Beldringe

Beldringe is a manor house and estate located four kilometres southwest of Præstø, Vordingborg Municipality, Denmark.

[1] On Jacob Jensen Ravensber's death, Beldringe passed to his daughter Datteren Anne Jaocbsdatter Ravensberg.

In addition to his prestigeous new office, Beck was granted considerable holdings of land on Zealand.

[3][4] [5] In 1621, Jacob Beck ceded Beldringe to Christian IV in exchange for Gladsaxe in Scania.

Christian IV used the land as hunting grounds.. At this point, Beldringe consisted of the manor and a total of 52 tenant farms.

[1] In his will of 1665, Frederick III bequeathed Vordingborg Castle and the manors of Beldringe and Lekkende to his youngest son, Prince George.

He had served as a diplomat in the Hague for many years but returned to Denmark to manage his estate.

Having no children, Carl Vilhelm Raben-Levetzau and his wife Julia Adelaide Harriet Bornemann established Den Raben-Levetsauske Fond.

After Julia Adelaide Harriet Bornemann's death in 1888, Beldringe passed to the nephew Frederik Christoffer Otto Raben-Levetzau (1850-1933).

It stands on a foundation of field stones and has a base of finely cut granite ashlars.

Drawing of the relief of Joachim Beck and his wife on his grave in Førslev Church
Beldringe's main building, constructed by Joachim Beck ca. 1560
The gatehouse.