Carl Conrad Gustav Knuth

Leaning baron Carl Conrad Gustav Knuth-Conradsborg zu Rudbjerggaard, Fredsholm and Gottesgabe (born November 20, 1761 in Copenhagen , † December 20, 1815 at Rudbjerggård ) was a Danish postal director and chamberlain .

Life

Carl Conrad Gustav Knuth came from the ancient noble family Knuth and was the eldest son of the court hunter and Højesteretassessor Conrad Detlev Knuth and Conradine Augusta Knuth, née Reventlow . In 1783 Knuth became a chamberlain, in 1785 he graduated as a cand.jur. and became an auscultant in the Rentekammeret . In 1801 he became third director in the general post office and member of the post office pension fund management. In 1802 Knuth became chamberlain and second director. 1804 became the head of the department for Danish postal affairs. In 1808 Knuth took part in the negotiations on the abolition of the Danish post office in Hamburg . In 1809 he said goodbye after several years of illness and retired to his Dutch estates Fredsholm, Gottesgabe and Rudbjerggård.

Marriages and offspring

On February 23, 1766 Knuth married Susanna le Sage de Fontenay in the Holmens Kirke in Copenhagen . The court hunter Carl Conrad Gustav Knuth (1796–1855) came from the marriage .

On March 22, 1815 Knuth married Christiane Louise Humble in Tillitse .

ancestors

Carl Conrad Gustav Knuth Baron von Conradsborg	Conrad Detlev Knuth Baron von Conradsborg	Adam Christoph von Knuth Count of Knuthenborg	Eckhard Christoph von Knuth, Count of Knuth
			Søster von Knuth , b. Lark administrator of Knuthenborg
		Ida Margrethe von Knuth, b. by Reventlow	Ditlev Reventlow Privy Councilor
			Magdalene Sibylla, b. Countess of the Nath
	Conradine Augusta Knuth, b. Reventlow	Conrad Detlev von Reventlow Count von Reventlow	Christian Detlev von Reventlow Count von Reventlow
			Benedicte Margrethe, b. by Brockdorff
		Wilhelmine Augusta von Reventlow, b. from Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön	Christian Karl of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg
			Dorothea Christina von Karlstein , b. from Aichelberg

literature

GL Wad: Knuth, Carl Conrad Gustav . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 9 : Jyde – Køtschau . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1895, p. 297 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Royal Danish court and state calendar for the year 1847. Along with a genealogical directory.

Web links

roskilde history: Knuth baron af Conradsborg.

Footnotes

↑ Court and State Calendar , p. 139.

personal data
SURNAME	Knuth, Carl Conrad Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Knuth-Conradsborg zu Rudbjerggaard, Fredsholm and Gottesgabe, Carl Conrad Gustav (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish post director and chamberlain
DATE OF BIRTH	November 20, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH	Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH	December 20, 1815
Place of death	Rudbjerggård

[1] Court and State Calendar , p. 139.