Dorothea Jensdatter Svaning

Dorothea married Arnold Hansson Lector Von Munthe in 1622 in Lund, Malmöhus, Skåne, Sweden. Arnold (son of Hans Ludvigsen Munthe and Anne Cathrine De Fine) was born on 5 Sep 1590 in Tikøb, Helsingør, Frederiksborg, Denmark; died in 1629 in Lund, Malmöhus, Skåne, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hans Arnoldson Munthe was born in 1622 in Lund, Malmöhus, Skåne, Sweden; died on 31 Dec 1683 in Bösarp, Malmöhus, Skåne, Sweden.
2. Dorothea Munthe was born on 4 Jun 1627 in Lund, Malmöhus, Skåne, Sweden; died on 8 Oct 1670 in Mörarp, Malmöhus, Skåne, Sweden.

Dorothea married Wolfgang Rhuman in 1631. Wolfgang was born in 1572; died on 4 Jul 1637. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elisabet Rhuman was born about 1637; and died.

Jens married Dorothea Hansdatter Svane on 2 Apr 1577 in Ribe, Jutland, Denmark. Dorothea (daughter of Hans Svaning and Marine Sørensdatter Stage) was born on 2 Apr 1561 in Ribe, Jutland, Denmark; died in 1611 in Ribe, Jutland, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lauge married Mette Christensdatter. Mette was born in 1505 in Varde, Ribe, Denmark; died on 15 Jun 1554 in Ribe, Jutland, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

English- Patriciske slægter, III, 1915, s. 254.
Archdeacon in Ribe and a noted historian.

Born in the village of Svanings five kilometers north of Fåborg on the island of Funen, Denmark. A poor Funen village boy Hans was helped in his studies by a relative Jens Andersen, a counselor for the Bishop of Odense (Funen). He studied at Our Lady's School in Copenhagen and at the Univeristy of Copenhagen before going abroad. In 1529 he was admitted to the University of Wittenberg, Germany, where in 1533, at 30 years old, he received a M. of A. degree and possibly stayed for six more years.

Returning to Copenhagen he was appointed professor in Rhetoric but already by 1541 he was appointed teacher (or chastiser) for the young prince Frederick, a job he had until 1552. In 1547 he was appointed Dean of the Dome of Ribe, an office he took over in 1552. He settled in Ribe, marrying into the wealthy Stage family. In Wittenberg he showed an interest in history. During 1542 the outstanding Wittenberg teacher Philip Melauchton suggested to the Danish King Christian III that he order Svaning to explain the introduction of the Reformation to the Danish countries. In 1548 Svaning was suggested to translate the Icelandic poet Snorres "HEIMSKRINGLA" from Icelandic to Danish. From a special license in 1555 we know that he gathered a great amount of historic information from monasteries and chapels. He was also appointed as the government's representative in the historic discussion about the writing of the Swedish national history. And at the same time he worked on his own huge historic work never reaching a conclusion. The govermment impatiently ordered him to mail it to Copenhagen to be judged by professors. So it happened between 1581-1583 and obviously was given a negative judgement. It never was printed in full extension only the part of King Han's history. Great parts of the manuscript burned during the fire of Copenhagen in 1728. Of the few remaining parts one can see that Svaning seldom used documents as a base. His materials were weak and he aimed towards propagandist effects. However, he was the first person writing the Danish history in Latin. Known fragments show him as a state-historian. His work may have influenced the environment of younger history writers in Ribe.
Patriciske slægter, III, 1915, s. 254.

Svaning died in Ribe 20th September 1584, 81 years old. On 30th September 1554 he married the 15-year-old Marine, daughter of Mayor Soren Jacobsen Stage in Ribe. She was the mother of 15 children and died 4th July 1615. The Swedish historian Johannes Messenius ( 1579 - 1636 ) who in a later time took care to address Svanings above refutation by Johannes Magnus, said of him that he better suited to beget children than to write books (liberis Qvam libris procreandis aptior fuite). A gentler sentence was felled by Vedel, of whom Svaning in 1567 known as an exceedingly decent and knowledgeable man, vir Prud, gravis in an omni eruditionis bother Excellence, maxime Omni antiqvitatis a historiarum peritissimus.

Danish Language and Literature is behind a planned release of portions of Svanings history of Denmark as it is feasible to reconstruct. In addition to the Latin text will come to contain a parallel translation into Danish, both drawn by Peter Zeeberg.

Literature

Harald Ilsøe: "Svaning, Vedel, Huitfeldt and Crow. Around the issue of the first historiografudnævnelse" in Grethe Christensen, Karl-Erik Frandsen, Kai Hørby Benito Scocozza and Alex Wittendorf: Tradition and Criticism. Festschrift to Svend Ellehøj on 8 September 1984, the Danish Historical Association: London 1984 ISBN 87-87462-25-7 , p. 235-258

Peter Zeeberg: "Hans Svaning and his Latin history of Denmark" in: City, marsh and the Geest 15, Ribe 2003, p. 26-37.

References
Biography of Danish biographical dictionary first udgave edition
Hans Svanings history of Denmark - website about DSL's forthcoming edition of Svanninge history of Denmark

Svaning was born at the village of Svaninge on Funen. He attended Vor Frue skole in Copenhagen and the University of Wittenberg graduating in 1529 and in 1533 receiving his master's degree. Between 1541–52, he was the tutor of Prince Frederick, later King Frederick II of Denmark and became a royal historiographer in 1553. In 1539 he became professor of rhetoric at the University of Copenhagen. In 1547, he received the deanery at Ribe. His main work was a complete Danish history in Latin, Danmarkshistorie, which was completed in manuscript in 1579 and stored in the University of Copenhagen Library but lost in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728. Svaning died in Ribe in 1584, aged 81 years.

Hans married Marine Sørensdatter Stage on 30 Sep 1554 in Ribe, Jutland, Denmark. Marine (daughter of Søren Jacobsen Stage and Anna Sørensdatter Klyne) was born on 14 Jul 1539 in Ribe, Jutland, Denmark; died on 4 Jul 1615 in Ribe, Jutland, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Tregers married Elisabeth Sedewitz. Elisabeth was born in 1470 in Pomerania Pommern, Preussen, Tyskland, Germany; died in 1510 in Pomerania Pommern, Preussen, Tyskland, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Søren married Anna Sørensdatter Klyne. Anna (daughter of Søren Nielsen Klyne and Dorothe N) was born in 1519 in Ribe, Jutland, Denmark; died on 13 Jun 1575 in Ribe, Jutland, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Maria Burre. Maria was born in 1480 in Mörs, Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; died in 1509. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Søren married Dorothe N. Dorothe was born in 1495; died in 1557 in Ribe, Jutland, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]