Peter Johansen Neergaard (1769–1835)


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 1788.

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 1788. 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, Fuglebjerg 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 in 1830-35, He was a land commissioner (landvæsenskommissær( in Sorø County. He was appointed as 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 and later owner of Aagaard 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: