Adam Levin I of Knuth
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 |
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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
- finnholbek : Adam Levin von Knuth, til Ludorf, Gneve og Zülow , September 19, 2012, accessed on November 10, 2019.
Endnotes
- ↑ After Albrecht 1679.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Friedrich Ludwig Anton Hoerschelmann: Genealogical Adelshistorie. Volume 1, part 1. Erfurt 1772, p. 105.
- ↑ a b c d e finnholbek : Adam Levin von Knuth, til Ludorf, Gneve og Zülow , September 19, 2012, accessed on November 10, 2019.
- ^ Baron Johann Wilhelm Franz von Krohne (ed.): General Teutsches Adels-Lexicon , Hamburg 1776, p. 192.
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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 |