Ahlefeldt (noble family)

Ahlefeldt is a Danish and German family of high nobility. The earliest known ancestor is one Benedict Ahlefeldt, (d c 1340), whose son and grandsons served king Atterdag Valdemar IV of Denmark and received significant pawn fiefs and properties in Denmark. In Slesvig the family inherited estates Søgård, Nør, Königsförde-Lindau, Sakstorp and Gelting. In Holstein, Bossee, Lehmkulen, Wittmold, Deutsch-Nienhof, Emkendorf, Kl. Nordsee, Haseldorf and Fresenburg. Godske Ahlefeldt (d. 1541) was the last catholic Bishop of Slesvig.

Ahlefeldt (noble family)

Ahlefeldt is a Danish and German family of high nobility. The earliest known ancestor is one Benedict Ahlefeldt, (d c 1340), whose son and grandsons served king Atterdag Valdemar IV of Denmark and received significant pawn fiefs and properties in Denmark. In Slesvig the family inherited estates Søgård, Nør, Königsförde-Lindau, Sakstorp and Gelting. In Holstein, Bossee, Lehmkulen, Wittmold, Deutsch-Nienhof, Emkendorf, Kl. Nordsee, Haseldorf and Fresenburg. Godske Ahlefeldt (d. 1541) was the last catholic Bishop of Slesvig.