Conrad Detlev Knuth
Leaning baron Conrad Detlev Knuth-Conradsborg zu Rubiergard , Gottesgabe and Fritzholm (Danish Conrad Ditlev lensbaron Knuth-Conradsborg til Rudbjerggård, Gottesgabe og Fredsholm ; * February 20, 1730 in Copenhagen ; † September 13, 1805 ) was a Danish chamberlain, privy councilor and founder of the Knuth-Conradsborg line.
Life
Conrad Detlev Knuth came from the ancient noble family Knuth and was the fourth son of the chamberlain and privy councilor Adam Christoph von Knuth and his second wife Ida Margrethe Knuth, nee. Reventlow.
In 1740 Knuth began his training at the knight academy in Sorø . In 1743 he became an assessor at Højesteret , in 1748 he was "assessor auscultans" and later he was given a seat at Højesteret.
On August 2, 1743 Knuth received the baron patent for Conradsborg . On November 28, 1757 he was appointed chamberlain. On January 29, 1767 he received the Ordre de l'union parfaite . On January 29, 1769 he was made a white knight. In 1776 he was appointed privy councilor.
Marriage and offspring
On April 27, 1757 Knuth married Countess Conradine Augusta Reventlow (born November 12, 1736 in Svendborg , † September 27, 1809 in Maribo ) in Brahetrolleborg Slot.
The marriage had seven children, all of whom bore the title of baron or baroness:
- Frederikke Juliane Christine (born November 28, 1756 in Copenhagen; † February 9, 1789 in Maribo) ⚭ Søren Heiberg von Ely, Higher War Commissioner (1747–1805)
- Adam Christopher (born May 28, 1759 in Copenhagen; † 1807 ibid)
- Christiane Margrethe Ditlevine (born August 11, 1760 in Copenhagen, † April 20, 1799 in Odense )
- Carl Conrad Gustav (born November 20, 1761 in Copenhagen, † December 20, 1815 in Maribo)
- Charlotte Amalie (born June 14, 1762; † February 13, 1824 in Copenhagen) ⚭ Henrich August Flindt (1756–1826)
- Ottonia Frederikke (* 1763; † 1765)
- Ida Christiane Margrethe (* July 20, 1756 in Sorø; † May 13, 1850)
ancestors
Conrad Detlev Knuth Baron von Conradsborg |
Adam Christoph von Knuth Count of Knuthenborg |
Eckhard Christoph von Knuth, Count of Knuth |
Jacob Ernst von Knuth Herr auf Leizen and Priborn |
Elisabeth von Knuth, b. from Morin | |||
Søster von Knuth , b. Lark administrator of Knuthenborg |
Cornelius Pedersen Lerche Bailiff of Lolland and Falster |
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Anne Kristine Henriksdatter Lerche, b. Friis | |||
Ida Margrethe von Knuth, b. by Reventlow |
Ditlev Reventlow Privy Councilor |
Henning Reventlow bailiff of Sonderburg , Svavested and Flensburg |
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Margarethe Reventlow, b. from Rumohr | |||
Magdalene Sibylla, b. Countess of the Nath | ? | ||
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Web links
- Santasilia Skeel-Schaffalitzky: Conrad Detlev baron Knuth-Conradsborg, til baroniet Conradsborg, accessed on November 27, 2018.
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SURNAME | Knuth, Conrad Detlev |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Knuth-Conradsborg zu Rudbjerggaard Gottesgabe and Fredsholm, Conrad Detlev (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish chamberlain and privy councilor |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1730 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1805 |