Mads Eriksen Bølle (died 1539) was a Danish privy councillor, landowner and fiefholder. He was during the

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in opposition to

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and the introduction of

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but was after the

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nonetheless allowed to keep his fiefs.

Early life

Bølle was the son of Erik Madsen Bølle (died 1492 or later) and Anne Sivertsdatter Blaa. He was the brother of Ejler Eriksen Bølle.

Holdings

He inherited Orebygaard on

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and

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after his mother's death. Prio to her death in 1495, he was queen Dorothea's '' lensmand'' (''høvedsmand'') at Haraldsborg. In 1500, he was by the Bishopric of Roskilde granted Hjortholm in

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as a fief. In 1505, Bishop Johan Jepsen Ravensberg, a relative, granted him Tureby, Spanager and Egby for life for himself, his wife and his son Erik. In 1507. he was also granted St. Agnetes' Priory in Roskilde.

Career

Bølle was from at least 1512 a member of the Privy Council and was knighted by Christian II. In 1523, he participated in

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's siege of

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. When Christian II attempted to reclaim the thrones in 1531, he was involved in his arrest in Copenhagen as well as the return of the Church of Our Lady to the Catholic church. During the

, he sided Count Christoffer, but was nonetheless, together with his son, Erik, from January 1535 held in captivity in Copenhagen. In early 1536, they were sent to Mecklenburg. after Copenhagen's surrender, he was handed over to Christian II. He was pardoned by a ''revers'' of 27 October the same year. He was allowed to keep his fiefs but lost his seat in the Priby Council. In 1536, Christian III granted him

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Personal life

Bølle married Birgitte Clausdatter Daa of Ravnstrup. They had two children, Erik Madsen Bølle, himself a member of the Pricy Council, and a fiefholder, and a daughter, Dorthe, who married Knud Rud of

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. Bølle died before 14 November 1539 and is buried in Tureby Church.

References

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