J%C3%B8rgen Knudsen Urne

Jrgen Knudsen Urne was a Danish noble who served as Rigsmarsk from 1632 to 1642.

The son of Knud Axelsen Urne and Margrethe Eilertsdatter Grubbe, Jrgen Knudsen Urne was born onOctober 1598 at Halsted Abbey which his father held as a fief. When he was nine, he was sent to Herlufsholm bording school in Nstved and at agehe became a Squire first at the court of Queen Anne Catherine and then to King Christian IV. In this capacity, he participated in the Kalmar War and joined the king on his journeys to England in 1614 and Braunschweig in 1615. He became a Junker in 1618 but then went to Bohemia to serve in the war. The Count of Thurn made him a cornet and he participated in the Battle of White Mountain in 1620 before returning home to become a lieutenant in the Royal Danish Army. Over the next couple of years he was sent on minor missions abroad, for example to France and East Friesland.

Source: Wikipedia