CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons

2 to the celebrated A xel H v id e , (Absolon, B ishop o f R oeskilde, afterw ard s A rchbishop of L u nd), w ho, in 1168, on the spot w hich C h ristiansborg P alace now occupies, erected a castle, for the purp o se o f keeping the p irates in a w e , w hich after him w as called A xel-hu us. T his P re late afterw ards bestow ed the castle and tow n, w ith the lands o f Am ager or A m ak , on the See of R oeskilde. M unicipal law s w ere first granted to it by B ishop E rlan dsen in 1254; and ro y a l priv ileg es in 1284 by K ing E ric G lipping. T h e tow n having now becom e m ore im p o rtan t than any o ther as a place of ro y al residence, attem p ts w ere m ade by several kings to recover it from the See o f Roeskilde. F o r nearly two centuries, h ow everr th ese attem p ts w ere vain. It w as no t till the reign of C hristoph er o f B av aria, w ho, in the y e ar 1443r selecting Copenhagen as his residence, th a t an y th in g like an arrangem ent w as entered in to ; although, w h atev er the exchange m ight have b e e n , it w as denied b y the B ish o p s, at the election of C hristian the F ir s t, the successor o f C h risto p h er, th at any h a d been m ade. T h e first K ing o f the Oldenburg- line , C hristian I., se e m s, how ever, to have suc­ ceeded in th a t o b ject, the B ishop and C hapter o f R oeskilde h av in g received a rem uneration no do ubt sufficiently am ple. B u t, even after th is, p ro tests w e re a t v ario u s tim es m ade by the B ishops against the rig h t and title o f the K ings to this city, till the-