 Per Brahe the Younger died in 1680, and his successor Count was considerably less interested in the fate of the castle.Soon thereafter, Brahehus was confiscated to the crown in the Great Reduction of Charles XI, and much of the movables were auctioned in Jönköping 1697–1702.On 29 September 1708, a fire broke out in the nearby village of , which quickly spread to and consumed Brahehus.