The son of Gustav Wedell-Wedellsborg and Louise Elise Henriette Bruun de Neergaard, on 19 June 1893 he was granted royal permission to carry the name Wedell-Neergaard.

[1] Wedell-Neergaard completed his schooling in 1881 and graduated from the University of Copenhagen in political science (statsvidenskab) in 1886.

He immediately launched a number of construction projects and significantly improved the management of the land.

The daughter Else Louise Thalia, Baronesse Wedell-Neergaard married Tage Rudolph Baron Reedz-Thott (1886-1971).

He married Manon Christiane Olga Schimmelmann, Wedell-Neergaard was created a Member of the Royal Gunt (Hofjægermester) in 1897 and chamberlain ( Kammerherre) in 1914.