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- Ebbe Skjalmsen Hvide * ab. 1085 + 1151. Ebbe was a son of Skjalm Hvide and Signe Asbjørnsdatter. He appears in history in 1131 for the first time, when he together with his brothers had Knud Lavard's body brought from Haraldsted to the more stately Ringsted - and he raised the Zealanders in order to revenge his fosterbrother's murder. During the subsequent civil war (1131-1157) Ebbe Skjalmsen stood together with Erik Emune, and he was also among Erik Lam's highly trusted men.
Ebbe Skjalmsen is signatory to a special licence issued by Erik Lam by the Archbishop of Lund in 1145. He is here mentioned as one of the king's men. Furthermore he was a faithful supporter of Svend Grathe, who appointed him army commander in the newly fortificated Roskilde. Svend's rival to the throne Knud Magnussen tried together with a man named Sune to tempt people in Roskilde to desertion, but Ebbe cunningly got Sune in his power, and Knud's plan failed. Later Knud succeeded in taking Roskilde by surprise. Ebbe escaped, but he couldn't prevent Knud from ravaging and burning down his Roskilde estate.
According to Saxo Ebbe had a strong influence upon Svend, who always complied with him in both war and peace, as well as in public and in private relations, and when Svend received the news that Ebbe had died (1151), he was so overcome with grief that he discontinued an expedition against Knud Magnussen. Ebbe's later successor as army commander was his brother-in-law Peder Torstensen, who was married to Cæcilia Skjalmsdatter.
Bjernede Church is the only round church on Sjælland. It is built like a massive, impregnable, early medieval fortification. Built 1125-1175 by two wellknown men from Denmark's history: Skjalm Hvide's son and grandson, Ebbe Skjalmsen and Sune Ebbesen. The round church represents the meeting between the early church buildings' granite and the bricks introduced in the 1160s. In Latin above the entrance in the porch is said ' Ebbe Skjalmsen and his wife Ragnhild built this church which his son Sune later raised in stone in the honor of God, St. Maria and St. Laurentius'. This was during the period 1125-1175. It was assumed that Ebbe built a wooden church, and that Sune started building in granite, lifting it one storey more in the new brick technique introduced in the 1160s.
Ebbe's first wife was Gyda, his second wife Ragnhild. She is also named Ragnhild of Denmark; she brought much property into the marriage and must have been from a rich family. Ebbe and Ragnhild lived upon a farm in Bjernede near Fjenneslevlille; but Ebbe had much property elsewhere upon Sjælland besides his house in Roskilde. He also owned Knardrup by Ganløse, and today there are two villages named Ebberup by Bjernede.
Ebbe is known to have four sons and two daughters. The sources about 'who's the mother to whom' are uncertain, but Ebbe's eldest son was Toke, who died after having given half of his estate to Sorø. Another son was Fin, who died at about the same time. A memorial stone is placed in the wall of Bjernede church for 'Fin, Ebbe's son'. A third son (name?) lived much longer, but the most famous son was Sune Ebbesen, who was the father of the seven 'Sune-sons'.
Ebbe's daughters were Margrethe Ebbesdatter and Gythe(Gyde) Ebbesdatter, * ab. 1140, + 1160, who was married to the very rich Oluf Glug of Bavelse.
Ebbe Skjalmsen is considered first ancestor of the Galen- family. He is buried in Sorø.
After 1151 all four Skjalm-sons had died, Toke before 1150, Asser and Ebbe in 1151 and Sune in 1152. Asser's wife, fru Inge still lived in 1157.
Bastruptårnet/The Bastrup Tower is a circular tower house with a diameter of 21 meters, the wall is 6 meters wide. Built in the first half of the 1100s. From the strong fortification building is only preserved the cellar storey. It is built by travertine and granite boulders. Heavy logs have supported the two or three storeys of the tower. The tower was part of a defense line across Sjælland. Erik Ejegod built a church in Slangerup had probably a 'kongsgård' there. Ebbe of Bastrup, who gave witness in a deed of gift from king Niels, was possibly the same as Ebbe Skjalmsen, who was responsible for this fortification tower. The church in Jørlunde was possibly also built by the Hvide-family.
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Abt 1080 - 1151 (70 years)