 The house was designed by Ulrik Plesner for King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine and completed in 1914.It is now owned and run by a trust and serves as a retreat for artists and scientists.When Prince Christian married Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin at a low-key ceremony in Cannes in 1898, the couple was given Marselisborg Palace just south of Aarhus as a summer residence by Aarhus Municipality.