Adam Levin I of Knuth

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Adam Levin I. von Knuth (born April 18, 1681 , † March 21, 1751 ) was a Mecklenburg Privy Councilor and founder of the Mecklenburg line of the ancient noble house of Knuth . He was the master of Ludorf, Gneve and Zülow.

Life

Adam Levin I was born as the son of the commissioner Joachim Friedrich von Knuth and his wife Christine, née von Wancken.

On March 8, 1701, Adam Levin I became second lieutenant and in Polish pay in Saxony. On January 9, 1703 he became Premier Lieutenant in the Grenadier Corps. On May 18, 1706 he received his departure with the character of a captain . He later became a Mecklenburg Privy Councilor.

Marriages and offspring

Adam Levin I married his paternal cousin Cornelia von Knuth (* after February 19, 1684; † 1736), daughter of Eckhard Christoph von Knuth , in 1707 . The marriage had six children:

  • Eggert Christoph von Knuth (* 1709; † 1752)
  • Joachim Friedrich von Knuth (* 1710; † 1757)
  • Adam Levin von Knuth, on Siebenhau
  • Elisabetha Christiana († 1746)
  • Hedwig Maria von Knuth ⚭ Major General Thedel Bodo von Kniestedt (1697–1775)
  • Charlotte Sophie von Knuth ⚭ Lord of Oldenburg

After the death of his first wife, he married Sophie Elisabeth von Kamptz on January 4, 1738 (* April 17, 1708; † May 18, 1795). His second wife gave birth to Adam Levin I, son Jacob Ernst von Knuth (* 1739). This was councilor of the ducal justice chancellery in Wolfenbüttel.

ancestors

Adam Levin I. von Knuth
Herr auf Ludorf, Gneve and Zülow 		Joachim Friedrich von Knuth
Herr auf Leizen 		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 Morin, married. from Knuth Henneke the Younger from Morin
Lord on ladle
Katharine von Wolde, married. from Morin
Christine von Wancken, married. from Knuth Joachim von Wancken
Herr auf Jürgendorf 		?
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Dorothea von Hein, married. from Wancken ?
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literature

  • Gerhard Fridrich Albrecht: Genealogical Handbook , Frankfurt am Main 1776.
  • Friedrich Ludwig Anton Hoerschelmann: Genealogical nobility history. Volume 1, part 1. Erfurt 1772.
  • Johann Wilhelm Franz von Krohne (Ed.): General Teutsches Adels-Lexicon. Volume 1, part 2. Hamburg 1776.

Web links

Endnotes

  1. ↑ After Albrecht 1679.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Friedrich Ludwig Anton Hoerschelmann: Genealogical Adelshistorie. Volume 1, part 1. Erfurt 1772, p. 105.
  3. ↑ a b c d e finnholbek : Adam Levin von Knuth, til Ludorf, Gneve og Zülow , September 19, 2012, accessed on November 10, 2019.
  4. ^ Baron Johann Wilhelm Franz von Krohne (ed.): General Teutsches Adels-Lexicon , Hamburg 1776, p. 192.
personal data
SURNAME Knuth, Adam Levin I. von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mecklenburg privy councilor and founder of the Mecklenburg line of the traditional Knuth family
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1681
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1751