Tidö Castle
Tidö Castle | |
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General information | |
Location | Västerås Municipality |
Country | Sweden |
Construction started | 1625 |
Completed | 1645 |
Tidö Castle (Swedish: Tidö slott) is a castle located 17 km (11 mi) south of Västerås in Västmanland, Sweden.[1][2][3]
History
The former castle
The first building on the site was a medieval house built by the Gren family in the fifteenth century. In 1537, the Gren family sold the castle to the Queen Consort, Margaret Leijonhufvud (1516–1551). In 1540, her husband, King Gustav Vasa, traded the castle to Ekolsund Castle and Tidö came to the Tott family. Today, minor ruins of the former house can be found next to the present building.[4][5]
The present castle
The present castle at Tidö was built by the influential statesman and Lord High Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna in 1625–1645. The castle was built around a rectangular courtyard with the main building to the north and the three linked wings to the east, west and south. The main entrance is through a vault in the south wing.[6]
In 1889, the von Schinkel family bought Tidö and they still own it today. Tidö is one of Sweden's best preserved
See also
References
- Corbis. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ "Tidö slott". Västerås Tourist Center. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ "19-20 (Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 29. Tidsekvation - Trompe)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). 1919. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "Tidö". slottsguiden.info. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ "Margareta, drottning (Margareta Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud, Margareta Leijonhufvud)". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ "Oxenstierna, Axel Gustafsson". Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon. Retrieved 1 December 2019.