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Elghammar is a house in
Södermanland County Södermanland County (, ) is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' on the southeast coast of Sweden. In the local Sörmlandic dialects it is virtually universally shortened and pronounced as Sörmlands län, or simply Sörmland, which is the ...
,
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80km southwest of
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built at the end of the lake
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. The castle—or manor/Italian villa as the owner, the
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Christina d'Otrante (wife of Gustaf Douglas Armand Fouché d'Otrante, 7th Duc d'Otrante), preferred it to be perceived—is surrounded by
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and a
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.


History

Initially owned by the Kruse family of Elghammar, then by Johan Adolf Welander, the existing
manor house A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal mea ...
was sold in 1807 to Marshall Curt von Stedingk, who ordered new constructions in the French Empire style. His son died in 1875 and the property was inherited by a Baroness Theresa von Stedingk, who married her cousin the 5th Duke of Otrante (the duke had as an ancestor
Joseph Fouché Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d'Otrante, 1st Comte Fouché (; 21 May 1759 – 26 December 1820) was a French statesman, revolutionary, and Minister of Police under First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte, who later became a subordinate of Emperor Napoleon. H ...
, who was the French Minister of Police during the reign of
Emperor Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...
). The Duke's mother was Baroness Adelaide (or Amélie) von Stedingk who had married the 4th Duke and was the cousin of Theresa. Christina d'Otrante died at the age of 83 and it was inherited by Charles-Louis Fouché d'Otrante, the 8th Duke.


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* {{Cite web , date=2022-03-12 , title=Fouché d’Otrante: French Neapolitan dukes in Sweden , url=https://dukesandprinces.org/2022/03/12/fouche-dotrante-french-neapolitan-dukes-in-sweden/ , access-date=2024-01-31 , website=Dukes and Princes , language=en Buildings and structures in Södermanland County Gnesta Municipality