Kjeld Gustav Knuth-Winterfeldt

Count Kjeld Gustav Knuth-Winterfeldt zu Rosendal (born February 17, 1908 in Frederiksberg ; † December 22, 1992 at Gut Rosendal ) was a Danish court marshal , chamberlain and diplomat.

Life

Kjeld Gustav Knuth-Winterfeldt came from the branch line Knuth-Winterfeldt of the Mecklenburg-Danish nobility Knuth . His father Viggo Christian Knuth-Winterfeldt was a bank director and founder of the Knuth-Winterfeldt family. His mother was Anna Eleonora Frederikke Elisabeth Knuth-Winterfeldt, née Holck-Winterfeldt. His brothers were Preben and Eggert Knuth-Winterfeldt .

In 1926 Knuth-Winterfeldt began his studies in Roskilde , in 1931 he graduated as cand. Jur. and became vicar in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . In 1933 he became secretary and in 1935 vice consul in Hamburg . In 1938 he became legation secretary in Tokyo . In 1942 he again served as secretary in the Foreign Ministry. In 1950 Knuth-Winterfeldt was appointed envoy in Buenos Aires and also in Montevideo , La Paz and Santiago de Chile , and in 1951 in Asunción . In 1953 he became head of the foreign ministry, 1956 assistant head of department. In 1954 he became head of the Foreign Ministry's acquisition office. In 1956 he became assistant chief for the economic-political department. In 1957 he became head of the Danish labor delegation in India . In the same year he became ambassador to Ghana , 1958 in Washington , 1965 in Paris , 1966 in Bonn and thus at the same time head of the Danish military mission in West Berlin . In 1972 he became court marshal.

Knuth-Winterfeldt was a Grand Cross Knight of the Dannebrog Order .

Marriage and offspring

On December 8, 1938, Knuth-Winterfeldt married Gertrud Lina Baumann. The marriage had three children, all of whom bear the title of count or countess:

Aksel Ivar Knuth-Winterfeldt (born September 10, 1940 in Copenhagen, † December 31, 1984)
Ditlev Helge Knuth-Winterfeldt
Isabel Suzanne Knuth-Winterfeldt

ancestors

Kjeld Gustav Knuth-Winterfeldt Count of Knuth-Winterfeldt	Viggo Christian Knuth-Winterfeldt, Count of Winterfeldt	Frederik Christian Julius Knuth Count of Knuthenborg	Julius Knuth Count of Knuthenborg
			Georgine Frederikke Vilhelmine Knuth, b. of breath
		Anna Eleonora Frederikke Elisabeth Knuth, b. Holck-Winterfeldt	Gustav Christian Holck-Winterfeldt Count of Winterfeldt
			Christiane Holck-Winterfeldt, b. Danneskiold-Samsøe
	Clara Augusta Ingeborg Knuth-Winterfeldt, b. Greener	Georg Johan Røebye Green Chamberlain	Gustav Grüner Chamberlain
			Mariane Birgitte Grüner, b. Røebye
		Clara Gudrun Grüner, b. Simonsen	?
			?

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SURNAME	Knuth-Winterfeldt, Kjeld Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rosendal, Count Kjeld Gustav Knuth-Winterfeldt to
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish court marshal, chamberlain and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	February 17, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frederiksberg
DATE OF DEATH	22nd December 1992
Place of death	at Gut Rosendal