Skarhults Castle ( sv, Skarhults slott) is a castle in
Eslöv Municipality
Eslöv Municipality (''Eslövs kommun'') is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden, situated in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Eslöv.
The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former ''City of Eslö ...
,
Scania
Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skå ...
, in southern
Sweden.
The present castle was constructed in the 1560s in the then Danish province of Scania by Danish riksråd
Sten Rosensparre, though certain parts of the castle are presumed to be older.
The estate was originally called Skarholta or Skarolt. From at least the 14th century until 1624, it belonged to the Rosensparre family, who also called themselves Skarholt, and then to the Ruud family and the Trolle family.
In 1658, Scania became a Swedish province, and in 1661, it was bought by the Swedish count Pontus Fredrik De la Gardie. In reality, however, it was bought by the funds of his rich wife,
Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck
Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck (1637–1723), was a Swedish countess and landowner.
She was the daughter of Hans Christoff von Königsmarck and Barbara von Leist: through her brother, she was thereby the paternal aunt of Carl Johan von Kön ...
who, as a married woman and thereby a minor, could not formally be listed as its buyer and owner until after she was widowed in 1692. In practice, Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck managed the estate alone from 1661 until her death in 1723, when it was inherited by the grandson of her daughter, count Erik Brahe. His son, Magnus Fredrik Brahe, sold Skarholt to
Charles XIV John of Sweden in 1826.
Skarholt was sold to baron Jules von Schwerin by
Oscar I of Sweden
Oscar I (born Joseph François Oscar Bernadotte; 4 July 1799 – 8 July 1859) was King of Sweden and Norway from 8 March 1844 until his death. He was the second monarch of the House of Bernadotte.
The only child of King Charles XIV John, Oscar ...
and is still privately owned.
See also
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List of castles in Sweden
This is a list of castles and palaces in Sweden.
In the Swedish language the word ''slott'' is used for both castles, châteaus and palaces; this article lists all of them as well as fortress
A fortification is a military construction or ...
References
*Skarhult i Nordisk familjebok (andra upplagan, 1917)
Castles in Skåne County
16th-century establishments in Skåne County
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