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and

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. It was operated as a hotel and entertainment venue in the 1900s and 1910s and served as the residence of Prince Viggo from 1931 to 1970. The building was demolished in 1977 and a housing estate with 121 apartments by the same name is now located at the site.

History

A countryhouse named Lille Lokkerup was in the beginning of the 18th century located at the site. It was in the late 1720s owned by Christian Koningh. A later owner, royal mint masterChristian Wieneken, renamed it Mariendal after his wife. The property was in 1757 acquired by

Philip de Lange Philip de Lange (c. 1705 – 17 September 1766) was a leading Dutch-Danish architect who designed many different types of building in various styles including Dutch Baroque and Rococo. Early life and family Philip de Lange was probably born ...

. He demolished the buildings and constructed Store Mariendal on the Copenhagen side of the border in 1759 followed by Lille Mariendal on the Gentofte side of the border in 1764. Lange made the house available to the Spannjish envoy to Copenhagen. After Lange's death in 1881, it was sold in auction. The buyer was royal ropemaker

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. The next owners were chief secretary F. Chr. Rosenkrantz, bank manager Johan Niklai Tetens, major-general Oxholm and silk merchant and local politician Johan Christian Lund. In 1872 most of the land wassold off in lots. The jurist and credit union manager Ephraim Magdalus Møller purchased Store Mariendal in 1888. Store Mariendal was in the late 1890s acquired by captain Knud Rasmussen and converted into a hotel, restaurant and music venue. It was in 1919 acquired by the businessman Carl Glad, He was the owner of the oil company L. C. Glad and two year later appointed as Austrian consul-general. The main building was adapted by the architect Aage Rafn in 1928. Glad's company went bankrupt in connection with the Great Crash of 1929. They had to sell both their properties and moved into an apartment in Bredgade. The new owner of Store Mariendal was

Prince Viggo, Count of Rosenborg Prince Viggo, Count of Rosenborg (''Viggo Christian Adolf Georg''; 25 December 1893 – 4 January 1970) was a Danish prince. He was born in Copenhagen the youngest son of Prince Valdemar of Denmark and Marie of Orléans (1865–1909), Princess Mari ...

, a son of

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and Princess Marie Amélie Françoise Hélène d'Orléans, who lived there until his death in 1970. The building was then used as the head office of the engineering company Bigum og Steenfoss. Store Mariendal was in 1977 purchased by Lejerbo and demolished. A housing estate by the same name with 121 apartments was completed at the site in 1970.

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