Maase or von der Maase is a
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noble family which is descended from the German-Danish theologian and landowner
Hector Gottfried Masius whose children were ennobled by
letters patent
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in 1712.
History
Hector Gottfried Masius was born in
Mecklenburg
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and came to
Copenhagen
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where he served as court preacher and professor. He achieved great wealth through his marriages to Birgitte Magdalene Engberg and acquired a number of large estates on the southern part of
Zealand
Zealand ( da, Sjælland ) at 7,031 km2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020.
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. His children were ennobled by
letters patent
Letters patent ( la, litterae patentes) ( always in the plural) are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch, president or other head of state, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, titl ...
with the name von der Maase in 1712.
Rostgaard von der Maase
Major Frederik Masius von der Maase (1696-1728), a son of Hector Gottfried Masius by his second wife, married Conradine Sophie Rostgaard (1704-1758), the daughter Frederik Rostgaard and granddaughter of
Hans Rostgaard, thereby founding a branch of the von der Maase family that uses the name Rostgaard von der Maase.
Frederik Masius von der Maase (1696-1728) owned
Tybjerggaard and
Førslevgaard and acquired Stamhuset Kragerup with
Krogerup Manor as well as most of the island of
Anholt through his marriage.
Property
Members of the family have owned a number of large estates and manor houses. These include
Ravnstrup, Gunderslevholm, Førslev, Fuglebjerg,
Lundbygård and
Farumgård. Members of the family have also owned most of the island of
Anholt since the 1820s.
Notable family members
* Frederik von der Maase (1724–1774), officer, landowner and chamberlain
* Frederik Anthon Adam von der Maase (1773–1821), courtier and landowner
* Frederik Herman Rostgaard von der Maase (1800–1866), courtier
* Frederik Christian Rostgaard von der Maase (1825 –1905)
Hans von der Maase(born 1946), physician and professor
* Jens Christian Rostgaard von der Maase (born 1949), lawyer
References
External links
Danish noble families
1712 establishments in Denmark
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