Christian Gyldenløve
Christian Gyldenløve, Landgrave of Samsøe, was a Danish nobleman and military officer. He was one of five illegitimate children fathered by Christian V of Denmark with Sophie Amalie Moth.
He distinguished himself in both foreign and Danish-Norwegian military service and established himself as the Danish Count Danneskiold-Samsøe, which descended from his second marriage.
In Copenhagen on 27 November 1696 Christian married firstly his first cousin Countess Charlotte Amalie Danneskiold-Laurvig, a daughter of Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, his father's half-brother. They had two daughters:
- Christiane Charlotte
- Frederikke Louise, married on 21 July 1720 to her kinsman Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
- Christian, Lensgreve af Danneskiold-Samsøe
- Frederik, Count of Danneskiold-Samsøe