Eggert Christopher Knuth (1838–1874)

Knuthenborg during Eggert Christopher Knuth's lifetime

Lehnsgraf Eggert Christopher Knuth-Knuthenborg (born October 29, 1838 on Knuthenborg ; † October 18, 1874 ) was a Danish squire.

Knuth was born in 1838 as the son of Frederik Marcus Knuth , the first Danish Foreign Minister, and Karen Knuth, née Rothe, into the Knuth family of counts . In 1856, after the death of his father, Knuth became head of the family and thus Count von Knuthenborg. He had a brief diplomatic career as attaché , chamberlain and court hunter master .

Knuth is the creator of the Knuthenborg as it still looks today. Advised by the English landscape architect Edward Milner, he brought rare plants from all over the world to the estate. The architects HS Sibbern and Vilhelm Tvede were responsible for the many historicizing buildings.

Knuth never married and died childless. He is buried in the Hunseby Kirke cemetery. His younger brother Adam Wilhelm Knuth followed him as liege Count of Knuthenborg.

ancestors

Eggert Christopher Knuth Count of Knuthenborg	Frederik Marcus Knuth Count of Knuthenborg	Eggert Christopher Knuth Count of Knuthenborg	Frederik Knuth Count of Knuthenborg
			Juliane Marie Knuth, b. from Møsting
		Karen F. Knuth, b. Rosenkrantz	Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz First Minister
			Amaile Tugendreich Rosenkrantz, b. from Barner
	Karen Rothe	Carl Adolph Rothe	Tyge Jesper Rothe Mayor of Copenhagen
			Karen Rothe, b. Bjørn
		Benedicte Ulfsparre Rothe, b. de Tuxen	Louis de Tuxen General War Commissioner
			Charlotta Elisabet de Tuxen, b. Rings

Web links

• danskeherregaarde.dk : Knuthenborg , accessed November 10, 2019.
• dantravel.de : Safaripark in Knuthenborg , accessed on November 10, 2019.
• finnholbek.dk : Eggert Christopher greve Knuth-Knuthenborg , accessed on November 10, 2019.

predecessor	Office	successor
Frederik Marcus Knuth	Liege Count of Knuthenborg 1856 - 1874	Adam Wilhelm Knuth