Henriette Knuth

Countess Henriette Knuth-Knuthenborg (born December 18, 1863 on Jomfruens Egede , at Faxe , † April 25, 1949 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish teacher and Christian functionary.

Life

On his father's side, Knuth came from the Mecklenburg-Danish noble family Knuth . She was the eldest of Frederik Christian Julius Knuth's nine children and his wife Anna Eleonora Frederikke Elisabeth, née. Countess Holck-Winterfeldt. Henriette's youngest brother was the engineer Flemming Knuth .

From 1880 to 1900 Kunth worked as a teacher in a girls' school she ran. From 1901 to 1909 she was the director of the Kristelig Forening for Unge Kvinder , from 1909 to 1929 she was its state chairman. From 1916 to 1935 she was a member of the board of the Danish Mission Society . Later she was a conventual in the Gisselfelder monastery . She was the holder of the Fortjenstmedaljen in gold.

ancestors

Henriette Knuth Countess of Knuthenborg	Frederik Christian Julius Knuth Count of Knuthenborg	Julius Knuth Count of Knuthenborg	Frederik Knuth Count of Knuthenborg
			Juliane Marie Knuth, b. from Møsting
		Georgine Frederikke Vilhelmine Knuth, b. of breath	Johan Christian von Hauch Chamberlain
			Pauline Christiane von Numsen, b. Rye
	Anna Eleonora Frederikke Elisabeth Knuth, b. Holck-Winterfeldt	Gustav Christian Holck-Winterfeldt Count von Holck-Winterfeldt	Flemming Frederik Cai Holck-Winterfeldt Count of Holck-Winterfeldt
			Judith Holck-Winterfeldt, b. de Windt
		Christiane Holck-Winterfeldt, b. Danneskiold-Samsøe prioress	Christian Conrad Sofus Danneskiold-Samsøe Count of Danneskiold-Samsøe
			Johanne Henriette Valentine Danneskiold-Samsøe, née Kaas

literature

Hilda Rømer Christensen : Henriette Knuth (1863-1949) , in: Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon .

Web links

finnholbek.dk: Henriette komtesse Knuth-Knuthenborg , last accessed on September 18, 2019.

Endnotes

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hilda Rømer Christensen : Henriette Knuth (1863–1949) , in: Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon .
↑ ^a ^b finnholbek.dk: Henriette komtesse Knuth-Knuthenborg , last accessed on September 18, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Knuth, Henriette
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Knuth-Knuthenborg, Henriette (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish teacher and Christian functionary
DATE OF BIRTH	December 18, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jomfruens Egede , Denmark
DATE OF DEATH	April 25, 1949
Place of death	Copenhagen

[kbl-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hilda Rømer Christensen : Henriette Knuth (1863–1949) , in: Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon .

[fh-2] ↑ ^a ^b finnholbek.dk: Henriette komtesse Knuth-Knuthenborg , last accessed on September 18, 2019.