Schackenborg Castle, Tønder - Page 2

Josefine · #21 02-25-2005, 05:48 AM

where on the estate does alexandra parents live

and wonder if the monogram will change

norwegianne · #22 02-25-2005, 07:28 AM

It has been stated that the monogram will remain. (Though, I'm certain that if Joachim remarries, some action will be taken...)

Josefine · #23 03-07-2005, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by norwegianne

It has been stated that the monogram will remain. (Though, I'm certain that if Joachim remarries, some action will be taken...)

thank you
well it would be strange if her A was left at the gate if he re marries
i am trying to find a few photos of the castle but i do not find any that good to post

Layla1971 · #24 11-26-2005, 01:53 PM

Oh, I adore this castle! I'd live there in a second! It's grand as a castle should be, but also has the warmth of a home.:) :) :) :)

BTW, thanks rchaino! I didn't think any inside pics existed!

purple_platinum · #25 11-27-2005, 04:52 AM

thank you so much for these, rchaino !!
Schackenborg seems like a perfect place to grow up in.
it's so cute they put a photo of Alex's late dog (oscar is it?)

rchainho · #26 11-27-2005, 12:41 PM

Yes, it seems good to live in.

rchainho · #27 11-29-2005, 01:50 PM

Joachim lives 320km from Copenhagen (near the german border) and Frederik lives 45km from Copenhagen. Is that right?

norwegianne · #28 11-29-2005, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by rchainho

Joachim lives 320km from Copenhagen (near the german border) and Frederik lives 45km from Copenhagen. Is that right?

It sounds about right.

Royal Fan · #29 12-02-2005, 12:18 PM

The house does look beautiful :) how long has he lived there

norwegianne · #30 12-02-2005, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Royal Fan

The house does look beautiful :) how long has he lived there

Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik bought it for him in 1978, if memory serves me right. He took over in 1993, but didn't move in until after the marriage to Alexandra in 1995. So, about ten years.

Mollie · #31 01-11-2006, 11:40 PM

Hello!!
Can someone tell me the exact address of this Schackenborg castle?

thank you so so much!!:)

norwegianne · #32 01-12-2006, 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Mollie

Hello!!
Can someone tell me the exact address of this Schackenborg castle?

thank you so so much!!:)

The castle is not open to the public.

It is situated about five km from Tønder, in the south of Denmark, close to the German border.

Daneborn · #33 01-15-2006, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Layla1971

Oh, I adore this castle! I'd live there in a second! It's grand as a castle should be, but also has the warmth of a home.:) :) :) :)

BTW, thanks rchaino! I didn't think any inside pics existed!

I think this castle is a little .... uuhm .... ''petite''. (it's actually called a manor house on the Danish court's web site). I can assure you I wouldn't settle for anything smaller than Fredensborg, not even if Joachim was on his knees in front of me

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Originally Posted by Mollie

Hello!!
Can someone tell me the exact address of this Schackenborg castle?

thank you so so much!!:)

If you wanna send a letter to the prince you write on the envelope:

H.K.H. Prins Joachim
Schackenborg
DK - 6270 Tønder
Danmark

Map of Denmark: (I hope the link works)
Schackenborg is in the centre of the red circle:

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.c...x=5&left.y=145

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Originally Posted by norwegianne

It has been stated that the monogram will remain. (Though, I'm certain that if Joachim remarries, some action will be taken...)

Or Joachim will simply have to find himself an Anna or an Amelia or something (checking my own passport

) and he won't have to deal with this awkward headache.

galuhcandrakirana · #34 01-17-2006, 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Daneborn

Or Joachim will simply have to find himself an Anna or an Amelia or something (checking my own passport

) and he won't have to deal with this awkward headache.

also he will save money on it

Daneborn · #35 01-17-2006, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by galuhcandrakirana

also he will save money on it

you mean we (the taxpayer's association) will save money on it :p

bschack · #36 02-10-2006, 12:28 PM

I am interested in finding out more information about the Schackenborg castle and my family that once lived there. Can anyone help?

Isabel · #37 02-19-2006, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by norwegianne

Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik bought it for him in 1978, if memory serves me right. He took over in 1993, but didn't move in until after the marriage to Alexandra in 1995. So, about ten years.

I didn't know that Her Majesty and the Prince Consort had purchased it specifically for Joachim all those years ago. I had always heard that it was passed on to him from his godparents who didn't have any children or something like that.

GrandDuchess · #38 02-20-2006, 11:49 AM

Schackenborg has a long history, but the previous owner of the estate was the Schack family who owned it for 11 generations.

In 1978, the last head of the Schack family, Count Hans Schack, died without having produced any children - and he willed the estate to the then 9 year old Prince Joachim. Schackenborg was then added to the other royal residences, before the Prince overtook the management of it in 1993.

betina · #39 02-21-2006, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Isabel

I didn't know that Her Majesty and the Prince Consort had purchased it specifically for Joachim all those years ago. I had always heard that it was passed on to him from his godparents who didn't have any children or something like that.

I was not bought. For hundreds years ago it was given to the nobility and they could keep Scakenborg as long as they had sons to pas it on to.
the last count didnt have children and there for it was given back to the crown

politikgirl · #40 09-14-2006, 10:48 AM

It's beautiful, but I agree with the comment upthread that it is more of a manor house than a castle, per se, even though that is what it might be known as by title.