The mezzanine was originally a defense corridor was arranged. This can be clearly seen from the outside behind the row of small windows. Later, this level was converted into residential space, where part of the staff could now stay. In the second half of the 19th century, proper living areas, lounges, and rooms were established – including linen and ironing rooms, modernized guest rooms, an archive, a storage room, a maid’s room, a chambermaid’s room, and a servant’s room. There was even an apple room where Baroness Camille and Miss Marie Bahneberg could store the year’s harvest during the 1870s.
Later, these were supplemented with an emperor’s room with portraits of French emperors, a billiard room for Count Julius, and a reading room for his son Preben. Incidentally, this later became Count Preben’s guest room when he visited the castle in the early 20th century.

The staff at Egeskov was very numerous in the 19th century, and here we can highlight a number of important positions: the maidservants, the head housekeeper, the kitchenmaids, henchmen, garden keepers, the servants, the steward, the barn overseer and several additional maids, among others. The operation and the number of staff grew steadily throughout the century until the final decades, which mark the castle’s heyday. Several employees can be traced through generations; one noteworthy example is the stonemason Harald Nielsen from Volstrup, who was still part of Egeskov in the 1960s – Harald’s family has demonstrably worked at Egeskov in an unbroken line since 1665!