[1] In the late 12th century, Bishop Absalon owned a village named Ennlige at the site.

[2] In 1547, Ellinge was sold to the Pomeranian nobleman Hans Barnekow- At the same tome, he was naturalized as Danish nobility.

After a career at the Royal Court in Copenhagen, he had more recently served as feudal lord of Christianopel (Oslo), Norway.

She outlived their only son and the estate was therefore passed to their youngest daughter, Margrethe's husband, Mouritz Podebusk.

The buyer was his wife, Sophie Charlotte, who ceded it to their son, Frederik von Brockdorff.

Severin Løvenskiold (1777–1856) a son by his second wife, inherited Birkholm and Aggersvold as well as several iron works in Norway.

Severin Løvenskiold had served in the Royal Life Guards and was just 24 years old appointed to konferensråd.

In 1749 he married Magdalene Charlotte Hedevig Løvenskiold [da] (née von Numsen), a daughter of the General War Commissioner.

Bernstorff in conjunction with crown prince Frederick's (Frederik VI) seizure of power.

He implemented the agricultural reforms of the time on the estate by selling the tenant farms to the copyholders.

The estate was the following year placed under administration by a legal guardian since Løvenskiold was deemed mentally ill.

Løvenborg has been used as a location in the films Komtessen paa Steenholt (1939), Jeppe på bjerget (1981) and Jydekompagniet (1988).