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You may wonder why the ceiling in the Royal Hall is plain when the others are so richly decorated. The reason is quite dramatic. At the end of the 1600s the ceiling in the Royal Hall was adorned with a splendid cupola with round windows. When the King and Queen were in residence at Clausholm the servants would invite the local peasants and charge them to watch the royal meals through the cupola from the roof. But one day the crowd was too big. The ceiling collapsed and bewildered people fell into the royal midst. In fact, one was so badly hurt he died a few days later and another was disabled for life. The King immediately cut short his stay at Clausholm and left for Skanderborg Castle the same night.
The decorations in Queen Anna Sophie’s private chapel indicate that her widowhood at Clausholm from 1730 till she died in 1743 was spent in great mourning. Doors, panels and window shutters are richly adorned with the royal initials and coat-of-arms, and in several places in the room you will find German scripture passages expressing the Queen’s grief at the loss of her beloved Frederik IV.
The decorations in Queen Anna Sophie’s private chapel indicate that her widowhood at Clausholm from 1730 till she died in 1743 was spent in great mourning. Doors, panels and window shutters are richly adorned with the royal initials and coat-of-arms, and in several places in the room you will find German scripture passages expressing the Queen’s grief at the loss of her beloved Frederik IV.
Library corridor
The daylight shining through the cool grey-blue window frames create a subtle colour combination on the wooden floor and the white-washed walls in The Blue Corridor. The special light is typical for the baroque period, and in the past few years it has been used several times in connection with art exhibitions.
Christening gown from 1770
The patent of nobility was given to Gustav Alexander Baron Berner-Schilden-Holsten in 1860. As it follows the English line of succession only the oldest son inherits the title. The title lapsed when Baron Godske Berner-Schilden-Holsten died childless in 1981.
The door to the Royal Hall
.After Anna Sophie was crowned Queen by Frederik IV this room became her audience chamber.The throne stood between the two south facing doors, and according to legend it was equipped with a white canopy in Chinese damask, black silk ribbons and ruffles. Today the old audience chamber has been converted into a library housing most of Clausholm’s comprehensive book collection.
Notice the fireplace in the silver chamber. It shows how Frederik IV was involved in the decoration of Clausholm when he took over the Castle in 1716 from Anna Sophie’s mother. The fireplace is made from marble imported directly from Italy by the King.
The tapestry room
The Japanese room
The gold chamber
The chapel
The chapel
When Anna Sophie died her coffin was placed on the lady-in-waiting’s chair in the chapel on the right hand side of the altar, and it remained there for two months. It was the wish of Anna Sophie’s family that she be buried next to her beloved Frederik IV. But her stepson Christian VI, who disapproved of the marriage, refused . In the end, however, agreement was reached and Anna Sophie was buried in Roskilde Cathedral, the burial place of Frederik IV. But on visiting the cathedral you will notice that Anna Sophie’s grave is at the exact opposite end of the cathedral to Frederik IV’s…
The chapel
The chapel
The chapel
The Royal hall
The Royal hall
The Royal hall
The marble corridor
The blue Chinese room
The Japanese room
The black room
The black room
The marble corridor
The beautiful tapestries are very rare. Only 4 sets of this type are in existence. They were weaved in the Strasbourg area around 1740.
The room with the painted ceilings
The silver chamber
The Queen’s death chamber
The Japanese room
The gold chamber
Anything Chinese was very fashionable when the Dowager Queen Anna Sophie took up residence at Clausholm in 1730. This is evident in the blue Chinese room. However, it is also evident that Denmark was but a European province, and the area around Randers a province in Denmark, for the Chinese decorations were carried out much later than elsewhere in Europe. The blue Chinese room was used as the Queen’s private room..
The library
You may wonder why the ceiling in the Royal Hall is plain when the others are so richly decorated. The reason is quite dramatic. At the end of the 1600s the ceiling in the Royal Hall was adorned with a splendid cupola with round windows. When the King and Queen were in residence at Clausholm the servants would invite the local peasants and charge them to watch the royal meals through the cupola from the roof. But one day the crowd was too big. The ceiling collapsed and bewildered people fell into the royal midst. In fact, one was so badly hurt he died a few days later and another was disabled for life. The King immediately cut short his stay at Clausholm and left for Skanderborg Castle the same night.
You may wonder why the ceiling in the Royal Hall is plain when the others are so richly decorated. The reason is quite dramatic. At the end of the 1600s the ceiling in the Royal Hall was adorned with a splendid cupola with round windows. When the King and Queen were in residence at Clausholm the servants would invite the local peasants and charge them to watch the royal meals through the cupola from the roof. But one day the crowd was too big. The ceiling collapsed and bewildered people fell into the royal midst. In fact, one was so badly hurt he died a few days later and another was disabled for life. The King immediately cut short his stay at Clausholm and left for Skanderborg Castle the same night.