Rosenkrantz and Skeel families The village of Vindeby was formerly located on the site. It was destroyed in the First and Second Dano-Swedish Wars. It belonged to
Egholm Manor. Oluf Rosenkrantz inherited Egholm after his father. He later increased the number of tenant farms under the manor to an extent that compromised the rational management of the estate. In 1647 he was granted royal permission to establish a new manor on part of the land. He named his new estate Krabbesholm (Krabbe's Isle) as a tribute to his wife, Birgitte Krabbe. Rosenkrantz fell out of favour at the court after opposing the new
Absolute monarchy and was forced to cede all his estates to his daughters and sons-in-law. Egholm and Krabbesholm were ceded to
Mogens Skeel. In 1685, Skeel sold theestates to Otte Skeel. After his death Krabbesholm passed to his son-in-law, Otto Krabbe. Otto Krabbe's and Birgitte Skeel's son in-law,
Iver Rosenkrantz, inherited Krabbesholm in 1737. He was after his death in 1745 succeeded by his son
Frederik Rosebnkrantz.
Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz inherited the estates in 1763 and was already the owner of
Ryegaard, Barritskov and Trudsholm. He endowed his estates to
Niels Rosenkrantz with an obligation to establish a stamhus (family trust) from the estates. Stamhuset Rosenkrantz was established from Ryegaard, Barritskov and Trudsholm.
19th century , owned Krabbesholm in 1810-1850 In 1804, Niels Rosenkrantz sold Egholm and Krabbesholm to his brother
Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz, who just two months later sold them to
Christian Conrad, Count of Danneskiold-Samsøe and
Lars Lassen. In 1806 the two partners divided the estates between them, leaving Danneskiold-Samsøe as the sole owner of Krabbesholm. In 1810, Krabbesholm was acquired by
Nicolai Abraham Holten. Holten, who resided on his other estate, Lindegården, did not construct a main building on the estate. He established the first school in Sæby. Holten died in 1850. In 1852, Krabbesholm was sold in public auction. The buyer was Lars Trolle. In 1853, he constructed the first main building at Krabbesholm. In 1871, Trolle sold Krabbesholm to Frederik Vilhelm T
Treschow.
20th century Treschow 's daughter, Clara Sophie Treschow, who had inherited Krabbesholm in 1876, married Niels Joachim Christian Gregers Juel, a son of Niels Rudolph Juel of Hverringe Manor on
Funen. He died in 1938. In 1939, Krabbesholm was sold in public auction for
DKK 935,000. The biyer was
De Forenede Kulimportører, a importer of coal,
coke (fuel)coke and
cinders. In 1979, De Forenede Kulimportører was converted into a property company under the name 79- ) Ejendomsselskabet D.F.K. A/S. ==Architecture==