Skaføgård is a

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 ...

in the parish of Hvilsager in

Syddjurs Municipality Syddjurs Municipality () is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland in Denmark just north of Aarhus and is a part of the Aarhus area. It covers an area of 696.7 km² and has a population of 44,101 (1. January 2025). On ...

in the eastern

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peninsula of

Djursland Djursland () is a 1,417 km2 hilly lowland peninsula in Denmark at the entrance to the Baltic Sea, between Denmark and Sweden in Northern Europe. Djursland protrudes into the Kattegat sea, as part of the larger peninsula of Jutland, which its ...

, Denmark. It is not one of Denmark's largest manor-houses, but one of the best preserved. Inside there is an enormous oak closet carved by the Dutch carpenter Mikkel van Gronningen whose most famous work is the

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. The closet covers of wall space and, in view of its rich detail, is considered to be one of the most outstanding examples of carved wooden Renaissance furniture in Northern Europe.

History

Skaføgård was built around 1580 by Danish nobleman Jørgen Rosenkrantz (1523-1596) who had two sons: Otto Rosenkrantz and Holger Rosenkrantz (1574-1642). As soon as he was able, he built a manor for both of them: Skaføgård and Rosenholm in 1559. Unfortunately Otto died early, after which Skaføgård became a dower house for Jørgen's wife, Dorthe Lange, until her death in 1613. After this the estate was handed over to the son Holger. His son Gunde Rosenkrantz (1604-1675) had to sell it in 1647 because of poor finances. After that the estate often changed hands in the following century. One of the later owners was

Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (16 April 1825 – 24 December 1913), was a Danish politician, member of the Højre party. He was Interior Minister from 1865 to 1869 in the Cabinet of Frijs and Council President as well as Finance Ministe ...

(1825–1913) who acquired it in 1852. His descendants still own Skaføgård.

Owners

*(1492–1503) Erik Ottesen Rosenkrantz *(1503–1520) Holger Eriksen Rosenkrantz *(1520–1542) Otte Holgersen Rosenkrantz *(1542–1596) Jørgen Ottesen Rosenkrantz *(1596–1613) Dorthe Lange (widow) *(1613–1642) Holger Rosenkrantz "the learned" *(1642–1647) Gunde Rosenkrantz *(1647–1666) Steen Bille *(1666–1681) Henrik Ditlev Holck *(1681–1712) Mette Steensdatter Bille married Holck *(1712–1749) Thomas Nicolaj Nielsen Behr *(1749–1778) Niels Thomsen Behr *(1778–1779) Niels Thomsen Behrs dødsbo *(1779–1786) Poul Nielsen Behr *(1786–1797) Anna Jørgensdatter Mørch married Behr *(1797–1852) Jørgen Mørch Secher *(1852–1907)

*(1907–1939)

Jacob Estrup Jacob, later known as Israel, is a Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. He first appears in the Torah, where he is described in the Book of Genesis as a son of Isaac and Rebecca. Accordingly, alongside his older fraternal twin brother E ...

(son) *(1939–1967) Niels Rudolph Estrup (nephew) *(1967–1971)

Hector Estrup In Greek mythology, Hector (; , ) was a Trojan prince, a hero and the greatest warrior for Troy during the Trojan War. He is a major character in Homer's ''Iliad'', where he leads the Trojans and their allies in the defense of Troy, killing c ...

/ Vilhelm Estrup / Christian Estrup (Niels' 3 sons) *(1971–2007)

*(2007– ) Jacob Christen Estrup (son)

References

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