Mads Eriksen Bølle


Mads Eriksen Bølle was a Danish privy councillor, landowner and fiefholder. He was during the Count's Feud in opposition to Christian III and the introduction of Protestantism but was after the Reformation nonetheless allowed to keep his fiefs.

Early life

Bølle was the son of Erik Madsen Bølle and Anne Sivertsdatter Blaa. He was the brother of Ejler Eriksen Bølle.

Holdings

He inherited Orebygaard on Lolland and Fuglsang Manor after his mother's death. Prio to her death in 1495, he was queen Dorothea's lensmand at Haraldsborg. In 1500, he was by the Bishopric of Roskilde granted Hjortholm in North Zealand as a fief. In 1505, Bishop Johan Jepsen Ravensberg, a relative, granted him Tureby, Spanager and Egby for life for himself, his wife and his son Erik. In 1507. he was also granted St. Agnetes' Priory in Roskilde.

Career

Bølle was from at least 1512 a member of the Privy Council and was knighted by Christian II. In 1523, he participated in Frederick I's siege of Copenhagen. When Christian II attempted to reclaim the thrones in 1531, he was involved in his arrest in Copenhagen as well as the return of the Church of Our Lady to the Catholic church.
During the Count's Feud, he sided Count Christoffer, but was nonetheless, together with his son, Erik, from January 1535 held in captivity in Copenhagen. In early 1536, they were sent to Mecklenburg. after Copenhagen's surrender, he was handed over to Christian II. He was pardoned by a revers of 27 October the same year. He was allowed to keep his fiefs but lost his seat in the Priby Council. In 1536, Christian III granted him Tersløsegaard-

Personal life

Bølle married Birgitte Clausdatter Daa of Ravnstrup. They had two children, Erik Madsen Bølle, himself a member of the Pricy Council, and a fiefholder, and a daughter, Dorthe, who married Knud Rud of Vedbygård.
Bølle died before 14 November 1539 and is buried in Tureby Church.