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Švėkšna Manor
Švėkšna Manor is a former residential Manor house, manor in Švėkšna, Šilutė District Municipality, Šilutė district. It was last occupied by Countess Felicija Laimė Broël-Plater. History The Kęsgaila family Švėkšna Estate was first recorded in the 15th century. At that time, it belonged to Elder of Samogitia and Castellan of Vilnius Mykolas Kęsgaila (-). Mykolas established the Kęsgaila family in Samogitia, where their power rivalled that of the List of rulers of Lithuania, Grand Duke of Lithuania. The area of Švėkšna Estate was huge, bordering on Gardamas, Rietavas Manor, Rietavas, Pajūralis and the Duchy of Prussia. The Kęsgaila family owned Švėkšna until 1569, when a Kęsgaila daughter married Jonas Zaviša. Ownership of Švėkšna then passed into the Zaviša family who owned it until 1624. 1624-1766 Between 1624 and 1644 Švėkšna was owned by Pajūris district overseer Hieronim Kryszpin-Kirszenstejn. Hieronim set up the first Samogitian fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manor House
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals with manorial tenants and great banquets. The term is today loosely (though erroneously) applied to various English country houses, mostly at the smaller end of the spectrum, sometimes dating from the Late Middle Ages, which currently or formerly house the landed gentry. Manor houses were sometimes fortified, albeit not as fortified as castles, but this was often more for show than for defence. They existed in most European countries where feudalism was present. Function The lord of the manor may have held several properties within a county or, for example in the case of a feudal baron, spread across a kingdom, which he occupied only on occasional visits. Even so, the business of the manor was directed and controlled by regular mano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilkėnas Manor
Vilkėnas Manor is a former residential manor in Vilkėnas Village, Švėkšna, Lithuania. History Jerzy Broël-Plater (c1760-1825) Vilkėnas Estate was initially part of Švėkšna Estate, mentioned since 1695.Butvilaitė, Rasa and Paknys, Raimondas (2014). ''Lithuania's Castles, Estates, Mansions''. R. Paknio Leidykla. p. 212. . It was owned by Jerzy Broël-Plater (c1760-1825). The Broël-Platers were a family of well-known and influential Polish counts. Their earliest known origin are in Westphalia, Germany. In the 14th and 15th centuries, members of the family were Livonian Knights. They came to the Baltic area and settled in present-day Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Franciszek Broël-Plater (1798-1867) Vilkėnas Estate became independent when in 1820, Count Jerzy Broël-Plater divided the large Švėkšna Estate between his four sons: * Švėkšna went to Stefan Broël-Plater (1799-1864); * Jerzy Broël-Plater(1810-1836) received Gedminaičiai Manor (which no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Alfred Broël-Plater
Adam Alfred Gustaw Count Broel-Plater (23 April 1836 – 24 December 1909) was a Polish-Lithuanian noble known as collector and archaeologist. He was also a marshal of nobility of the Vilna Governorate. Biography Adam Alfred Plater was born into the noble Plater family. He inherited the Švėkšna estate from his parents. Later, thanks to his influence at court, despite being Polish, he obtained the right to acquire estates in the Northwestern Krai. He acquired the Vepriai estate with the town and manors of Kowalaki and Bataniszki in the Ukmergė County. Plater sponsored construction of both Roman Catholic and Evangelical Lutheran churches in Švėkšna. After completing his education, he travelled around Western Europe as well as Greece and the Middle East. He became interested in archaeology from an early age. At age 15, he began excavating ancient graves near his family's estate in Švėkšna. In one of the tumulus he discovered seven Egyptian amulets which modern archaeolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
