Broholm

Broholm

Broholm  ✖ Unlucky in love at Broholm  Elisabeth Skeel, the lady of the estate, simply would not accept the shame a pregnant, unmarried daughter would bring. Her daughter was keen to marry the father of her child – but it was not to be.  In 1745, 22-year-old Anna...
Broløkke

Broløkke

Broløkke ✖ Count helped mistress acquire a couple of estates  A pastor’s wife from Langeland climbed quickly up the social ladder by remaining extremely close friends with the local count.  In 1732, a new pastor – Dines Christian Krag – arrived in the town of Tranekær...
Dallund

Dallund

Dallund   ✖ Eight blows: Eccentric aristocrat helped the peasant farmers  Estate owner Carl Frederik Blixen Finecke was full of unexpected ideas, and friends with the leading figures in Europe. And he was good to his peasant farmers as well.  In 1829, at the tender...
Glorup

Glorup

Glorup  ✖ Glorup Estate was a sanctuary for Hans Christian Andersen  The great Danish author visited many of the castles and manor houses in Denmark, but Glorup on East Fyn was the one he returned to time and time again. He drew energy from the peace and quiet, and...
Gyldensteen

Gyldensteen

Gyldensteen ✖ Good times and bad at Gyldensteen  Lady Luck was capricious with the lords of the manor. Meet Birgitte Gøye’s frustrated fiancé, who had to wait 30 years for a wife. And at the other end of the scale of happiness: the son of a French widow who always...