Eggert Christoffer Knuth

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Liege Count Eggert Christoffer Knuth-Knuthenborg (born February 27, 1882 in Knuthenborg , † March 19, 1920 in Algiers ) was a Danish landlord and liege count of Knuthenborg.

Knuth was born in Knuthenborg in 1882 as the second of four children into the Mecklenburg-Danish count family Knuth . His mother Margarethe died in 1887 a few days after the birth of their fourth child. A year later, Knuth's father Adam Wilhelm died and Eggert became liege-count of Knuthenborg at the age of six. Knuth was later the patron of the Lolland-Falsters-Stiftsmuseum and chairman of the Landbostandens Sparekasse in Maribo .

Marriages and offspring

On July 6, 1903, Knuth was married to Sylvia Pio, daughter of Louis Pios , whom he had met in 1902 at a ball in Florida . Even then, his wife was an important social democratic figure in Denmark. The marriage was then considered spectacular and only lasted for a short time. On December 30, 1912, the two were divorced.

The marriage had two children:

  • Frederik Marcus Knuth (1904–1970)
  • Eva Knuth (1911–1959) ⚭ Juan Antonio Abad Sedillo, Colonel (1902–?), ⚭ Count Erik Otto Sigismund Ahlefeldt-Laurvig (1880–1967), ⚭ Herbert Oscar Begtrup Møller, banker (1901-?)

In 1917 Knuth married Anne Margrethe Wennerwald (1894–1976), daughter of the painter Emil Wennerwald , in Østofte Kirke . The marriage remained childless.

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predecessor Office successor
Adam Wilhelm Knuth Liege Count of Knuthenborg
1888 - 1920 		Frederik Marcus Knuth
personal data
SURNAME Knuth, Eggert Christoffer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knuth-Knuthenborg, Eggert Christoffer (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish landlord and liege count of Knuthenborg
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH on Knuthenborg
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1920
Place of death Algiers