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the prison of Hammershus in Bornholm, where they were subjected to inhumane treatment by Governor Adolv Fuchs. They were released in the middle of December 1661. Afterwards, they were allowed to stay at the Ellensborg estate (now Holkenhavn) on Fyn, which had been inherited by Leonora Christina from her mother. They stayed there until the end
of June 1662, when they were granted permission by the king to travel abroad for the purpose of seeking improvement in Ulfeldt's ailing health through warm baths. However, during their stay in Bruges from July 1662 to summer 1663, Ulfeldt's actions raised suspicions of new secret conspiracies against the Danish king. This was reported to the king,
and as a result, on July 23rd of the same year, Ulfeldt was sentenced by Denmark's Supreme Court to lose his life, property, and goods, among other things, his estate in Copenhagen was to be leveled and a pillar with an inscription indicating the reason was to be erected in its place. Fur- thermore, a reward was set for his capture, and if he were not found, the death sentence would be carried out in effigy, that is, on a representation of him. On November 13th of the same year, this effigy execution was carried out on the inner castle grounds in Copenhagen. The following year, his estate was demolished and the famous Ulfeldt pillar was erected on its foundation. Hunted like an animal, Ulfeldt spent the last months
of his life in Basel and its surroundings, but due to false rumors that some of his countrymen were looking for him, he fled, while terminally ill, on February 20th, 1664 from Basel on a boat on the Rhine River, with the intention of seeking refuge in Neuburg, a town located to the north that
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