Background
Brita Scheel was the daughter of the Danish chancellor Christen Albretsen Scheel (1603-1659) and Birgitte Rud (1612-1645).
Brita Scheel was the daughter of the Danish chancellor Christen Albretsen Scheel (1603-1659) and Birgitte Rud (1612-1645).
Brita Scheel made herself much talked about by her contemporaries. An incident for which she became renowned occurred during a visit in Själland. During a stay at an inn while travelling, her Coachman was murdered by highwaymen without her notice, and one of them took his place with the intent to attack her out on the road.
During the trip, however, Scheel threw her Garter (stockings) around the neck of the false usher and strangeled him from behind, after which she took over the reinsurance
Foreign this act, she was depicted holding a Garter (stockings)
She lived in Denmark 1669–1679, during which her estate Køgegård was given rights as an independent Jurisdiction area. She was an efficient estate manager.
In 1679–1682, she lived on her estate Vittskövle in Swedish Scania, where she was active in resisting the pacification policy of Sweden over the formerly Danish Scanian province by appointing Danics vicars.