{{Short description|Danish actor (1819–1879)}} {{Infobox person | name = Kristian Mantzius | image = Kristian Mantzius by Georg Emil Hansen.jpg | image_size = 220px | caption = Kristian Mantzius (1819-1879), Danish actor | birth_date = {{birth date|1819|11|4|df=yes}} | birth_place = Viborg | death_date = {{death date and age|1879|6|5|1819|11|4|df=yes}} | death_place = Copenhagen | years_active = 1842–1871 | birth_name = Christian Andreas Leopold Mantzius | other_names = | website = }} '''Kristian Andreas Leopold Mantzius''' (4 November 1819 – 5 June 1879) was a Danish actor.
==Early life and education== Kristian Mantzius was born in Viborg, son of Gen. Karl Johan Peter Mantzius (1791-1859) and Mette Marie, née Fogh (1792-1870).<ref name=Geni>{{cite web|last=Geni|title=Kristian Mantzius|url=http://www.geni.com/search?search_type=people&names=Kristian+Mantzius+|publisher=Geni, Inc.|accessdate=2 August 2012}}</ref> Mantzius was brother to Johanne Juliane Marie Henriette Mantzius (1822-1869) and Johan Frederik Mantzius (1834-1890), a school teacher.<ref name=Geni/>
Mantzius came to Copenhagen with his parents when he was around one year old. His parents were poor and had many children. He was therefore brought up in the home of Juliane Jhøllestrup, his father's maternal aunt, who was wealthy and had become a widow. She lived at Nytorv 117.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=26t4DgAAQBAJ&q=kristian+Mantzius+boede&pg=PT12|title=Min far og jeg: af gamle familiepapirer|author=Karl Mantzius|date=23 March 2017|isbn=9788711653043|accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref>
Mantzius graduated from the Metropolitan College in 1837 and went to the University of Copenhagen, where he began studying theology, subject which he continued with until 1842.<ref name=Gravsted>{{cite web|last=Gravsted|title=Kristian Andreas Leopold Mantzius|url=https://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=kristianmantzius|publisher=Gravsted.dk|accessdate=3 July 2012|language=da}}</ref> On 27 September of that year, Mantzius debuted as 'Erasmus Montanus' at the Royal Danish Theatre.<ref name="Den Store Danske">{{cite web|last=Den Store Danske|title=Kristian Mantizius|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Teater/Danske_skuespillere/Kristian_Mantzius|publisher=Denstoredanske.dk|accessdate=3 July 2012|language=da}}</ref> After his third performance he accepted an offer to work for 400 Thalers a month.<ref name="Den Store Danske"/> But it was not until August 1848 that he was effectively hired as royal actor because of royal interference from Frederick VII of Denmark who had amused himself admirably in both the play and the actor.<ref name=DBL>{{cite web|last=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|title=Kristian Mantizius|url=https://runeberg.org/dbl/11/0109.html|publisher=Runeberg.org|access-date=2 August 2012|language=da}}</ref> However, in 1858 he resigned and began working the two following seasons at the Folksteatret instead, where he helped his friend Jens Christian Hostrup stage his student comedy ''Gjenboerne''<ref name=Gravsted/> before returning to the Royal Theater.
==Career== thumb|left|160px|Kristian Mantzius, 1880 Mantzius never gave up and showed he was dissatisfied with the board of the Royal Theater all the time he was working there. He presumably retained his position only because of his great popularity with the audience. He was dismissed from his post as royal actor on 17 April 1871, without a pension, but returned to the Royal Theater as guest actor once the audience complained.<ref name="Den Store Danske"/>
[[File:Carl Bloch - The actor Kristian Mantzius in his study. - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|160px|Carl Bloch: ''Kristian Mantzius in his study'' 1853]]
==Personal life== Mantzius married Anna Margrethe Petrea Jorgensen (b. Copenhagen on 10 December 1841) on 20 January 1859, with whom he had Karl Mantzius (1860-1921), actor and theater director.<ref name=Geni/> His niece was Juliane Blicher-Hansen (1849-1933), a school superintendent.<ref name=Hilden>{{cite web|last=Hilden|first=Adda|title=Juliane Blicher-Hansen (1849 - 1933)|url=http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/163/origin/170/|publisher=Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon|accessdate=2 August 2012}}</ref>
In the autumn of 1877 he became seriously ill, and after eighteen years of progressive infirmity he died of breast cancer on 5 June 1879.<ref name="Den Store Danske"/> He is buried in the Garnisons Cemetery, in Copenhagen.<ref name=Gravsted/>
Mantziusvej in Hellerup was named after Kristian Mantzius in 1903.<ref name=Gentoftehistorie>{{cite web|last=Gentoftehistorie|title=Mantziusvej (1903)|url=http://www.gentoftehistorie.dk/leksikon/?&cclfield1=&cclterm1=&cclfield2=&cclterm2=M&cclfield3=&cclterm3=&cclfield4=&cclterm4=&cclfield5=&cclterm5=&cclfield6=&cclterm6=&cclfield7=&cclterm7=&display_mode=overview&number=30&display_mode=detail&offset=8&number=1&old_offset=1&search_help=detail|publisher=Gentoftehistorie.dk|accessdate=3 July 2012}}</ref>
==Selected roles== *Erasmus Montanus in ''Erasmus Montanus'' (Holberg) (1842) debut *Arv in ''Jean de France'' (Holberg) (1842) *Giulio Romano in ''Correggio'' (Oehlenschläger) (1843) *Løjtnant v. Buddinge in ''Gjenboerne'' (Hostrup) (1843–44) *Konsul Varbjerg in ''En Spurv i Tranedans'' (Hostrup) *Jeronimus in ''Pernilles korte Frøkenstand'' (Holberg) *Jacob Skomager in ''Jeppe på Bjerget'' (Holberg) *Jesper Ridefoged in ''Erasmus Montanus'' (Holberg) *Skalholt in ''Besøget i København'' (Hertz) *Pastor Jensen in ''Deklarationen'' (Christian Richardt) *Grønholt in ''Mester og Lærling'' (Hostrup) *Daniel Hejre in ''De unges Forbund'' (Henrik Ibsen) *Anker in ''Soldaterløjer'' (Hostrup)
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
;Attribution * ''This article is based on the translation of the corresponding article of the Danish Wikipedia. A list of contributors can be found there at the'' History ''section.''
==Literature== *Karl Mantzius, ''Min Far og jeg'' (1919)
==External links== {{Commons}} *Danish Wikisource has original text related to this article: Kristian Mantzius.
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