Beate Huitfeldt (

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, 27 November 1554 – 1626), was a Danish noble and court official. She served as

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in 1597–1612, and royal governess of the household of the royal princes in 1612–1617. She is known for her activity as a builder in Scania. She was the daughter of nobleman Christoffer Huitfeldt (1501–1559) and married Knud Ebbesen Ulfeldt of Svenstorp Castle in

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(d. 1586). She was granted the Möllerup Castle in Scania for her court service.

References

Dansk biografisk Lexikon / VIII. Bind. Holst - Juul
* M. J. Medelfar, Ligpræd. ov. B. H., 1629.
Svenstorps slott på Slottsguiden
{{DEFAULTSORT:Huitfeldt, Beate 1554 births 1626 deaths 16th-century Danish people 16th-century Danish nobility Danish ladies-in-waiting Governesses to Danish royalty 17th-century Danish landowners 17th-century Danish women landowners Huitfeldt family 16th-century Danish landowners