Countship of Schackenborg explained

Countship of Schackenborg
Creation Date:	23 June 1676
First Holder:	Otto Didrik Schack
Last Holder:	Otto Didrik Schack
Extinction Date:	1924
Family Seat:	Schackenborg Castle
Former Seat:	Schack's Palace, Copenhagen

The Countship of Schackenborg was a Danish and for a period German majorat in the southern part of Jutland, which existed from 1676 to 1924.

History

The Countship of Schackenborg was established on 23 June 1676 by King Christian V of Denmark for Otto Didrik Schack, a member of the noble family of Schack.^{[1] [2]} It consisted of the manors of Schackenborg, Sødamgård, Solvig, and Store Tønde. The holder of the county carried the title of enfeoffed count (Danish: [[lensgreve]]).^[3]

The countship was inherited by members of the Schack family during its entire existence. It was dissolved in 1924.

List of Counts of Schackenborg

• Otto Didrik Schack, 1st Count of Schackenborg (1652–1683)
• Hans Schack, 2nd Count of Schackenborg (1676–1719)
• Otto Didrik Schack, 3rd Count of Schackenborg (1710–1741)
• Hans Schack, 4th Count of Schackenborg (1734–1796)
• Otto Didrik Schack, 5th Count of Schackenborg (1758–1809)
• Hans Schack, 6th Count of Schackenborg (1786–1814)
• Otto Didrik Schack, 7th Count of Schackenborg (1810–1856)
• Hans Schack, 8th Count of Schackenborg (1852–1905)
• Otto Didrik Schack, 9th Count of Schackenborg (1882–1924)^{[4] [5]}

Notes and references

Bibliography

• Book: . Danmarks Adels Aarbog 1932. . J.H. Schultz . 1932 . Danish .
• Book: Louis Bobé, Gustav Graae, Frederik Jürgensen West . Danske Len . . J.H. Schultz . 1916 . Danish .
• Book: F. Krogh . De danske Majorater. En genealogisk haandbog . . Chr. Steen & Søn . 1868 . Danish .

External links

• Official website of Schackenborg Castle

Notes and References

1. Danmarks Adels Aarbog (1932), p. 62.
2. Danske Len (1916), p. 91.
3. Book: Mikkelsen . Flemming . Kjeldstadli . Knut . Nyzell . Stefan . Popular Struggle and Democracy in Scandinavia: 1700-Present . 16 October 2017 . Springer . 978-1-137-57855-6 . 17, 18 . en.
4. Book: Raineval . Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et . Raineval . Melville Henry Massue Marquis of Ruvigny and . The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe . 1914 . Burke's Peerage . 978-0-85011-028-9 . 1318 . 14 April 2022 . en.
5. Book: Scandinavian Review . 1920 . American-Scandinavian Foundation. . 747 . 14 April 2022 . en.