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54
ROSENHOLM.
Chap. XXXII.
dined in the old Riddersaal, where above the carved
chimney—fireplace fitted with chenets of the period—
hang Jorgen Rosenkrantz and Dorthe Lange his wife,
1567, and other splendid full-length portraits.
The name of Rosenkrantz, well known to all readers
of ‘ Hamlet,’ is of great antiquity ; all you hear of that
blood is good, illustrious, and well spoken of in the
annals of the country; and the Jutland peasants will
point out, around the manor of Hevringsholm, which is
said to have been in their possession from the sixth
century, numerous barrows, where the earlier members
of the family lie interred.*
It was a mystery how, in Jutland, where the great
names are of primæval simplicity, mostly signifying
the names of animals—daa, hog; brock (badger),
&c.—anything so romantic as Rosenkrantz—crown of
roses—■could have inserted itself. It appears that Sir
Otto Nielsen of Hevringsholm accompanied Christian I.
to Rome on a pilgrimage, and the pope of the time
presented the sovereign with a golden violet, Sir Otto
with a crown of roses—strange present to a Northman;
in consequence of which honour Sir Otto thenceforth
adopted the patronymic of Rosenkrantz.
There exists a tradition that Rosenholm will foil in
its own ruins some Christmas-eve; but as long as the
* There is no doubt that this custom of burying under høis
continued long after the introduction of the Reformed faith. In former
days there existed a Runic stone in the churchyard of Tommerby, near
Skive, unfortunately removed by Sir Iver Krabbe to Torstedlund,
with the following inscription:—
“ My name is Vidric Viis,
My father dwelt in Floieriis.
I built this church for thee,
But you must pray for me.
My father lies in Aalehøi,
Myself I lie in Vegelhøi.”
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