 The Priory of Our Lady was established in 1430 for a group of Carmelite friars from Landskrona.It was one of three religious houses founded in Helsingør by King Erik VII as it grew from a small fishing village to a trading port on Øresund, the strait which separates Zealand from Skåne, an important fishing ground and busy shipping corridor between the North Sea and the Baltic.Erik VII, the heir of Margaret I, needed funds and his new toll on shipping was a source of steady income.