Marienlyst Manor is a manor house and estate located on the southernmost part of

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, overlooking the Færgestrøm,

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, in southeastern Denmark. Formerly a farm under Iselingen, it was incorporated as an independent manor in 1810. The main building dates from 1800 but owes its current appearance to a renovation undertaken after a fire in 1873.

History

Reinhard and Marie Iselin

Marienlyst ( lit. 'Marie's Joy') was created as a farm under Iselingenm owned by

Reinhard Iselin Reinhard Iselin (4 August 1714 – 10 April 1781) was a Danish merchant, shipowner and industrialist who founded Reinhard Iselin & Co. in Copenhagen in 1749. The company completed 65 expeditions to the Danish West Indies. Iselin was also active i ...

. It was named for the elder of his two daughters, Marie Margrethe /Mini) (1753-1714). Iselin died in 1781. He was survived by his wife, Anne Elizabeth Iselin (née Fabritius), a daughter of Iselin's old employer

Michael Fabritius Michael Fabritius (2 May 1697 – 13 November 1746) was a Danish merchant, shipowner and shipbuilder. Early life and education Michael Fabritius was born in Copenhagen on 12 May 1697. His parents, wine merchant Herman Fabritius (1667-1729) an ...

. In accordance with his wishes, she established two estates () for their daughters in 1781, Iselingen and Rosenfeldt (named after the family's home town, Rosenfeld in

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). Anna Elisabeth (née Fabritius) married

Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette Gérard Pierre Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette, often referred to as Antoine de la Calmette, (21 September 1752 – 7 April 1803) was a Danish people, Danish County Governor, geheimrat, and landowner. He is, however, remembered above all as an ...

. On 14 June 1776, Marie (Mimi) Iselin had married to Christian Frederik Ernst, Count Rantzau. They were later divorced and went on to marry Charlotte Wilhelmine von Huth. Marie Iselin owned Iselingen from 1793 to 1803 and constructed the current main building in 1800.

New owners

In 1803, Iselingen was sold to brewer and former ship captain Jens Lind. In 1804, it was sold to first Hans Peter Reiersen and then to a consortium consisting of Peder Bech,

Iver Qvistgaard Iver Qvistgaard (28 October 1767 8 October 1829) was a Danish civil servant, landowner and mayor of Copenhagen. He owned Aagaard Manor at Holbæk and the country house Wesselsminde at Nærum. He also engaged in a number of other speculative inve ...

, Hans Wassard (1756é1839) and

Just Michael Aagaard Just Michael Aagaard (17 July 1757 – 7 October 1819) was a Danish merchant and '' konditori''-owner in Copenhagen. He served as chair of the Council of 32 Men (later to become the Copenhagen City Council) and was director of Kjøbenhavn ...

. The partnership had also made other speculative investments on the property market- They had for instance bought part of the Bernstoff Mansion in Copenhagen.

Wassard fanuky

In 1810, Marienlyst was incorporated as an independent manor with Wassard as the sole owner while Aagaard continued as the sole owner of Iselingen.

Hans Wassard's first marriage was to Just Michael Aagaard's granddaughter, Lucie Emmerence Pedersdatter Aagaard (1761–1802). His second marriage was to Anna Marie Munk (1770–1838), daughter of the mayor of Copenhagen, Morten Munk (1730–1796), and Karen Barfred (1744–1780). In 1839, Marienlyst passed to Morten Munk Wassard. On his death, it passed to his son Hans Mathias Wassard. His widow owned the estate until 1929. It was then passed down to their son M.M. Wassard.

Architecture

The main building consists of a two-storey main wing with a short cross wing at each end. The main wing is topped by a ridge turret.

Today

The estate is currently owned by Hans Mathias Munk Wassard. It covers a total area of , of which is farmland and is woodland.

Hans Wassard apple cultivar

The Hans Wassard apple cultivar was cultivated on the Marienlyst estate around 1850.

List of owners

* (1810–1839) Hans Wassard * (1839–1870) Morten Munk Wassard * (1870–1898) Hans Mathias Wassard * (1898–1929) Augusta Wassard, née Ringberg * (1929–1951) M.M. Wassard * (1951– ) M.M. Wassard * (1990–present) Hans Mathias Munk Wassard

References

{{Commons category, Marienlyst (manor house) Manor houses in Vordingborg Municipality Houses completed in 1800 1870s disasters in Denmark