The Falkenskiold family descended from State Councillor and County Governor Arnold Christian Düssel (ca.

1650–1714) of the influential burgher Düssel (Dyssel) family, he owned Sejlstrupgård Estate.

Arnoldus von Falkenskiold's marriage with noblewoman Elisabeth Sehested of Broholm and Sæbygård (b.

1751) gave the son Courtier Anders Sehested von Falkenskiold of Sæbygård (1781–1841) who married the noblewoman Cathrine Hedevig de Leth (b.

[4][5][6] Members of the Falkenskiold family owned a number of large estates and manor houses in Denmark which include: