Ryegaard

The estate first mentioned in 1350, when Folmer Jakobsen Lunge acquired it from the Crown in exchange for his holdings in Hammer and Bårse.

[1] The next owner was his brother Jakob Olufsen Lunge (died 1387), a member of the privy council.

After his death, ownership was divided between his four children (Oluf Anders, Regitze and Folmer).

In 1403 in 1387, Rye was initially passed to his eldest son Oluf Olufsen Lunge.

His daughter Sophie Golmersdatter Lunge (by his wife Regitze Stigsdatter Krognos) inherited the estate after her father's death in 1412.

After his death, Ryegaard passed to Otte Alretsen Selin and then to his daughter Sophie Clausdatter Serlin.

Having no children, they bequeathed Ryegård to a grandson of Serlin, Niels Clausen, who was Bishop of Aarhus.

Sophie Barnekow's husband, Eiler Gyldenstiernes, sold the estate to Axel Urne in 1622.

Axel Urne's widow, Birgitte Gyldenstierne, sold it in 1640, The new owner was Niels Trolle.

His other holdings included Trollholm, Jonstrup and Snedinge on Zealand, Krumstrup on Funen and Pallesbjerg in Jutland.

Their son, Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz, who later served as prime minister, inherited the estate after his mother's death in 1763.