Elghammar Castle

Elghammar is a house in Södermanland County, Sweden 80km southwest of Stockholm built at the end of the lake Lockvattnet.

The castle—or manor/Italian villa as the owner, the Duchess Christina d'Otrante (wife of Gustaf Douglas Armand Fouché d'Otrante, 7th Duc d'Otrante), preferred it to be perceived—is surrounded by forests and a farm.

Initially owned by the Kruse family of Elghammar, then by Johan Adolf Welander, the existing manor house was sold in 1807 to Marshall Curt von Stedingk, who ordered new constructions in the French Empire style.

His son died in 1875 and the property was inherited by a Baroness Theresa von Stedingk, who married her cousin the 5th Duke of Otrante (the duke had as an ancestor Joseph Fouché, who was the French Minister of Police during the reign of Emperor Napoleon). The Duke's mother was Baroness Adelaide (or Amélie) von Stedingk who had married the 4th Duke and was the cousin of Theresa.

Christina d'Otrante died at the age of 83 and it was inherited by Charles-Louis Fouché d'Otrante, the 8th Duke.

Text adapted from “Elghammar Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Elghammar Castle ranks #4,853 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #140 of the 206 mapped in Sweden. Founded 1810, it is older than 12% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 607 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,415 times in the last 60 days, more than 58% of the atlas. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Stockholm, 64 km away. See how Sweden compares in the castle statistics.

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