Tosterup Castle () is a castle in

Tomelilla Municipality Tomelilla Municipality () is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Tomelilla. The municipality was formed through a series of amalgamations taking place in 1952, 1969 and 1971. The number of pre-1952 ...

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, in southern

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. It is situated approximately north-east of

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Owners

List of owners of Tosterup Castle: *Early 1300s – Axel Eskildsen Mule *1300s – His daughter Barbara's husband Torkild Nielsen Brahe :::Anders Jacobsen Grim :::Dennes son Jens Andersen Grim :::Peder Torkildsen Brahe :::Their son Axel Pedersen Brahe :::His son Peder Axelsen Brahe *1441–1487 – His son Axel Pedersen Brahe, married to Maren Tygesdatter Lunge *1487–1523 – Their son Tyge Axelsen Brahe, married first time to Magdalene Krognos, second time to Sophie Rud *1523–1565 – His son Jörgen Tygesen Brahe, married to

Inger Oxe Inger Johansdatter Oxe ( - 1591) was a Danish noblewoman and court official. She was Hofmesterinde to the Danish Queen Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow between 1572 and 1584. She was the sister to Peder Oxe Steward of the Realm, daughter of Johan ...

*1565–1571 – His brother Otte Tygesen Brahe, married to Beate Bille *1571–1601 – Their son Jörgen Ottesen Brahe, married to Ingeborg Parsberg *1601–1611 – Their son Tönne Jörgensen Brahe *1611–1615 – His uncle Knud Ottesen Brahe, married to Margrete Eriksdatter Lange *1615–1616 – His brother Axel Ottesen Brahe, married first time to Mette Gjöe, second time to Kirsten Hardenberg *1616–1640 – His son Tyge Axelsen Brahe, married to Birgitte Brock *1640–1656 – Through purchase Otte Tagesen Thott, married first time to Jytte Gyldenstierne, second time to Dorte Rosencrantz *1656–1688 – His daughter Jytte Thott, married to Jörgen Krabbe (d. 1678) *1688–1688 – Her brother-in-law Just Hög *1688–1693 – Through purchase

Rutger von Ascheberg Count Rutger von Ascheberg (2 June 1621 – 17 April 1693), also known as Roger von Ascheberg was a Sweden, Swedish soldier born in Courland, an officer and civil servant who served as Lieutenant General in 1670, General in 1674, Swedish Field Mar ...

, married to Maria Eleonora von Busseck, genannt München *1693–1722 – Their son Christian Ludwig von Ascheberg *1722–1753 – His sister Margareta von Ascheberg, married to Kjell Christoffer Barnekow *1753–1772 – Their son Rutger Barnekow, married to Mariana Lovisa Maclean *1772–1782 – Their daughters Margareta Lovisa, married to Jacob Wilhelm Bennet, and Eleonora Mariana, married to Anders Reinhold Wrangel *1782–1783 – Through purchase Eric Ruuth *1783–1791 – Through purchase Johan Sparre, married to Alexandrine de Cheusses *1791–1810 – His widow Alexandrine de Cheusses *1810–1832 – Through purchase her son-in-law Isaac Lars Silfversparre, married to Sophie Sparre, who was the widow of Carl August Ehrensvärd *1832–1858 – By inheritance and purchase by the latter's son Gustaf Ehrensvärd, married to Henrietta Virginia Sofia Catharina Adlercreutz *1858–1901 – Their son Albert Ehrensvärd, married to Ingeborg Hedvig (Hedda) Vogt *1901–1904 – His widow Hedda Ehrensvärd and their seven children *1904–1944 – Their son Carl August Ehrensvärd along with his siblings and until 1912 his son

Augustin Ehrensvärd Field Marshal count Augustin Ehrensvärd (25 September 1710 – 4 October 1772) was a Swedish military officer, military architect, artist, creator of the Suomenlinna (Sveaborg) fortress, Svartholm fortress and the Swedish archipelago fleet. He ...

*1944–1947 – Carl August Ehrensvärd and four cousins *1947–1957 – Carl August Ehrensvärd, married first time to Gisele Dorotée Anna-Luise Marianne Lilla von Bassewitz, second time to Svea Elisabeth Lachman *1957–???? – His son Gustaf Jörgen* Ehrensvärd, married to Ebba Gunilla* Banér *1992–present – Jan Ehrensvärd

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Castles in Skåne County Tomelilla Municipality {{Sweden-castle-stub

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