Danish Family Story

 This is a family ancestry story shared by late Ms. Karna Ch., a dear Friend of Denmark.

"Ready for a true (or almost true) story ??????????

Find Vejle on the map. The mansion Tirsbæk is situated near that city. This mansion was once owned by a gentleman named Niels de Linde (1678 - 1746).

Map of Denmark - Vejle marked in red

"Lind" is the Danish word for the tree Linden.

There were many people in the household, of course. One of them was a girl named Maren, who took care of the hens and milked the cows. She was the daughter of a very poor shoemaker.

Maren was very beautiful, which was soon noted by Sir Niels. He promoted her to a position inside the mansion.
(If you now have naughty thoughts – it's YOUR problem!!!!! I never even whispered anything!!!!)
Christen de Linde was the son and heir to wealthy Tirsbæk. He saw Maren's beauty too and fell so much in love that he wanted to marry her.

Tirsbæk Gods manor house, situated in Egnum Parish, Hattum Herdeg, Vejle Municipality. The farm is mentioned in the document written in 1410, however, the main mansion building was built in 1550. Seven years later a park (12 hectares) was created around the house. The entire estate covers 414 hectares.
In the 1770s Niels de Linde modernized and beautified the building structure. He also built a big barn around the mansion and turned the hill around Tirsbæk into an impressive, Italian-style garden.

The entire family and nobility opposed the idea – even hinted that Maren had had an affair with Christen's father – it turned into a major scandal, but they were married in 1752.

 The Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen, DK -Christen and Maren were married there.

The property had a riding bailiff of course. His name was Jørgen Hvas, and he was a handsome guy.
We'll never know the true story about the events that now happened, but:
Somehow a big spike went through Christen's scull.

Somehow Maren and Jørgen were married about a year later.

Jørgen got a new name more fit for nobility and bought new titles. He was ennobled in 1761 and was from then on 'Chancellery Council and Council of Justice Sir Jørgen Hvas de Lindenpalm'.

They donated lots of valuables to the local church and other charities, BUT Maren may – just MAY – be the one who hammered the spike into the skull, and that's why she to this day can be seen at Tirsbæk as a ghost called 'The Grey Lady'.

 

Jørgen turned out to be a poor businessman and managed to lose all his money and properties before he died."

 

Dear Karna, thanks for sharing the story! 

The additional info (in green and below) added by myself to complete the family tale shared by my Friend.

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More about the people mentioned above:

Christen de Linde was the son of Niels de Linde (b. 1678/d. 12 August 1746, Engum, Hatting, Vejle, Denmark), nobleman and his wife Karen Andersdatter Rosenkrantz (b. 1694/d. 6 May 1736 - Tirsbæk Gods, Engum, Hatting, Vejle, Denmark).

 

 Niels de Linde's parents: Christen de Linde (1626/1706) and his wife Dorothea Nielsdatter Solgaard (1639/1685) - the epitaph in Holstebro church, Hjerm, Ringkøbing, Denmark

Church in Engum

Christen de Linde was born  in 1725, in Kærgårdsholm, Håsum, Rødding, Viborg, Denmark. When he was 27, on 5 January 1752, Christen married Maren Jørgensdatter Loss (b. 1721/d. 1778, Horsens Købstad, Nim, Skanderborg, Denmark). The marriage took place in the Church of Our Lady (the cathedral) in Copenhagen (1). Christen was 31 when he died. The man was buried on 10 May 1756 in the Engum church, Hatting, Vejle, Denmark.

Sir Jørgen Hvas de Lindenpalm and Maren had a daughter Christine Linde Hvas de Lindenpalm (born on 9 September 1758). On 23 January 1774, Christine married William Halling, a landowner who was known to be "a peasant tormentor". Halling bought the Tirsbæk and Bryskesborg mansions from Christen's father when the latter was in financial distress. Tirsbæk was named Williamsborg then.

de Linde family tomb in Holsterbro church

Additional Source:

Geneanet.org,
Wikipedia
1. "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FKS9-6W1: 20 February 2020), Maren Jorgensdr Lohs in the entry for Christen Linde, 1752.
: 20 February 2020), Maren Jorgensdr Lohs in entry for Christen Linde, 1752.

Photos:

• Map of Denmark: Hubertus, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons,
• Tirsbæk Gods manor house: JEK, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons ,
• The Church of Our lady, Copenhagen: Photo: by Yalcin, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons,
• Niels de Linde's parents: Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons,
• Engum church: Photo: Bococo, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons,
• de Linde family tomb in Holsterbro church: Jürgen Howaldt, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons.