Skullerupholm is a manor house and estate located in Lejre Municipality,

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History

The estate traces its history back to the 14th century. The first recorded owner of Skullerup is Anders Pedersen Uldsaks in 1326. It was later passed to his brother Sakse Pedersen Uldsaks. Ownership of the estate was later spread out between several simultaneous owners. In 1355, Sakse Yldsaks' daughter Ingebrog inhirited a stake in the estate. Ownership was subsequently spread out among several owners for the next many years. FrIn 1457-1461, Roskilde bishopric acquired all the stakes in the estate. It was subsequently managed as a

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. After the

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,, Skullerup was confiscated by the Crown. It was then operated as a royal

. From 1554 to 1594. After the introduction of

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in 1660, Skullerupholm was ceded to the magistrate in

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. In 1663m it was acquired by Johannes Fincke. It was later ceded to his father-in-law, Henrik Müller, one of the largest landowners in the country. In 1673, it was incorporated in Skjoldenæsholm birk. In 1688, Müller ceded Skullerupgaard to his daughter Sophie Müller and her husband Johannes Fincke. In 1707, Sophie Müller sold the estate to

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1748–present: Holstein-Ledreborg family

Skullerupholm was in 1748 acquired by Johan Johan Ludvig Holstein and incorporated into the County of

Ledreborg Ledreborg is a palatial mansion near Lejre, to the southwest of Roskilde on the Danish island of Zealand. Today's Baroque building was completed in 1746 by Minister of State Johan Ludvig Holstein (1694–1763) who commissioned J.C. Krieger to c ...

. The County of Ledreborg was in 1926 dissolved as a result of the lensafløsningsloven of 1919. The Holstein-Ledreborg family kept Skullerupholm but land for 10 new smallholds were sold off.

List of owners

* (1326-1337) Anders Pedersen Uldsaks * (1326-1355) Sakse Pedersen Uldsaks * (1355- ) Ingeborg Saksesdatter Uldsaks, gift Grubbe * ( -1378) Peder Jensen Grubbe * (1378-1397) Ingeborg Saksesdatter Uldsaks * (1378- ) Ingeborg Pedersdatter Grubbe, gift Bjørn * ( -1416) Johan Olufsen Bjørn * (1416-1448) Sten Basse * (1448-1451) Eline Johansdatter Bjørn, gift Basse * (1448-1461) Torben Bille * (1451-1461) Oluf AxelsenThott * (1454-1457) Johan Bjørnsen * (1454-1457) Gørvel Andersdatter Lunge * (1457-1536) Roskilde bispestol * (1536-1661) Kronen * (1661-1664) Københavns Magistrat * (1664- ) Johannes Fincke * ( -1688) Henrik Müller * (1688-1707) Johannes Fincke * (1707-1711) Sophie Müller, gift Fincke * (1711- )

* ( -1748) Emanuel de Junge * ( -1748) Jens de Junge * ( -1748) Ane Bolette de Junge * ( -1748) Mariane Catharina Junge * (1748-1763) Johan Ludvig Holstein * (1763-1699)

Christian Frederik Holstein Count Christian Frederik Holstein (1735-1799), was a Danish court official. He was secretary of the royal Chancery from 1752, count of Ledreborg from 1763, director of the royal post office in 1762-66, chamberlain of the court of the queen, Carol ...

* (1699-1853) Christian Edzard Holstein-Ledreborg * (1853-1895) Christian Edzard Moritz Holstein-Ledreborg * (1895-1912) Johan Ludvig Carl Christian Tido Holstein-Ledreborg * (1912-1951) Josef Ignatius Maria Holstein-Ledreborg * (1951-1989) Knud Johan Ludvig Holstein-Le * (1989- ) Silvia Charlotte Marie Holstein-Ledreborg, gift Munro

References

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