Christopher Knuth

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Christopher Knuth, around 1910

Christopher Adam Valdemar Knuth (born July 3, 1855 in Præstø , † January 12, 1942 in Lilliendal ) was a Danish court hunter and chamberlain .

Life

Knuth was the son of the chamberlain and court hunter Adam Carl Vilhelm Knuth and his wife Wilhelmine, née von Buttlar. In 1874 he became a student. In 1877 he became the tenant of Østergaard, which he remained until 1897. In 1885 he became master hunter and in 1895 director of Sparkasse Præstø . From 1896 to 1916 Knuth was a member of the Præstø District Council. In 1900 he became chamberlain and in 1918 a member of the Landsting.

In 1900 Knuth was made a knight of the Dannebrog Order and in 1910 a Dannebrogmann . In 1938 he received the second class commander.

Marriage and offspring

On August 11, 1881, Knuth married the baroness Ille Ottilde Vilhelmine Lerche (1857–1942). The marriage resulted in seven children, all of whom bore the title of Count or Countess and were all born in Østergaard:

  • Minna Sophie Louise Knuth-Christiansdal (born June 26, 1882 - † April 4, 1984) ⚭ Leaning Baron Hans Heinrich Adam Berner-Schilden-Holsten , Chamberlain (1881–1967)
  • Vilhelmine (Minna) Alexandra Eugine Jenny Knuth-Christiansdal (born November 3, 1884; †?) ⚭ Oscar Ferdinand Hage (1874–1938); ⚭ John Olai Borge (1878–1960)
  • Christian Frederik Knuth-Christiansdal (born March 28, 1886; March 18, 1969)
  • Margrethe Knuth-Christiansdal (* November 12, 1888; †?) ⚭ Godtfred Bruun Neergaard (1884–1954)
  • Otto Christopher Knuth-Christiansdal, til Flintholm (* September 22, 1890; †?)
  • Adam Carl Vilhelm Knuth-Christiansdal (* September 2, 1891; †?)
  • Benedicte Knuth-Christiansdal (* July 25, 1893 - † August 26, 1986 in Copenhagen ) ⚭ Count Frederik Christian Moltke (1870–1946)

ancestors

Adam Christopher Knuth
Count of Christiansdal
Sophie Magdalena Knuth, b. Moltke Wolf von Buchwaldt,
Lord of Neudorf and Farve
Benedicte Charlotte von Buchwaldt, b. Blome ? ? ? ?
Christian Frederik Knuth
Count of Christiansdal
Louise Charlotte Knuth, b. from Buchwaldt ? ?
Adam Knuth til Lilliendal
Count of Christiansdal
Wilhelmine Alexandra Eugenie Catharine Jenny Knuth, b. from Buttlar
Christopher Adam Valdemar Knuth
Count of Christiansdal

literature

Web links

Commons : Christopher Knuth  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Endnotes

  1. Danmarks Nobility Aarbog.
  2. P. Stavnstrup: Christopher Knuth . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 8 : Kjærulf – Levetzow . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1981, ISBN 87-01-77442-5 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).