Ellen Marsvin [SEP] date of birth
Ellen Marsvin
Ellen Marsvin (1 February 1572 – 11 November 1649) was a Danish noble, landowner and county administrator. 
She was the mother-in-law of King Christian IV of Denmark, the mother of Kirsten Munk (1598–1658) and grandmother of Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621–1698).
Biography.
She was born at Landskrona Citadel in Skåne. She was the daughter of the noble, council and governor Jørgen Marsvin (ca. 1527-81) and Karen Gyldenstierne (ca. 1542-89
ruminations on her woes as a political prisoner, still commands popular interest, scholarly respect, and has virtually become the stuff of legend as retold and enlivened in Danish literature and art.
Birth and family.
Christian IV is believed to have fathered fifteen children by his second wife, Kirsten Munk, at least three of whom were born before the couple married in 1615, and eight of whom lived to adulthood. The Munks were noble courtiers, and Kirsten's formidable mother, "née" Ellen Marsvin, obtained the