Johan Heinrich Knuth

Johan Heinrich "Henrik" Knuth-Knuthenborg , liege count of Knuthenborg-Gyldensteen (born August 22, 1746 at Gyldensteen Castle, Norre Sandager, Odense , Denmark ; † July 12, 1802 ) was a Danish landowner, chamberlain and privy councilor .

Life

Johan Heinrich Knuth came from the Mecklenburg- Danish noble family Knuth . His parents were the monastery administrator Eggert Christopher Knuth and his wife Marguerithe Knuth, née de Monteleone.

Count Knuth was feudal lord of the counties Knuthenborg and Gyldensteen. In 1772 he became chamberlain, in 1777 a white knight . From 1780 to 1783 he was ambassador to Dresden .

From 1790 to 1802 he was bailiff of the Faroe Islands , based in Copenhagen , and from 1796 to 1799 he was also bailiff of Roskilde and Zealand . From 1800 to 1802 he was bailiff of Copenhagen. Since Knuth died without male descendants, Knuth's property passed to his younger brother Frederik Knuth after his death .

Marriage and offspring

On February 26, 1772 Knuth married Konstantia Countess von Cosel (1756-1804) in Dresden. The marriage had five children:

Countess Constantia (Constance) Frederikke Henriette Knuth-Knuthenborg (born December 17, 1772 in Gyldensteen; † June 9, 1827 in Lübeck ), heiress of Gyldensteen, ⚭ Count Johan Hartvig Ernst Bernstorff (1767–1791), ⚭ Imperial Count Friedrich Carl August Alexander Heinrich Stolberg-Stolberg (1769–1805), ∞ Imperial Count Friedrich Carl Christian Rantzau (1769–1847)
Countess Isidora Margrethe Knuth-Knuthenborg (February 26, 1774; † 1845 in Dresden) ⚭ Count Johann Adolph vom Loss (1768-1852)
Count Eggert Christopher Knuth-Knuthenborg (September 24, 1775 - August 18, 1781)
Countess Frederikke Christiane Knuth-Knuthenborg (born July 15, 1777 in Gyldensteen, † 1861 in Odense ) ⚭ Knud Frederik Juel zu Juelsberg (1766–1847)
Countess Louise Charlotte Knuth-Knuthenborg (July 16, 1780; † April 11, 1860 in Moesgaard) ⚭ feudal baron Frederik Julius Christian Gyldenkrone zu Vilhelmsborg and Marselisborg (1765–1824)

ancestors

Johan Heinrich Knuth Count of Knuthenborg	Eggert Christopher Knuth Count of Knuthenborg	Adam Christoph von Knuth Count of Knuthenborg	Eckhard Christoph von Knuth, Count of Knuth
			Søster von Knuth , b. Lark administrator of Knuthenborg
		Ida Margrethe von Knuth	Ditlev Reventlow Lord to Höltenklinken
			Magdalene Sibylla Reventlow Countess von der Nath
	Marguerithe Maurice Francoise Isidore Isidore Marquise Casado de Monteleone	Antonio Casado Margrave of Monteleone	Henning Reventlow Lord of Hemmelmark and Ekernförde
			Margarethe Reventlow
		Marguérite Huguetan Casado, b. Countess of Gyldensten	Jean Henri Huguetan Count von Gyldensten
			Susanne von Gyldensten, b. Testas

Web links

literature

Det Kongelige Danske Selskab for Fœdrelandets Historie og Sprog (ed.): Magazin til den Danske Adels Historie , 1st volume, Copenhagen 1824.

Endnotes

↑ finnholbek.dk .
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predecessor	Office	successor
Gregers Kristian von Haxthausen	Bailiff of the Faroe Islands 1790 - 1802	Frederik von Hauch
Werner Jasper Andreas von Moltke	Bailiff of Roskilde 1796 - 1799	Michael Treschow
Eggert Christopher Knuth	Count of Knuthenborg 1776 - 1802	Frederik Knuth

personal data
SURNAME	Knuth, Johan Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Johan Heinrich Lehnsgraf Knuth-Gyldensteen from Knuthenborg to County Knuthenborg and County Gyldensteen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish landowner, chamberlain and privy councilor
DATE OF BIRTH	August 22, 1746
PLACE OF BIRTH	at Gyldensteen Castle, Norre Sandager, Odense
DATE OF DEATH	July 12, 1802

[1] finnholbek.dk .

[2] finnholbek.dk .

[3] Ibid.

[4] Ibid.

[5] Ibid.

[6] Ibid.

[7] Ibid.