Ledreborg Castle

Ledreborg is a palatial mansion near Lejre, 12 km to the southwest of Roskilde on the Danish island of Zealand. Today's Baroque constructing become finished in 1746 via Minister of State Johan Ludvig Holstein who commissioned J.C. Krieger to carry out the paintings. The first connection with Lejreborg is fairly latest, relationship to 1523 whilst Otto Tinhuus owned the property below the Diocese of Copenhagen. At the time, the estate changed into known as Udlejre and consisted of four or 5 farms. After the Reformation, in 1545 Lejre have become a fief in its very own proper beneath the jurisdiction of Copenhagen.

In 1663, the statesman Henrik Muller bought 8 farms and 5 houses in Lejre which include Udlejre. He presented the belongings to his daughter Drude and her husband, statesman Thomas Finke, who constructed a residence called Lejregard. In 1661, Udlejregård was offered by way of the statesman Henrik Müller who constructed the first Lejregard manor residence. In 1739, Johan Ludvig Holstein offered the assets and advanced the modest constructing into one of the usa's finest mansions. He commissioned Johan Cornelius Krieger to extend the constructing to the east and west.