: Interesting was that a Dutch merchant : family, Marselis, became so enormously rich : because the King of Denmark paid in fiefs : and lands [...] The family would become very : important and still belong to the Danish : nobility as Barons of Güldencrone. Queen : Margrethe still has an estate called : Marselisborg, once originally established by : the Dutch Marselis family.
Two estates near Marselisborg were owned by - and named after - two sons of Gabriel Marselis: Constantinsborg and Vilhelmsborg. The Gyldenkrone descendants have also owned Moesgaard in the same area. BTW, the noble name Gyldenkrone is a combination of the names of the Dutch and Danish currencies: Gylden and Krone. Here are some photos:
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