When Kirsten Jensdatter was born in 1712, in Strandby, Mariager Klosters, Denmark, her father, Jens Knudsen, was 32 and her mother, Anne Nielsdatter, was 27. She died in August 1719, in her hometown, at the age of 7, and was buried in Strandby, Mariager Klosters, Denmark.
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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.
form of Christine , now also well established in the English-speaking world. A well-known bearer of the name was the Norwegian opera singer Kirsten Flagstad ( 1895–1962 ).
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