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 |
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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 |
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Judith Holck-Winterfeldt, b. de Windt | |||
Christiane Holck-Winterfeldt, b. Danneskiold-Samsøe prioress |
Christian Conrad Sofus Danneskiold-Samsøe Count of Danneskiold-Samsøe |
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Johanne Henriette Valentine Danneskiold-Samsøe, née Kaas |
literature
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 | |
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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 |