Knuth (noble family)

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Knuth is the name of an ancient Mecklenburg noble family , a line was established in Denmark and raised in the Danish barons and counts . A line had already formed in Pomerania that was probably extinguished in the 17th century. In addition, since the seventeenth century existed the line Ludorf , the in-house Bulow has risen.

history

The Knuth family comes from the Mecklenburg nobility. It was first mentioned in a document with Heinricius Knut, miles , 1230/34. The family line begins with Henning Knuth, († before 1361). Goods in Leizen , Ludorf and Priborn . Rittmeister Jacob Ernst von Knuth, on Leizen and Priborn was married to Elisabeth von Marin in 1640 , whose families had previously inherited on Leizen and Ludorf.

Heinrich II is considered to be the progenitor of the Mecklenburg line of the Knuth family. His brother Christopherus founded the Pomeranian line.

In the 17th century representatives came to Denmark , where they were raised to the Danish barons and counts and there own family seats, e.g. B. Knuthenborg built. The name of Count Knuth-Winterfeldt is based on a merger of the name of the noble family Winterfeldt with a branch of the Knuthen due to inheritance claims related to the barony of Wintersborg (Winterfeldt).

In Einschreibebuch the monastery Dobbertin are six entries of daughters of the family of Knuth 1696-1779 from Ludorf and Leizen for inclusion in the aristocratic convent in the monastery Dobbertin . In 1696 Maria Dorothea von Knuthen was entered in the Schwaan state parliament as No. 1 in the list for obtaining an expectancy, the right to a position in the Mecklenburg state monastery in Dobbertin. The heraldic shield with the star of the order of Magdalena Dorothea von Knuthen, inscribed with no. 195, hangs on the nun's gallery in the Dobbertiner monastery church. She came to the monastery in 1777 and died on December 25, 1796 in Dobbertin.

coat of arms

Heinrich Knut coat of arms on Priborn , 1370

The Mecklenburg family coat of arms shows an upright iron-colored kettle hook in silver , above it a green clover stem in the shape of a Latin C , at both ends a green clover leaf . On the black, red and silver bewustetem helmet , with silver-black-red ceiling , three green shamrocks, three red troop.

A middle-class family in Naumburg that can be traced back to Peter von Knauth (* 1595) has an identical coat of arms.

  • Coat of arms of Barone Knuth von Christiansdal

  • Coat of arms Count Knuth von Knuthenborg

Leitzisch-Mecklenburg line

Ludorf manor , owned by the Knuth family until 1901

In the course of time, some goods were inherited by the von Knuth family. By 1529 at the latest, Matthias and Wentzloff III. Knuth came into the possession of Leizen , which had previously been in the family's hands. In 1686 the Ludorf manor fell to the family and remained in their possession until 1901. Further goods of the Mecklenburg line were Below , Bütow , Gneve , Kambs and Priborn .

From 1643 to 1684 the heads of the families were also provisional of the Malchow monastery . It is believed that Heinrich I von Knuth married a daughter from the Wendish family Retzow . In any case, Wendish names replace multiple German names in the next generation. It should be noted that some names have multiple spellings, such as "Wentzlav" and "Wentzloff" as well as "Ivan" and "Iwan".

Jacob Ernst von Knuth had two sons who both reached manhood and had offspring. The older of them, Joachim Friedrich , stayed at home. The younger, Eckhard Christoph , turned to Denmark. His son Adam Christoph von Knuth was later accepted into the hereditary count of Denmark. The sons of Joachim Friedrich founded the Leitzian, Ludorfian and Dutch lines.

Heads of families
  • Heinrich I. von Knuth (mentioned 1230)
  • Hermann von Knuth (mentioned 1240–1244), knight
  • Heinrich II. Von Knuth (mentioned 1284–1289), knight
  • Wentzloff I of Knuth (13th / 14th century)
  • Henning von Knuth († before 1361)
  • Wenztloff II of Knuth (14th / 15th century)
  • Ivan I of Knuth (* before 1420, † after 1445)
  • Iwan Henneke II. Von Knuth (* 1420; † after 1445)
  • Hans I. von Knuth (* before 1458, † after 1474; "old Hans")
  • Hans II von Knuth (* 1472; † after 1505), died without male descendants
  • Achim von Knuth (* before 1500; † after 1515), died without descendants
  • Wentzloff III. von Knuth (* 1503 or 1504; † officially 1574, probably before 1570)
  • Jacob von Knuth (* approx. 1550; † 1600–1602)
  • Wentzloff IV of Knuth (1580–1658)
  • Jacob Ernst von Knuth (1609–1675), Rittmeister in Saxon and Danish services
  • Joachim Friedrich von Knuth (1642–1684), provisional agent of the Malchow monastery
  • Jacob Ernst von Knuth (1672–1704), lieutenant colonel, founder of the Leitzian line
  • Gottfried Ernst von Knuth, on Leizen (* 1700; † after 1733)
  • Joachim Friedrich von Knuth (1731–1760), Rittmeister
other members

The last Knuth from the Mecklenburg line died in 1901.

Danish lines

Knuthenborg line

Knuthenborg 1872

Through Eckhard Christoph von Knuth's marriage to Søster Lerche , the last of the Lerche line , the Knuth family came into the possession of Knuthenborg .

In 1714 Adam Christoph von Knuth was raised to the rank of count and founded the feudal county Knuthenborg in 1723, since then the title "liege count of Knuthenborg" has passed to the firstborn. Therefore, each of the heads of the family can be called a "landlord". Many of them were awarded the Dannebrogden .

Gut Below was also owned by the Danish Knuths from 1689 to 1719. From 1729 to 1913 the Knuthenlund manor was owned by the Knuthenborg line. From 1872 until it was sold in 1909, Store Grundet also owned the line.

Heads of families
Other members of the Knuthenborg line

Christiansdal line

With the acquisition of Christiansdal by Christian Friderich Knuth , the Christiansdal line was founded. For almost 200 years, the Lilliendal manor was owned by the Christiansdal line.

Heads of families

Conradsborg line

The Conradsborg line was created for Conrad Detlev Knuth with the baron patent. It is divided into a count and a baronial line. In 1755 Ida Margrethe von Knuth bought the manor houses Rubiergard and Fritzholm on Lolland, the former remained in the possession of this line until 1855, the latter until 1819.

Heads of the family of the Count's line
  • Cai Ernst Christian Ulrik Knuth (1792–1846), head forester
  • Adam Christopher Knuth (1814–1857), Prime Lieutenant, died childless
  • Conrad Ditlev Knuth (1816–1875), chief forester, died childless
  • Eggert Constans Knuth (1826–1898), head of department in the Ministry of Finance, died childless
  • Joachim Sigismund Ditlev Knuth (1835–1905), diplomat, son of Hans Schack Knuth
Heads of the family of the baronial line
  • Conrad Detlev Knuth (1730–1805), privy councilor and chamberlain
  • Adam Christopher Knuth (1759–1807), Chamberlain and Rittmeister
  • Hans Schack Knuth (1787–1861), bailiff and chamberlain
  • Sophus Christopher Vilhelm Vendelboe Knuth (1827–1866), captain
  • Hans Schack Rudolf Knuth (1832–1890)
Further family members of the baronial line

Knuth-Winterfeldt line

On March 4, 1942, Viggo Christian Knuth-Winterfeldt received permission to use the name "Knuth-Winterfeldt" and to use his own coat of arms.

Heads of families
  • Viggo Christian Knuth-Winterfeldt (1875–1946), bank director
  • Preben Knuth-Winterfeldt (1906–1996), painter
  • Eggert Viggo Helge Knuth-Winterfeldt (* 1936)
More family members

Ludorff line

In addition to Mecklenburg, the line was also active in Denmark and Pomerania.

Heads of families
  • Adam Levin von Knuth (1648–1699), privy councilor, died childless
  • Joseph E. von Knuth († 1832), captain

Pomeranian Line

The coat of arms shows two black, overturned, kettle hooks placed in the St. Andrew's cross in silver . On the helmet, with silver-black covers, three points with points pointing upwards, each of which is wound around four times by a golden snake . Little is known about the line.

Heads of families
  • Christopherus von Knuth († after 1289)
  • Roloff von Knuth († before 1600)
  • Henning von Knuth († 1693), Colonel Sergeant

literature

Web links

Endnotes

  1. ↑ a b roskildehistorie.dk: Knuth: Ludorff
  2. ^ Friedrich Schlie: The estate and church village Leizen. 1902, pp. 523-526.
  3. ↑ Friedrich Schlie: The estate and church village Ludorf. 1902, pp. 512-520.
  4. ↑ MJB 16 (1851) Friedrich Lisch: The Church of Ludorf. Pp. 298-299.
  5. ↑ a b c d e From the family history of Knuth
  6. ↑ LHAS 3.2-3 / 1 Landeskloster / Klosteramt Dobbertin. No. 232, 233, 289, 390, 391.
  7. ↑ a b c Julius Theodor Bagmihl : Pommersches Wappenbuch . Volume 2, Stettin 1846, pp. 23-28 ( books.google.de ).
  8. ^ Manor houses and castles in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Ludorf manor house
  9. ↑ Manor houses and castles in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: the von Knuth family , accessed on September 21, 2017.
  10. ^ Gerhard Fridrich Albrecht: Genealogisches Handbuch , Frankfurt am Main 1776, p. 239.
  11. ^ Gutshaus Below: History , accessed on August 6, 2018.
  12. ↑ Knuth-Conradsborg. In: Danmarks Adels Aarbog. 1900, p. 204 ( runeberg.org ).