Christian Einar Ferdinand Ludvig Eduard lensgreve Reventlow sidder her på Pederstrup trappe omgivet af hustruen, Lucie-Marie, og datteren fra et tidligere ægteskab, komtesse Ermegaard samt sommergæster. Den årvågne løvinde holder det Reventlowske våben.
Løvinden, der tidligere stod på Pederstrup, står nu på Wulfshagen.
Slottet Ahrensburg er som Glücksborg en videreførelse af Nütschau. Det er også en velbevaret, mindre vandborg sammensat af tre gavlhuse, der imidlertid er forsynet med vælske gavle. Herudover er bygningskomplekset yderligere flankeret af fire ottekantede hjørnetårne med kobberspir. Oprindelig stod bygningen i rødt murværk med vinduer indrammet af sandsten, men senere er facaden blevet pudset hvid. Slottet er et af Holstens betydeligste renæssance-værker med træk både fra den lokale byggeskik og den nederlandske renæssance og manierisme. Til herregården hører en engelsk-inspireret landskabshave, der sammen med voldgravene og slottet udgør en smuk helhed. Bygningen rummer nu et museum for det tidligere holstenske aristokrati.
Heinrich Schimmelmann købte 1759 det gamle rantzauske gods Ahrensburg. Han lod det smukke slot istandsætte og, i stedet for landsbyen Woldenhorn, anlagde han byen Ahrensburg.
Dyrmann, Kristine: Hoffraktioner og kvindelige politiske netværk: Kvinder fra eliten ved det danske hof i en urolig tid, 1784–1797
Engelsk artikel med titlen: Court Factions and Female Political Networks
Uddrag af "Courts and Politics in an Age of Turmoil, c.1780–1830"
Abstract
A bloodless coup d’état brought Frederik VI of Denmark to power in 1784, while he was still a crown prince. With it, a new faction of courtiers supporting him also took power. This faction comprised men and women whose letters reveal the importance of sociability, family ties, and personal relationships in everyday court politics. Family connections, inheritance, and personal relationships were politically important not only for competing royals but also for courtiers and their families. This chapter examines how a group of women at court tried to strengthen their family networks through participation in courtly sociability; this included the introduction of a daughter at court during the social season, hosting a ball, and organising family activities that brought together their own children and royal children. The crown prince grew older and became more independent whilst the European continent was upended by revolutionary wars. To navigate these tumultuous times, seeking alternative ways to access the ruler became increasingly important to his courtiers. The chapter sheds light on the intricate ways in which family, personal connections, and political interest entwined at court in a time of upheaval.
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