Hannibal Sehested (governor)
Hannibal Sehested (1609 – 23 September 1666) was a Danish statesman and Governor-general of Norway. Sehested was born at Arensborg Castle on Øsel, Son of Claus Maltesen Sehested and Anne Nielsdatter Lykke. He was named after his maternal uncle Hannibal Mogensen Gyldenstjerne of Restrup.
Read more about Hannibal Sehested (governor): Early Life, Governor-general of Norway Under Christian IV, Governor-general of Norway Under Frederick III, After The Fall, The Final Years
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“If a playwright tried to see eye to eye with everybody, he would get the worst case of strabismus since Hannibal lost an eye trying to count his nineteen elephants during a snowstorm while crossing the Alps.”
—James Thurber (1894–1961)