Börringe Priory
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Börringe Priory, also known as Börringekloster Castle, is a medieval Benedictine priory in Svedala in Scania, Sweden. Founded in 1150 when Scania was part of Denmark, the priory was secularized in 153
Börringekloster (Börringe Priory)
Börringe Church
Charles XI of Sweden
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Charles XI or Carl was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death in 1697.
Börringe Priory
…became a Swedish province at the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658, Charles X of Sweden gave Börringe Priory Manor to his illegitimate son, Gustaf Carlson. Charles XI took the property and made it available to the General Governor of Scania, Count Gustaf Otto Stenbock. In 1682, Charles XI exchanged the estate for…
Portrait by David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, 1689
Charles's parents King Charles X Gustav and Queen Hedwig Eleonora
Charles at the age of five, dressed as a Roman emperor. Painting by Ehrenstrahl.
Läckö Castle, one of many mansions reclaimed by the Crown. Engraving by Willem Swidde from circa 1700 in Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna.