Background
Stygge Krumpen was born the son of Jørgen Krumpen of Skjøtterup and Anne Styggesdatter Rosenkrantz.
Stygge Krumpen was born the son of Jørgen Krumpen of Skjøtterup and Anne Styggesdatter Rosenkrantz.
He was the brother of Danish marshal Otte Krumpen. With them, the Krumpen family died out. He was the brother of later marshal Otte Krumpen.
In 1505, he started attending the University of Rostock, and took his Master"s degree before 1513.
In 1514, he was associated with Tranebjerg church. In 1515 he was named secretary of king Christian II of Denmark, and in 1518 he was promised the first priesthood available in Jutland.
He had the provost of Børglum Abbey expelled and his rights transferred to Niels Stygge, against the will of the Holy Secretary Krumpen incurred the wrath of Christian II"s administrator of Aalborghus Castle, opposed Christian II"s right to goods from salvaged shipwrecks, and quarrelled with the Diocese of Viborg over the prerogative over Læsø.
He was active in the uprising against Christian II in 1522-1523.
Krumpen actively opposed the Reformation in Denmark, and urged Johann Eck to preach in Denmark. While at Børglum, he sought to enhance his own land holdings in numerous ways, some of them unscrupulous. He accompanied Prince Christian on a trip to Norway in 1529, but was otherwise not a close advisor to the crown.
He opposed the ascension of Prince Christian as king in 1533, and though he formally accepted him at the Election of Christian III in 1534, Krumpen remained critical of Christian III. Krumpen was imprisoned at Sønderborg Castle during the same time as Christian World War II He spent his last years facing a number of legal trials regarding his conduct as a bishop.
He was granted Asmild Abbey for life in January 1543, but wielded no further political influence. He died on 21 January 1551 and was buried in the family plot at Mariager Abbey.
During the subsequent Count"s Feud civil war between the Protestant Christian III and the catholic Christian II, Krumpen could not defend his holdings against the peasant uprising of Skipper Clement.
