Adam Christoph von Knuth

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Adam Christoph von Knuth

Liege Count Adam Christoph von Knuth (also Adam Christoph Knuth von Knuthenborg ; Danish: Adam Christopher Knuth-Knuthenborg ; born September 28, 1687 ; † January 23, 1736 in Knuthenborg ) was a Danish chamberlain , privy councilor and first liege count of Knuthenborg.

Life

Knuth was born in 1687 as the eighth of eleven children of Eckhard Christoph von Knuth , Count von Knuth and Søster von Knuths . 1705 to 1707 he studied at the knight academy in Copenhagen . In 1714, at the instigation of his mother, he was raised to the rank of count and in 1723 founded the county of Knuthenborg. Therefore he sold his Mecklenburg goods to the Mecklenburg-Strelitz court master von Ferber. In 1727 he received the Dannebrogden and in 1731 became a privy councilor .

Marriages and offspring

On June 26, 1713 he married in Vor Frue Kirke Hedevig Ulrikke Luxdorph, daughter of Bolle Luxdorph. She died on January 21, 1720. With the marriage he was able to appropriate Sørup . From the marriage came:

  • Countess Frederikke Louise Knuth (born January 14, 1720 in Copenhagen; † February 21, 1793), married to feudal baron Vilhelm Güldencrone

On December 16, 1721 Knuth married Ida Margrethe von Reventlow (1701–1757), daughter of the privy councilor Ditlev Reventlow . He had eight children with her:

  • Liege Count Eggert Christopher (1722–1776)
  • Countess Ulrikke (born August 10, 1723, † March 28, 1741 in Knuthenborg)
  • Baron Ditlev (born June 2, 1726 in Copenhagen, † May 7, 1727 in Knuthenborg)
  • Baron Frederik Gustav (1727–1750)
  • Lehnsbaron Christian Friderich (1728–1801), founder of the Christiansdal line
  • Lehnsbaron Conrad Detlev (1730–1805), founder of the Conradsborg line
  • Countess Sophie Magdalene (* July 15, 1732 in Flensburg; † May 7, 1790 in Copenhagen), married to Georg Frederik von Holstein (1717–1772)
  • Baron Adam Levin Knuth (born March 31, 1735 in Knuthenborg, † February 11, 1737 in Knuthenborg)

ancestors

Adam Christoph von Knuth
Count of Knuthenborg 		Eckhard Christoph von Knuth,
Count of Knuth 		Jacob Ernst von Knuth
Herr auf Leizen and Priborn 		Wentzloff IV by Knuth
Herr on Leizen, Priborn, Spitzkuhn and Melz
Anna von Knuth
Elisabeth von Knuth, b. from Morin Henneke the Younger from Morin
Lord on ladle
Katharine von Morin, b. from Wolde
Søster von Knuth , b. Lark
administrator of Knuthenborg 		Cornelius Pedersen Lerche
Bailiff of Lolland and Falster 		Peder Nielsen
Sidsel Nielsen, b. Knudsdatter
Anne Kristine Henriksdatter Lerche, b. Friis Henrik Friis
Margrethe Friis, b. Klaumann

literature

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Endnotes

  1. ^ A b Friedrich Ludwig Anton Hörschelmann: Friedrich Ludwig Anton Hörschelmann's genealogical nobility history , first part of the first volume, Erfurt 1772, p. 106.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g finnholbek.dk : Adam Christopher greve Knuth-Knuthenborg , accessed on November 9, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b Danmarks Adels Aarbog , 1887, p. 257.
predecessor Office successor
Christian Frederik von Knuth Head of the House of Knuth-Knuthenborg
1697 - 1736 		Eggert Christopher Knuth
predecessor Office successor
Office newly created Lehnsgraf of Knuthenborg
1723 - 1736 		Eggert Christopher Knuth
personal data
SURNAME Knuth, Adam Christoph von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knuth-Knuthenborg, Adam Christopher; Knuth-Knuthenborg, Adam Christopher von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish landowner and liege count
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1687
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1736
Place of death Knuthenborg