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After the monastery was closed in 2012, Sostrup was sold on 1 June 2014 to sister and brother
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223:(1410-1430) Gertrud Svendsdatter Udsen married, in 1410, (1) to Jens Ovesen Kaas
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262:(1631-1640) Jytte Eskesdatter Brock married Skeel
229:(1464-1485) Tom Jensen Kaas / Anders Nielsen Munk
268:(1688-1695) Jørgen Christensen Skeel (1656-1695)
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316:(1952-1960) Harald Mark (the castle building)
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310:(1950-1952) Company (the castle building)
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33:South view of Sostrup Castle in Denmark.
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