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complained that she was guilty of unauthorized trade in the town's market rights (so-called "landprang"), and that she kept a tent at markets, selling German beer and other items. As was often the case with strong and independent women of the time, Skeel was met with various accusations of greed,
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in 1565, and her younger sister, Dorte Skeel (1547–1578), died in childbirth in 1578. On 31 August 1560, at
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