Later Life
On his deathbed in 1648, her husband sent for her, but by the time she arrived he was already dead. Kirsten and her children now had Vibeke Kruse banished from court. She also had her marriage and children confirmed as legitimate, although morganatic.
The Sons-in-law Party party spoke for her in the council 1648–51, and when it fell from power, she supported her son-in-law Corfitz Ulfeldt. Ulfeldt and her daughter Leonora sided with Sweden, and Kirsten Munk is alleged to have financed King Charles X of Sweden's invasion and occupation of Denmark. She died during the Swedish occupation and was given a grand funeral in Odense.
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