Peter Johansen Neergaard
Peter Johansen Neergaard was a Danish landowner. He was one of the largest landowners of his time in Denmark. His father was ennobled under the name de Neergaard in 1780.
Early life
Neergaard was born at Tølløsegård, the eldest son of kancelliråd Johan Thomas Neergaard and Anna Joachimine Qvistgaard. His father was ennobled by letters patent in 1780. Neergaard graduated in law from the University of Copenhagen in 1790.Property
Peter Johansen Neergaard was the owner of the estates Ringsted Abbey, Kærup, Merløsegaard, Gyldenholm, Førslev, Gunderslevholm, Kastrup, Fuglebjerggaard and Fodbygård, Det Plessenske fideikommis, Gerdrup, Lyngbygård, Fuglsang, Priorskov, Nørlund, Torstedlund and Albæk.He was a co-founder of the Store Larsbjørnsstræde Sugar Refinery in 1803.
He managed to get through the crisis of the 1820s with most of his estates and divided them between his sons from 1830 to 1835, He was a land commissioner in Sorø County. He was appointed kammerråd in 1793, justitsråd in 1803 and etatsråd in 1819.
Personal life
Neergaard married twice. His first wife was Elisabeth Jacobine Vilhelmine Mourier, a daughter of supercargo Pierre Paul Ferdinand Mourier and Elisabeth Cornelia Courtonne. They married on 25 August 1794 in the French Reformed Church in Copenhagen.Three children survived childhood:
- Johan Ferdinand de Neergaard, who owned Fuglsang, Priorskov and Lindersvold
- Carl de Neergaard, who owned Gunderslevholm and Kastrupgaard
- Peter Johansen de Neergaard, who owned Førslev, Fuglebjerg, Mejlgaard and Faarevejle.
- Elisabeth Vilhelmine Jacobine de Neergaard
- Peter Christopher de Neergaard, who owned Julianeholm, Aunsbjerg, Sjørslev
- Johan Thomas de Neergaard
- Victor Amadeus de Neergaard, who owned Olufskjær