 In 1585, he was deposed and imprisoned at Dragsholm Castle.At the age of eight, Jens Munk moved to Aalborg, Denmark with his mother, who became a housekeeper in the home of her husband's sister who was married to the city's mayor.In 1591, at the age of twelve, Munk went to Oporto in Portugal where he worked for the shipping magnate Duart Duez.