Eggert Christopher Knuth (1722–1776)

Eggert Christopher Knuth

Lehnsgraf Eggert Christopher Knuth-Knuthenborg (also Eggert Christoffer , born October 20, 1722 in Knuthenborg , † February 26, 1776 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish privy councilor , chamberlain and canon of Zealand .

Life

Knuth came from the Mecklenburg nobility family Knuth and was born in 1722 as the son of Adam Christoph von Knuths . He had the two younger brothers Christian Friderich Knuth and Conrad Detlev Knuth . In 1738 he became chamberlain and captain and in 1743 he was employed by the royal bodyguard . In 1749 he became adjutant general to the king, but in 1751 he resigned as a colonel from the army. He then became assessor at Højesteret and in 1759 a privy councilor.

In 1754 Knuth became a knight of the Dannebrogden . In 1774 he received the Elephant Order . He was also the holder of the Ordre de l'union parfaite .

Marriages and offspring

On February 5, 1742 he married Marguerithe Maurice Francoise Isidore Isidore Marquise Casado de Monteleone in the Hunseby Kirke , who died on May 7, 1752. The marriage had three children:

Christiane Sophie Frederikke Knuth (* 1743 in Copenhagen, † 1790 in Hamburg)
Charlotte Louise Knuth (1745–1812) ⚭ Count Carl von Görtz (1733–1797)
Johan Heinrich Knuth (1746–1802)

Knuth married Marie Numsen on October 20, 1752. She died on May 4, 1765. The marriage had two children:

Frederikke Juliane Marie Knuth (born February 25, 1755 - † April 27, 1804 in Holbæk) ⚭ Baron Michael Herman Løvenskiold (1751–1807)
Frederik Knuth (1760-1818)

On September 9, 1765 Knuth married the Countess Eleonore Louise Caroline Moltke in Christiansborg Slotskirke . The marriage remained childless.

Knuth is buried in the Hunseby Kirke. All of his children were born counts or countess.

ancestors

Eggert Christopher Knuth Count of Knuthenborg	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
		Søster von Knuth Manager of Knuthenborg	Cornelius Pedersen Lerche Bailiff of Lolland and Falster
			Søster Fuiren
	Ida Margrethe von Knuth	Ditlev Reventlow Lord to Höltenklinken	Henning Reventlow Lord of Hemmelmark and Ekernförde
			Margarethe Reventlow
		Magdalene Sibylla Reventlow Countess von der Nath	?
			?

literature

Det Kongelige Danske Selskab for Fœdrelandets Historie og Sprog (Hrsg.): Magazin til den Danske Adels Historie. Volume 1, Copenhagen 1824, pp. 269, 336-337, 357 ( babel.hathitrust.org ).
Louis Bobé : Knuth, Eggert Christoffer . 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. 298-299 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
Grev Eggert Christopher K. (1722-76) . In: Christian Blangstrup (Ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 14 : Kirkeskov – Kvadratrix . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1923, p. 223 (Danish, runeberg.org - In the family article).
S. Nygård: Eggert 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 ).

Web links

Commons : Eggert Christopher Knuth (1722-1776) - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

finnholbek.dk : Eggert Christopher greve Knuth-Knuthenborg
reventlow.dk : Eggert Christopher Knuth

Endnotes

↑ Louis Bobe : Knuth, Eggert Christoffer . 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. 298-299 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
↑ Danske Adels History. P. 357.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ finnholbek.dk : Eggert Christopher greve Knuth-Knuthenborg , accessed on November 10, 2019.

predecessor	Office	successor
Adam Christoph von Knuth	Liege Count of Knuthenborg 1736 - 1776	Johan Heinrich Knuth
Holger Skeel	Mayor of Zealand March 27, 1764 - February 26, 1776	Henrik Adam Brockenhuus

personal data
SURNAME	Knuth, Eggert Christopher
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Knuth-Knuthenborg, Eggert Christopher (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish squire and mayor
DATE OF BIRTH	October 20, 1722
PLACE OF BIRTH	on Knuthenborg
DATE OF DEATH	February 26, 1776
Place of death	Copenhagen

[1] Louis Bobe : Knuth, Eggert Christoffer . 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. 298-299 (Danish, runeberg.org ).

[2] Danske Adels History. P. 357.

[FH-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ finnholbek.dk : Eggert Christopher greve Knuth-Knuthenborg , accessed on November 10, 2019.