 1605 - 1679 (74 years)
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| Name |
Peder Pederson Winstrup |
| Prefix |
Bishop |
| Birth |
30 Apr 1605 |
Copenhagen, Denmark  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
28 Dec 1679 |
Lund, Sweden |
| Person ID |
I60691 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
2 Mar 2009 |
| Father |
Bishop Peder Jensen Winstrup, b. 18 Mar 1549, Copenhagen, Denmark d. 24 Jun 1614, Copenhagen, Denmark (Age 65 years) |
| Mother |
Anna Eisenberg, b. 15 May 1575, Copenhagen, Denmark d. 27 May 1646, Copenhagen, Denmark (Age 71 years) |
| Marriage |
5 Aug 1599 |
| Family ID |
F25504 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING and most discussed figures among the bishops of Lund in modern times is Peder Pedersen Winstrup. For more than forty years he controlled his large diocese devotedly and ably often under the most difficult conditions, half of the time as a Danish and then as a Swedish subject. The present study is concerned with describing the life and works of this man, who was remarkable in many respects, up to the Peace of Roskilde in 1658, and placing him in the ecclesiastical, cultural and political milieu in which he lived and worked.
It is unanimously agreed that Peder Pedersen Winstrup was born in Copenhagen on April 30th, 1605. His parents were the then bishop of the diocese of Zealand and professor of theology at Copenhagen University, Peder Jensen Winstrup and his wife, Anna Eisenberg. His mother's family was of German descent. During the period of unrest in Germany in the middle of the 16th century, his maternal grandfather Elias Eisenberg had emigrated from Halle to Denmark, and there entered the service of the Danish king. In his new position he succeeded in being entrusted with many responsible offices, and gained great influence. By his wife, Thale Holst, also presumable of German birth, E. Eisenberg had four sons and two daughters, Marina and Anna, the latter of whom, as already mentioned, married Bishop P. J. Winstrup.
Peder's family on his father's side can trace back to the end of the Middle Ages. His paternal grandfather, Jens or Johannes Winstrup, born in 1502, devoted himself to the pursuit of learning and entered the priesthood during the Catholic period. Subsequently he went over the Lutheran side and became the first Lutheran parish priest of the Church of St Nicholas in Copenhagen. By his wife, Anna Hofvet, the daughter of a merchant he had two children, one son and one daughter. The son, Peder Jensen Winstrup, was born on March 18th, 1549. After studying for many years in universities both at home and abroad, he made rapid progress and in 1590 became bishop of the diocese of Zealand. He was without doubt a man of considerable scholarship and of some, if formal, talent. He fulfilled his high office well on the whole, at least during the earlier part of his work. Because of a certain weakness of character, however, he can hardly be counted as one of the more notable holders of the ancient bishopric of Zealand. His peace -loving and easy-going nature allowed him quit often to be led by stronger personalities, so that his conduct was somewhat vacillating. Bishop P. J. Winstrup consequently lacked the qualities which are the mark of a great personality. In one sphere, that of economics, he showed himself to posses not inconsiderable talent and he became in time very well off. From his marriage with Anna Eisenberg he had several children. His eldest son, Peder Pedersen Winstrup, is the one whose destiny is the subject for this study.
Peder spent the first twelve years of his life at home, where his mother gave him his first instruction in piety and good behaviour. His father, however, who died as early as 1614 after a serious illness lasting several years, could hardly have taken an active part in his education. On the other hand, a strong influence on the spiritual development of the boy was exercised by the domineering and stubborn Hans Poulsen Resen, whom his mother married in November, 1615.
By this time Peder had reached school age and was sent to Roskilde to continue his studies there. His stay in the ancient cathedral town was brief, however, for at the beginning of 1618 his parents had the opportunity of entering him at the Royal Free School at Sor
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