Karen
19 Jan 1616 - 23 Mar 1695

Wife of Jorgen Kaas
Mother of Hans Kaas til Rostrup

Daughter of Jorgen Eilersen GRUBBE and Lene Knudsdatter RUD. She was born 19 Jan 1616 in Halsted Kloster, and died 23 Mar 1695 in Lerback. She was buried 23 Mar 1695 in , Lerbaek.

The city Vebbestrup, Denmark, is a relatively old city.Vebbestrup was owned in the 1630s by Jørgen Grubbe (1584-1640). He had perhaps inherited Vebbestrup courtyard of his grandfather, the famous Councillor at Overton near Randers Fjord. Jorgen Lykke also owned in Overgaard Oue parish, not far from Vebbestrup.

But more likely it is that Jorgen Grubbe got Vebbestrup when he in 1606 married Mette Lykke Eriksdatter whose genealogy at Eska in Salling, since 1500 century had held, inter alia, gårdene Stokholm og Fragdrup i Vebbestrup sogn. farms Stokholm and Fragdrup in Vebbestrup parish.

From Jorgen Grubbe Vebbestrup wasinherited by his daughter Karen Grubbe (1616-1695) who in 1640 married the Fyn nobleman Jørgen Kaas. As a major in the Danish army, he fell on January 1658 by the Swedes' landing in Funen. His body was found just looted, but detected on his on her arm burned name. The Swedish king accompanied the corpse a quarter way to honor his bravery
Translated from the Danish at: http://www.mariagerfjord.org/vebbestrup and
http://www.vebbestrup.dk/baggrund

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