We can infer his plans from the fact that in 1792-1793, he made a long journey abroad and drew up a new set of corvée rules for Gisselfeld Abbey, in which the position of the peasants was much improved.

He gradually acquired more estates, in Holmegaard, Ravnstrup, Næsbyholm, Bavelse, Nordfeld and Aalebæksgaard and Rosendal.

To facilitate transportation of timber from his forest at Næsbyholm, he canalized the Suså River from Bavelse to Næstved.

He also enlarged the convent business by allowing girls from all social classes into the abbey school system for an annual fee.

They had the following children: This article is based mainly on a Biography by Camillus Nyrop in the first version of the Dansk biografisk leksikon, Vol.