Løvenborg, Holbæk Municipality
Løvenborg is a manor house and estate at Holbæk, Denmark. History Ellinge In the late 12th century, Bishop Absalon owned a village named Ennlige at the site. In 1199, he presented it to Sorø Abbey. In 1330, Sorø Abbey passed it to Roskilde bishopric. It is not known when the village was replaced by a many of the same name. It served as the seat of a relatively large fief. During the Reformation, it was confiscated by the Crown along with all other property of the Catholic church. It was then managed as a royal fief. Birkholm In 1547, Ellinge was sold to the Pomeranian nobleman Hans Barnekow- At the same tome, he was naturalized as Danish nobility. As part of the arrangement, he was obliged to settle in Denmark and take a Danish wife. In 1550, he married Mette Oxe. Barnekow changed the name of the estate to Birkholm. Merete Oxe stayed on the estate after ger husband's death. In 1582, it was ceded to their son Johan Barnekow. After Johan Barnekow's death in 1603, Birkholm was ...
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