Brief Life History of Mette
When Mette Olsdatter was born in 1682, in Grædstrup, Tyrsting, Skanderborg, Denmark, her father, Sorren Oleson, was 26 and her mother, Anna Olufsdatter, was 25. She married Niels Laursen about 1724, in Grædstrup, Skanderborg, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 29 January 1740, in her hometown, at the age of 58, and was buried in Grædstrup, Tyrsting, Skanderborg, Denmark.
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- Denmark, Church Records, 1484-1941; Mette Olsdatter, Death 1740
- Denmark Parish Death/Burial Record, Mette Olsdatter, 1740
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1701 · Oldest Naval Academy in the World
The Royal Danish Naval Academy was established in 1701 to educate then commission all officers into the Royal Danish Navy. It is the oldest, still-existing, officers' academy in the world.
1713 · Royal Danish Military Academy
The Royal Danish Military Academy educated and commissioned all officers for the Royal Danish Army. The Military Academy function was initiated in 1713 by request of King Frederick IV on inspiration from the Naval Academy.
1729
Greenland becomes Danish province.
Name Meaning
An extremely common given name from the Middle Ages onwards, derived via Old French Marguerite and Latin Margarita from Greek Margarītēs, from margaron ‘pearl’, a word ultimately of Hebrew origin. The name was always understood to mean ‘pearl’ throughout the Middle Ages. The first St Margaret was martyred at Antioch in Pisidia during the persecution instigated by the Emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century. However, there is some doubt about her name, as the same saint is venerated in the Orthodox Church as Marina . There were several other saintly bearers of the name, including St Margaret of Scotland ( d. 1093 ), wife of King Malcolm Canmore and daughter of Edmund Ironside of England. It was also the name of the wife of Henry VI of England, Margaret of Anjou ( 1430–82 ), and of Margaret Tudor ( 1489–1541 ), sister of Henry VIII , who married James IV of Scotland and ruled as regent there after his death. See also Margery , Marjorie .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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