Søster from Knuth

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Søster von Knuth (born August 14, 1658 as Søster Lerche in Copenhagen ; † March 29, 1723 or 1729 in Knuthenborg ) was a Danish noblewoman and landlady .

Life

Søster Lerche was born in 1658 as the daughter of the mayor Cornelius Pedersen Lerche and Anne Kirstine Friis'. The father, a successful diplomat and landlord on Lolland , was ennobled in 1660. At the age of 19 Søster Lerche married Eckhard Christoph von Knuth from the Mecklenburg nobility family Knuth , who quickly experienced social advancement. Eckhard von Knuth bought Årsmarke and Bandholmgård in 1681on Lolland. He later expanded the property. In 1697, when Søster von Knuth was 39 years old, Christopher died and his wife managed the estate from then on and looked after their eight living children. In 1701 she became co-owner and finally sole owner of Havløkkegård , a smaller piece of land near Knuthenborg . She led a life as a powerful landlady, founded a school and tried to marry off her children in good matches and to give them a good education. In 1714 she succeeded in obtaining the newly created county of Knuthenborg for her son Adam Christoph von Knuth .

progeny

  • Anne Christine von Knuth (* approx. 1678; † December 10, 1723)
  • Charlotte Amalie von Knuth (* approx. 1679; † approx. 1730)
  • Child of unknown name (* after 1677; † September 2, 1685)
  • Christian Frederik von Knuth (* March 8, 1681; † June 13 or 14, 1703)
  • Elisabeth Sophie von Knuth (* May 15, 1682 - † December 21, 1684)
  • Cornelia von Knuth (born February 19, 1684; † 1736)
  • Elisabeth Sophie von Knuth (born September 15, 1685 - † August 3, 1742)
  • Lehnsgraf Adam Christopher Knuth (born 28 August 1687; † 23 January 1736) -Knuthenborg
  • Jacobine Ernestine von Knuth (* February 6, 1689 - April 21, 1743)
  • Jacob Levin von Knuth (born August 12, 1690 - † March 26, 1694)
  • Eleonore Margrethe von Knuth (* 1691 - † May 8, 1767)

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Endnotes

  1. ↑ See finnholbek.dk : Søster Lerche , accessed on November 13, 2019; reventlow.dk : Søster Lerche , accessed on November 13, 2019.
  2. ↑ See Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon : Søster Lerche (1658 - 1729) .
predecessor Office successor
Eckhard Christoph von Knuth Manager of Knuthenborg
1697 - 1714 		Adam Christoph von Knuth
personal data
SURNAME Knuth, Søster of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lerche, Søster (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish noblewoman and landlady
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1658
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1723