Countship of Schackenborg

Countship of Schackenborg
Creation date23 June 1676[1]
Created byChristian V
First holderOtto Didrik Schack[1]
Last holderOtto Didrik Schack
Extinction date1924
Seat(s)Schackenborg Castle
Former seat(s)Schack's Palace, Copenhagen
Schackenborg Castle from east side (2023)

The Countship of Schackenborg was a Danish and for a period German majorat in the southern part of Jutland, which existed from 1676 to 1924.

History

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Schackenborg Castle, photographed in 2006.

The Countship of Schackenborg was established on 23 June 1676 by King Christian V of Denmark for Otto Didrik Schack, a member of the noble family of Schack.[1][2] It consisted of the manors of Schackenborg, Sødamgård, Solvig, and Store Tønde. The holder of the county carried the title of enfeoffed count (Danish: lensgreve).[3]

The countship was inherited by members of the Schack family during its entire existence. It was dissolved in 1924.

List of counts of Schackenborg

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b c Danmarks Adels Aarbog (1932), p. 62.
  2. ^ Danske Len (1916), p. 91.
  3. ^ Mikkelsen, Flemming; Kjeldstadli, Knut; Nyzell, Stefan (16 October 2017). Popular Struggle and Democracy in Scandinavia: 1700-Present. Springer. pp. 17, 18. ISBN 978-1-137-57855-6.
  4. ^ Raineval, Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et; Raineval, Melville Henry Massue Marquis of Ruvigny and (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe. Burke's Peerage. p. 1318. ISBN 978-0-85011-028-9. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  5. ^ Scandinavian Review. American-Scandinavian Foundation. 1920. p. 747. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

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