[1] Near Sorø, Ebbe also erected the Bjernede Church, and Asser established a Benedictine House, just a few years prior to his death in 1151.

Asser Rig's son, Absalon, became a powerful warrior bishop of Zealand and advisor to several Danish kings.

One of Absalon's friends, Peder Strang, endowed the abbey with enough land to make it financially solvent.

From that time forward, the Sorø abbey acquired property all over Denmark, with an income larger than that of the Danish royal family.

[2][1] The abbey church became a burial site for the earthly remains of members of the noble Hvide family.

The abbey was then turned into a knight academy by Christian IV, and became a venue for higher learning for a period during the Danish Golden Age.