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Vallø stift or Det Adelige Stift Vallø for ugifte døtre (Noble Vallø Foundation for Unmarried Daughters), was a Danish foundation to the support of unmarried female nobles. It functioned as a Stift or Protestant convent for unmarried female nobles from 1738 to 1810. It also consisted of its own county, Vallø county.
History
The foundation was made by the queen of Denmark, Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, in 1737, and the convent was inaugurated the following year. It functioned as a convent for unmarried Protestant women from noble or princely houses, who resided at Vallø Castle. Until 1810, the convent was headed by an abbess, who were to be of a princely house. The abbess had the right to appoint the vicars in the parishes belonging to the county of the stift. She was assisted by a prioress with the title dekanesse.