Rydboholm Castle (''Rydboholms slott'') is a

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located near the village of

Rydbo Rydbo is a locality situated in Österåker Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 582 inhabitants in 2010. It is situated about 20 km north-east of Stockholm and is served by Roslagsbanan narrow gauge suburban railway. Near Rydbo is Rydb ...

in Österåker Municipality,

Stockholm County Stockholm County ( sv, Stockholms län, link=no ) is a county or '' län'' (in Swedish) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm ...

, Uppland,

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Building

The castle dates back to the medieval period. The castle, with the three interconnected wings around an open courtyard, dates from the 16th century. The main building was built in 1548. The castle was reconstructed during the 18th century. Southwest of the castle is a large park in English style from the early 19th century, built by Magnus Fredrik Brahe.

History

From the 15th century, Rydboholm was the property of members of the Sture family, followed by the Vasa dynasty. According to some sources Gustav I of Sweden, (1496–1560), who was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death, was born at Rydboholm Castle. From 1520, it belonged to his sister, Margareta Eriksdotter Vasa. Later it was owned by the Brahe family. The last count Brahe left it to his nephew, baron von Essen. Through marriage it came to its present owners, as of 2014, count Gustaf Douglas and his wife Elisabeth von Essen, who live in the castle.

References

Sources

*Eriksson, Ake (1981) ''Nordost, illustrerad förortshistoria'' (Marieberg) Swedish

External links

Rydboholm
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