1648) was King Christian IV of Denmark's lover, and the mother of one of his three acknowledged, illegitimate sons, Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve.
She had been servant girl to both King Christian's wife, Kirsten Munk, and her mother Ellen Marsvin. In 1628 she became the King's lover after his breakup with Munk.
After the King's death in 1648 Corfitz Ulfeldt and Munk tried to sue her.
Kruse's enemies saw to it that she was buried unnoticed and without ceremony in a cemetery outside the city walls. In 1652 her body was moved to Kølstrup Church on the island of Funen.
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- Lars Bisgaard, Claus Bjørn, Michael Bregnsbo, Merete Harding, Kurt Villads Jensen, Knud J. V. Jespersen, Danmarks Konger og Dronninger (Copenhagen, 2004)
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