Peder Bild (died before or in 1566) was a
Danish landowner and
lensmann
in modern Norwegian or in Danish and older Norwegian spelling (; ) is a term with several distinct meanings in Nordic history. The Icelandic equivalent was a .
Fief-holder
The term traditionally referred to a holder of a royal fief in Denmark ...
. He owned
Sonnerupgaard and was lensmann of a number of
fief
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s in Denmark and Norway.
He was the son of privy counsellor Niels Bold of Ravnholt (died 1540) and Beate Eggertsdatter Ulfeldt (died 1555). He was the brother of Evert Bild.
Bild spent a few years as a courtier in an early age. He was
lensmann
in modern Norwegian or in Danish and older Norwegian spelling (; ) is a term with several distinct meanings in Nordic history. The Icelandic equivalent was a .
Fief-holder
The term traditionally referred to a holder of a royal fief in Denmark ...
of
Riberhus
Riberhus was a royal castle situated on the western outskirts of Ribe, Esbjerg Municipality, Denmark. Throughout the Middle Ages, it was one of the more important royal castles in Denmark. In 15371543, Christian III undertook a renovation of th ...
in 1554–57, Odensegård in 1557–59. In 1559, he was granted the fiefs of
Bratsberg and
Gimsø kloster in
Norway
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.
He was the owner of
Sonnerupgaard at
Roskilde
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.
On 20 February 1566, he is mentioned as dead but his death may already have occurred when Mogens Pedersen Galt on 8 April 1564 took over his Norwegian fiefs.
Bild was married to Dorthe Christoffersdatter Ravensberg, a daughter of Christoffer Jepsen Ravensberg (died 1543) and Eline Sigvardsdatter Grubbe (died 1547 or later).
References
16th-century Danish landowners
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