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Hans Svaning

Hans Svaning[1]

Male 1503 - 1584  (81 years)

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  • Name Hans Svaning 
    Birth 1 Jan 1503  Svanninge, Fyn, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 Sep 1584  Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I936  Master
    Last Modified 25 May 2021 

    Father Tregers Svane Svaning,   b. 1471, Pomerania Pommern, Preussen, Tyskland, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1510, Pomerania Pommern, Preussen, Tyskland, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Mother Elisabeth Sedewitz,   b. 1470, Pomerania Pommern, Preussen, Tyskland, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1510, Pomerania Pommern, Preussen, Tyskland, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Family ID F9400  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marine Sørensdatter Stage,   b. 14 Jul 1539, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 1615, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 30 Sep 1554  Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Hans Hansen Svaning,   b. 1555, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1555, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     2. Abigael Hansdatter Svaning,   b. 1556, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1606, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     3. Frederik Hansen Svaning,   b. 7 May 1557, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1587, Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)
     4. Jacob Hansen Svaning,   b. 17 Aug 1558, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1603, Lund, Malmöhus, Skåne, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
     5. Christoffer Hansen Svaning,   b. 17 Aug 1558, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1596, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)
    +6. Hans Hansen Svanning,   b. 1560, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1604, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
     7. Marine Hansdatter Svaning Svane,   b. 1560, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1560, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +8. Dorothea Hansdatter Svane,   b. 2 Apr 1561, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1611, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
     9. Maria Marine Hansdatter Svaning,   b. 21 Feb 1562, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1578, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)
     10. Jens Hanssøn Svaning,   b. 1563, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1604, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
     11. Niels Hansen Svaning,   b. 1570, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1592, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)
    +12. Anna Hansdatter Svaning,   b. 1573, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1637, Horsens, Midtjylland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     13. Kirstine Svaning,   b. 1576, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1603, Nyborg, Fyn, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
     14. Abel Hansdatter Svane,   b. 1576, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1625, Helsingør, Frederiksborg, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
     15. Søren Hansen Svaning,   b. 1576, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1607, Guldager, Ribe, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)
     16. Marthe Hansdatter Svaning,   b. 1580, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1637, Horsens, Midtjylland, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    Family ID F261  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 Jan 1503 - Svanninge, Fyn, Denmark Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 30 Sep 1554 - Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Sep 1584 - Ribe, Jutland, Denmark Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Hans Svaning Book    		Hans Svaning Book
    *** Danish contribution to the Danish-Swedish historian feud of the 16th century. The book was written by Hans Svaning in response to the charges made by the Swedish prelate and historian Johannes Magnus in the work "Historia de omnibus Gothorum" in 1554. Originally, Svaning's name was on the title page, but when the Danish government feared to come to stand in an unfortunate international light - these books were read about - the sheet of title was reprinted and bearing the name of the recently deceased Professor Rosefontanus and bearing the year of publication 1560. Should these maneuvers have served the cause of peace, they were at least in vain: The Nordic Seven Year War was already underway when the book was published.
    Hans Svaning and Marine S Stages tombstone in Ribe Cathedral.    		Hans Svaning and Marine S Stages tombstone in Ribe Cathedral.

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=167661866&pid=120


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