Krenkerup

Krenkerup is an old manor house located 3 km (2 mi) southwest of Sakskøbing on the Danish island of Lolland. It is one of Denmark's oldest estates and manors, documented as early as the 1330s.^[1] Between 1815 and 1938, it was known as Hardenberg.^[2]

Krenkerup
General information
Location	Krenkerupvej 27, 4990 Sakskøbing
Country	Denmark
Coordinates	54°46′37″N 11°40′13″E
Completed	c. 1500-1631

History

Gøye family

The first known owner of the estate was Axel Mogensen Gøye.^[3]

Brahe family, 1558–1622

Margrethe Gøye brought the estate into her marriage to Peder Brahe.

Rosenkrantz family

Palle Rosencrantz in 1622.

In 1622, Krenkerup was once again transferred to a new noble family, when Otte Pedersen Brahe's widow Elisabeth (née Rosensparre) married to Palle Rosenkrantz. His descendents owned the estate until 1677.

Reventlow family

In 1731, the Reventlows established a family property consisting of Krenkerup, Rosenlund and Nørregård which in 1815 became the countyship of Hardenberg-Reventlow, including the subsidiary estates of Nielstrup, Sæbyholm and Christiansdal.

Hardenberg-Reventlow family

Gardenberg on a watercolour by created by Ole Jørgen Rawert on 2 August 1820.

In 1774 Juliane Frederikke Christiane Reventlow brought Krenkerup into her marriage to Carl August Hardenberg. Their son Christian Heinrich August Hardenberg-Reventlow became the owner of the estate in 1793. In 1815, he renamed the estate Hardenberg.^[4] It was dissolved in 1924.^[4] After his death in 1840 the estate was passed to his daughter Ida. Her son Carl adopted the name Holck-Hardenberg-Reventlow.

Today

Covering an area of 3,700 ha (9,100 acres), the estate is one of the largest in Denmark.^[4] Today it is an active agricultural concern and also houses a brewery^[5] and the only professional full size polo field in Denmark.^[6]

Architecture

The three-winged building stands on a narrow, rectangular mound surrounded by a moat. The original stone house from 1490 was extended by statesman Mogens Gøye with three new wings, forming an enclosed courtyard. A tower was added on the west side. In 1631, Palle Rosenkrantz built an extra storey on the north wing and an octagonal tower on the southeast corner.^[5] The south wing was destroyed by fire in 1689 and never rebuilt. The entire complex was renovated in 1780.

List of owners

• (1367–1411) Axel Mogensen Gøye
• (?–1392) Laurids Nielsen Kabel
• (1381–1392) Mogens Gøye
• (1411–?) Karen Madsdatter (married name: Gøye)
• (1411–1417) Oluf Axelsen Gøye
• (1411–1450) Mogens Axelsen Gøye
• (1417–?) Mette Christiernsdatter, (married names: Gøye, Jensen)
• (?–?) Jens Jensen
• (1417–1427) Evert Moltke
• (1417–1427) Mathias Moltke
• (1450–1506) Eskil Gøye
• (1506–1544) Mogens Gøye
• (1544) Birgitte Gøye (married name: Trolle)
• (1544–1558) Albrecht Gøye
• (1558–1594) Margrethe Albrechtsdatter Gøye, (married name: Brahe)
• (1558–1566) Otte Gøye
• (1558–?) Margrethe Gøye, (married name: Brahe)
• (? –1610) Peder Brahe
• (1610–1613) Axel Brahe
• (1613–1622) Otte Pedersen Brahe
• (1613–1622) Elisabeth Rosensparre (married names: Brahe, Rosenkrantz)
• (1622–1642) Palle Rosenkrantz
• (1642–1649) Lisbeth Lunge (married name: Rosenkrantz)
• (1649–1660) Jørgen Rosenkrantz
• (1660–1665) Mette Rosenkrantz
• (1660–1677) Birgitte Rosenkrantz (married name: Skeel)
• (1660–1680) Johan Rantzau
• (1660–1680) Jørgen Rantzau
• (1660–1680) Palle Rantzau
• (1677–1695) Jørgen Skeel
• (1695–1700) Benedicte Margrethe Brockdorff (married names: Skeel, Reventlow)
• (1700–1738) Christian Ditlev Reventlow
• (1718–1739) Benedicte Margrethe Brockdorff (married names: Skeel, Reventlow)
• (1739–1750) Conrad Detlev Reventlow
• (1750–1759) Christian Ditlev Reventlow
• (1759–1774) Juliane Frederikke Christiane Reventlow (married name: Hardenberg)
• (1774–1788) Carl August Hardenberg
• (1788–1793) Juliane Frederikke Christiane Reventlow
• (1793–1840) Christian Heinrich August Hardenberg-Reventlow
• (1840–1867) Ida Augusta Hardenberg-Reventlow, (married names: Holck, Gersdorff, D'Almaforte)
• (1867–1885) Carl Ludvig August Rudolph Holck-Hardenberg-Reventlow
• (1885–1903) Princess Lucie of Schönaich-Carolath, (married name: Haugwitz)
• (1903–1921) Heinrich Bernhard Carl Paul Georg Curt Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow
• (1921–1970) Henrik Ludwig Erdmann Georg Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow
• (1970–2011) Rupert Gorm Reventlow-Grinling
• (2003–present) Patrick Reventlow-Grinling^[7]