Skullerupholm is a manor house and estate located in

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History

Skullerupholm was in the beginning of the 14th century owned by Anders Pedersen Uldsaks and probably his brother Sakse Pedersen Uldsaks. Sakse's daughter, Ingeborg Uldsaks, inherited the estate in 1355. She outlived her husband, Peder Jensen Grubbe, by more than 20 years. The estate was by then owned by several heirs. Ingeborg Uldsaks' son-in-law, Johan Olufsen Bjørn, was the sole owner of the estate from 1397. After his death in 1416, Skullerupholm passed to his daughter Eline Johansdatter Bjørn and her husband Sten Basse. Skulderupholm was after their deaths the object of a legal dispute between several heirs and lenders. In 1454, Gerver Lunge, Johan Bjørnsen and Oluf Axelsen Thott were each awarded one third of the estate. Oluf Daa,

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, acquired all three stakes of the estate in 1457–61. Skullerupholm was after the

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, in 1536, confiscated by the Crown. It was then operated as a royal

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. Mads Frithof was

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of the Skullerupholm from 1554 to1594. After Frithof's death, Skullerupgaard was divided into two tenant farms and placed under Roskildegård. After the introduction of

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in 1660, Skullerupholm was ceded to the magistrate in

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. Johannes Fincke restored the manor of Skullerupgaard in 1664. It was later ceded to his father-in-law, Henrik Müller, one of the largest landowners in the country. It was from 1673 part of 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 Severin de Junge,

1748–present: Holstein-Ledreborg family

Skullerupholm was in 1748 acquired by Johan

Johan Ludvig Holstein Johan Ludvig Holstein, Lensgreve til Ledreborg (7 September 1694 – 29 January 1763) was a Danish Minister of state from 1735 to 1751. The Danish colony Holsteinsborg on Greenland (now Sisimiut), was named after him. He was the ancestor of the H ...

and incorporated into the County of

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. The County of Ledreborg was in 1926 dissolved as a result of th
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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- ) Severin de Junge * ( -1748) Emanuel de Junge * ( -1748) Jens de Junge * ( -1748) Ane Bolette de Junge * ( -1748) Mariane Catharina Junge * (1748-1763)

* (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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