Sigismund Knuth

Lehnsgraf Sigismund Ellis Frederik Victor Lüttichau Knuth-Knuthenborg (* 3. March 1895 on Store Grundet ; † after 1963 ) was a Danish lieutenant colonel and Chamberlain .

Life

Origin and family

Knuth came from the Mecklenburg-Danish nobility family Knuth , he was the only son and the elder of two children of the lawyer and court hunter Christian Frederik Knuth (1862-1936) and his wife Sigrid, née. Lorck. On November 30, 1922, Knuth married Elisabeth Denise de Fine Skibsted in Copenhagen's Holmens Kirke . The daughter Annette Elise and the son Ove Christian Frederik Knuth-Knuthenborg (born May 9, 1928 in Frederiksberg , † December 1, 1985) were born from the marriage.

Career

On November 1, 1932, Knuth became lieutenant captain and battery chief in the sixth artillery division, and on November 1, 1934, he became captain and battery chief in the fifth artillery division. From 1935 to 1937 he was adjutant to King Christian X. On April 16, 1947, he was appointed lieutenant colonel . In 1948 Knuth left the army and was court chief until 1952. On May 1, 1953, he became secretary and chief clerk of the chapter .

Awards

• September 26, 1935: Knight's Cross of the Dannebrog Order
• July 6, 1946: Dannebrogsmændenes hæderstegn
• April 1, 1947: Chamberlain King Christian IX. and master of ceremonies
• August 1, 1947: Chamberlain to Queen Alexandrines
• December 24, 1949: Commander II class of the Dannebrog Order
• May 1, 1963: Commander 1st class of the Dannebrog Order

ancestors

Sigismund Knuth Count of Knuthenborg	Christian Frederik Knuth Count of Knuthenborg	Johan Sigismund Knuth Count of Knuthenborg	Julius Knuth Count of Knuthenborg
			Georgine Frederikke Vilhelmine Knuth, b. of breath
		Johanne Charlotte Elise Knuth, b. from Liège	Mathias von Lüttichau Lieutenant General
			Christiane Hansine Gottholdine from Lüttichau
	Sigrid Knuth, b. Lorck	?	?
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Web links

• Entry on finnholbek.dk .