Jens Madsen Kofoed

1481 - 1519  (38 år)

• Navn	Jens Madsen Kofoed
  Fødsel	1481	Ll. Haslegård, , , Hasle
  Køn	Mand
  Død	1519	Bornholm, , ,
  Person-ID	I1400	KaiOve
  Sidst ændret	23 feb. 2022

  
  

  Far	Mads Jensen Kofoed,   f. 1449, Hasle, , , d. eft. 1481, Bornholm, , , (Alder > 33 år)
  Mor	Elisabeth Olufsdatter,   f. 1453, Hasle, , , d. eft. 1481, Bornholm, , , (Alder > 29 år)
  Ægteskab	ca. 1472	Hasle, , ,
  Notater	Referencenr.: 17950
  Familie-ID	F0752	Gruppeskema  |  Familietavle

  
  

  Familie
  Ægteskab	ca. 1505	Bornholm, , ,
  Notater	Referencenr.: 17944
  Børn	1. Mads Jensen Kofoed,   f. 1513, Lund, , Skåne, Sverige d. 1552 (Alder 39 år)
  Familie-ID	F0751	Gruppeskema  |  Familietavle
  Sidst ændret	18 maj 2016

  
  

• Notater

  Occupation: Land-owner (Propriet?r) Reference: KGD note That Jens Madsen Kofoed is the father of Mads Jensen Kofoed is disputed, the assertion that they are father and son seems to have been based on inconclusive and sketchy evidence -- see under Mads Jensen Kofoed's "Notes" field for more information. In 1496 Jens Kofoed went into the service of Archbishop Byrge in Lund, Sk¯ne, who bestowed on him the priviledges of noble title for "faithful service, manliness, intelligence and displays of merit." Letter entitling nobility dated June 14, 1514. (See "Familien Koefoed A og B" by Julius Bidstrup, 1886/87). In the 19th century it was suggested that the letter written by the Archbishop entitling knighthood was a forgery; however further research has found this probably not to be the case. In 1903 the family received from the King of Danmark a letter stating that from then on all direct-line male descendants were Danish Knights. In 1978 only 16 people were known to hold rights to this knighthood in all of Danmark. The following is a look at events taking place between Danmark and Lübeck in Jens Kofoed's time: In 1509 Danmark and Lübeck were engaged in one of their numerous skirmishes. The Danes had a famous battleship called the "Svane" (english: Swan) - which was reputed to be the largest and most powerful in the world; but the Lübeck'ers in several small vessels surprised, attacked and destroyed it. After this victory a fleet of 14 Lübeck shipsravaged the Danish islands and did much damage to Danish shipping. Nine Swedish ships joined them, and the combined fleet almost ruined Lolland and Bornholm. Later, in the summer of 1509, a great naval battle took place between 16 Lübeck men- of-war and 17 Danish ships of about equal size and strength. One of the latter was a new vessel, the "Engel" (english: Angel), larger than the unlucky Svane had been. The Lübeck'ers had landed some of their guns and men to attack the fortress of Hammershus, on the northern tip of Bornholm, when the Danish fleet appeared, quite unexpectedly, and attacked at once. The battle lasted all day, and at night both sides claimed the victory. Some days later the fight was resumed, when, after several hours of fierce contest, the Engel had her rudder shot away and was taken in tow by her consorts, and the whole Danish fleet fled. Referencenr.: 1400