page_title: Jægerspris Castle
section_title: Hunting palace of the Oldenburgs
hierarchical_section_title: Jægerspris Castle / History / Hunting palace of the Oldenburgs
caption_attribution_description: English: Hægerspris Castle in Denmark
context_page_description: Jægerspris Castle, in Jægerspris on the Hornsherred peninsula west of Copenhagen, is a Danish manor house. It has belonged to the Danish monarchs for most of its history which dates back to the 13th century. In the 1850s it became a retreat for King Frederik VII and his morganatic wife Countess Danner, who sought refuge there to escape the controversy their marriage had caused among the establishment in Copenhagen. After the king's death, Countess Danner turned it into an asylum for women.
  Today the castle serves as a historic house museum and is also noted for its park.
context_section_description: After Prince Charles' death in 1729, Crown Prince Christian (VI) took over the estate. Thereafter the castle continued to serve as a hunting lodge for the Danish monarchs until it was ceded to the Danish state in 1849 in connection with the adoption of the Danish Constitution.
caption: Jægerspris Castle painted by Hans Heinrich Eegberg in 1745
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