Peter Johansen Neergaard (1769–1835)
Peter Johansen (de) Neergaard (24 July 1769 - 9 January 1835) was a Danish landowner. He was one of the largest landowners of his time in Denmark. His father was ennobled under the name de Neergaard in 1788.
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Posthumous lithography by I.W. Tegner & Kittendorff | |
Born | |
Died | 9 January 1835 65) Copenhagen, Denmark | (aged
Nationality | Danish |
Occupation | Landowner |
Early life
Neergaard was born at Tølløsegård, the eldest son of kancelliråd Johan Thomas Neergaard and Anna Joachimine Qvistgaard (1750-1829). His father was ennobled by letters patent in 1788.[1] Neergaard graduated in law from the University of Copenhagen in 1790 .
Property
Peter Johansen Neergaard was the owner of the estates Ringsted Abbey, Kærup (1793-1804), Merløsegaard (1795-1796), Gyldenholm (1810-1812), Førslev (1803-1830), Gunderslevholm (1803-1835), Kastrup, Fuglebjerg and Fodbygård (1803), Det Plessenske fideikommis (1803), Gerdrup (1814-1831), Lyngbygård (1814-1831), Fuglsang (1819-1835), Priorskov (1819-1835), Nørlund, Torstedlund (1820-1826) and Albæk (1812).[2]
He was a co-founder of the Store Larsbjørnsstræde Sugar Refinery in 1803.[3]
He managed to get through the crisis of the 1820s with most of his estates and divided them between his sons in 1830-35, He was a land commissioner (landvæsenskommissær( in Sorø County. He was appointed as Kammerråd in 1793, justitsråd in 1803 and etatsråd in 1819.[2]
Personal life
Neergaard married twice. His first wife was Elisabeth Jacobine Vilhelmine Mourier (1778-1813), a daughter of supercargo and later owner of Aagaard Pierre Paul Ferdinand Mourier (1746-1836) and Elisabeth Cornelia Courtonne (1744–83). They married on 25 August 1794 in the French Reformed Church in Copenhagen. Three children survived childhood:
- Johan Ferdinand de Neergaard (3 August 1796 - 10 April 1849(, who owned Fuglsang, Priorskov and Lindersvold
- Carl de Neergaard (1800 - 2 August 1850), who owned Gunderslevholm and Kastrupgaard
- Peter Johansen de Neergaard (7 May 1803 - 13 February 1872(, who owned Førslev, Fuglebjerg, Mejlgaard and Faarevejle,
Neergaard's second wife was Anna Henriette Elisabeth Schow (1781-1859), a daughter of kancellideputeret Christen Schow (1738-1806) and Caroline Marie Suhr (1754-1824) and the widow of captain and kommerceråd Peter Christoffer Qvistgaard of Gerdrup and Lyngbygård, 1775-1807). They had four children:
- Elisabeth Vilhelmine Jacobine de Neergaard (13 February 1814 - 25 September 1889)
- .Peter Christopher de Neergaard (7 February 1816 - 14 August 1870), who owned Julianeholm
- Aunsbjerg, Sjørslev
- . Johan Thomas de Neergaard (5 July 1818 - 15 August 1865)
- Victor Amadeus de Neergaard (19 April 1825 16 February 1886), who owned, Olufskjær
References
- "Neergaard". danskeherregaarde.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- "Peter Neergaard" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- "Sukkerfafinaderiet Store Lars-Bjørnsstræde" (in Danish). coneliand.dk. Retrieved 1 February 2019.