Kongehusets digitale julekalender 2021.
Dansk
Det kan godt være, at det er december, og at julen står for døren. Men for Nissefar er denne jul ikke som den plejer at være med julehygge, drillerier og afslapning på de kongelige slotte. Han er i stedet på en julerejse gennem Kongerækken i kamp mod tiden inden juleaften og Dronningens 50-års Regeringsjubilæum i næste måned. Det gamle kongeslot Koldinghus er næste destination på rejsen, og Nissefar og Juleenglen lander i slotsgården, hvor et julemarked er godt i gang.
”Det er dejligt at opleve, at slottet i dag er fyldt med glade mennesker, der er i julestemning. For det tror jeg bestemt ikke der var, da det første slot blev anlagt på stedet her” fortæller Juleenglen til Nissefar, der spidser huen for at følge med i den dramatiske fortælling.
Juleenglen fortæller, at Valdemar Sejr, som Nissefar lærte at kende i går, fik seks sønner, hvoraf tre nåede at blive konge. Den første var Erik 4. Plovpenning, der ikke havde siddet længe på tronen, før han lå i kamp mod broderen Abel. Det endte rigtig skidt for Kong Erik, da han blev dræbt på en båd på Slien. Og da han ikke havde nogen sønner, skete der det, at hans fjende og bror Abel blev konge. Men efter bare to år døde Kong Abel under et krigstogt, og da hans søn sad til fange i Køln, blev Kong Abels lillebror Christoffer valgt som landets nye konge.
”Efter sin løsladelse måtte Abels søn Valdemar derfor nøjes med at være hertug over Slesvig i stedet for konge af Danmark, ligesom hans far havde været det” fortæller Juleenglen til en forvirret Nissefar, der ikke kan finde ud af hvad denne fortælling har med Koldinghus at gøre. ”Jo, ser du,” siger Juleenglen og fortsætter: ”Hertugdømmet Slesvig var nemlig den del af Danmark, der lå mellem Kolding Å og den del af Tyskland, der hedder Holsten. Og da Hertugen og hans familie følte sig snydt for større eller mindre dele af kongeriget, førte det til en masse uroligheder, og derfor byggede Kong Erik Klipping, der var Christoffers søn, det første Koldinghus som et værn mod rigets sydgrænse og beskyttelse mod Slesvig-hertugerne.”
English
It may well be that it’s December and that Christmas is right around the corner. But, for Elf Father, this Christmas is not like it normally is, with Christmas coziness, banter and relaxation at the royal palaces. Instead, he’s on a Christmas journey through the Royal Lineage, fighting against time before Christmas Eve and the 50th anniversary of The Queen’s accession to the throne next month. The old royal castle Koldinghus is the next destination on the journey. Elf Father and the Christmas Angel land in the castle garden, where a Christmas market in underway.
“It’s delightful to see that the castle is now filled with happy people full of Christmas spirit. Because I certainly don’t think that was the case when the first castle was built on the site here,” the Christmas Angel says to Elf Father, who pricks up his ears to follow the dramatic story.
The Christmas Angel relates that Valdemar the Victorious, who Elf Father got to know yesterday, had six sons, three of whom became king. The first was Erik IV Ploughpenny, who was not on the throne for long before he got into a battle against his brother, Abel. It ended very badly for King Erik, as he was killed on a boat on the Sly Firth. And since he had no sons, his foe and brother Abel became king. But King Abel died during a war expedition just two years later. King Abel’s son was being held captive in Cologne, so his younger brother Christoffer was chosen as the country’s new king.
“After Abel’s son Valdemar was released, he had to be content with being the Duke of Schleswig instead of King of Denmark, like his father had been,” the Christmas Angel tells a confused Elf Father, who can’t understand what this story has to do with Koldinghus. “Well, you see ...” says the Christmas Angel, “... the Duchy of Schleswig was the part of Denmark that lay between the Kolding River and the region of Germany called Holstein. And when the Duke and his family felt cheated by larger or smaller parts of the kingdom, it led to lots of trouble. Therefore, King Erik Klipping, who was Christoffer’s son, built the first Koldinghus to defend the realm’s southern border and protect against the Schleswig dukes.”