Career
After studying abroad, including in Helmstedt, Germany, he was employed in 1578 at the Danish chancery and his career advanced rapidly. He served in the Danish Treasury (responsible for accounting, payment and collection of customs duties and taxes, as well as management of state property, including forests, roads and buildings) beginning in 1582, and retained that position until 1608. He served as commander for the Norwegian forces during the Kalmar War between Denmark-Norway and Sweden from 1611 to 1613.
During the last three years of his life, 1618–1621, he was named feudal lord at Tranekjær on Langeland in Denmark.
He died at Sjælland.