by Emma Bendorf | Dec 9, 2022 | Gods
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...
by Emma Bendorf | Dec 9, 2022 | Gods
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...
by Emma Bendorf | Dec 9, 2022 | Gods
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...
by Emma Bendorf | Dec 9, 2022 | Gods
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...
by Emma Bendorf | Dec 9, 2022 | Gods
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...
by Emma Bendorf | Dec 9, 2022 | Gods
Hagenskov ✖ Humiliation, witchcraft and the joy of children – three notable fates from Hagenskov Hagenskov Manor is home to a host of fascinating stories and remarkable fates. A ridiculed archbishop, a witch-hunter with postnatal depression and a birthing machine by...
