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Johan Henrik Knuth
Johan Henrik (Heinrich) Knuth (22 August 1746 – 12 July 1802) was the third Count of Knuthenborg. He served as Prefect of Zealand and the Faroe Islands from 1790 until her death. He also served as county governor 'amtmand'') of Roskilde County (17961799) and Copenhagen County (18001802). Early life and education Knuth was born on 22 August 1746 to Eggert Christopher Knuth (1722-1776)">Eggert Christopher Knuth (1722-1887) and Marguerite Maurice Francoise de Monteleone (1723-1752). He was appointed chamberlain (''kammerherre'') in 1772. In 1777, he was created a White Knight. In 1780, he was appointed as Danish envoy at the Prince-elector's court (''det kurfyrsteligge hof''). Career Knuth succeeded his father to the counties of Knuthenborg and Gyldensten in 1776. In 1796, he was awarded the title of ''gehejmeråd''. On 26 May 1790, he was appointed as Prefect (''stiftsamtmand'') of the Diocese of Zealand ( and the Faroe Islands. On 27 May 1796, he was appointed as county gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Henrik Knuth
Johan Henrik (Heinrich) Knuth (22 August 1746 – 12 July 1802) was the third Count of Knuthenborg. He served as Prefect of Zealand and the Faroe Islands from 1790 until her death. He also served as county governor 'amtmand'') of Roskilde County (17961799) and Copenhagen County (18001802). Early life and education Knuth was born on 22 August 1746 to Eggert Christopher Knuth (1722-1776)">Eggert Christopher Knuth (1722-1887) and Marguerite Maurice Francoise de Monteleone (1723-1752). He was appointed chamberlain (''kammerherre'') in 1772. In 1777, he was created a White Knight. In 1780, he was appointed as Danish envoy at the Prince-elector's court (''det kurfyrsteligge hof''). Career Knuth succeeded his father to the counties of Knuthenborg and Gyldensten in 1776. In 1796, he was awarded the title of ''gehejmeråd''. On 26 May 1790, he was appointed as Prefect (''stiftsamtmand'') of the Diocese of Zealand ( and the Faroe Islands. On 27 May 1796, he was appointed as county gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1746 Births
Events January–March * January 8 – The Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart occupies Stirling, Scotland. * January 17 – Battle of Falkirk Muir: British Government forces are defeated by Jacobite forces. * February 1 – Jagat Singh II, the ruler of the Mewar Kingdom, inaugurates his Lake Palace on the island of Jag Niwas in Lake Pichola, in what is now the state of Rajasthan in northwest India. * February 19 – Brussels, at the time part of the Austrian Netherlands, surrenders to France's Marshal Maurice de Saxe. * February 19 – Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, issues a proclamation offering an amnesty to participants in the Jacobite rebellion, directing them that they can avoid punishment if they turn their weapons in to their local Presbyterian church. * March 10 – Zakariya Khan Bahadur, the Mughal Empire's viceroy administering Lahore (in what is now Pakistan), orders the massacre of the city's Sikh people. April& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knuth Family
Knuth is a name of Nordic origin. ''Knuth'' may refer to: As a surname: *Daniel Knuth, American politician, environmentalist, and educator *Donald Knuth, American computer scientist; whence: ** ''The Art of Computer Programming'', often referred to by the author's name **Knuth's Algorithm X **21656 Knuth, Asteroid **Knuth–Morris–Pratt algorithm **Fisher–Yates shuffle, also known as the Knuth Shuffle, an algorithm for randomly permuting sets **Knuth Prize, a prize for outstanding contributions to the foundations of computer science **Knuth reward check **Knuth's up-arrow notation, a method of notation of very large integers *Eigil Knuth, Danish explorer and archaeologist *Frederik Marcus Knuth, Danish taxonomist *Jeff Knuth, Queensland politician *Kate Knuth, American politician *Paul Knuth, German botanist *Reinhard Gustav Paul Knuth, German botanist *Shane Knuth, Queensland politician *Shay Knuth Shay Knuth (born May 29, 1945, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was ''Playboy'' magaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counts Of Denmark
Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1992. p. 73. . The etymologically related English term "county" denoted the territories associated with the countship. Definition The word ''count'' came into English from the French ''comte'', itself from Latin ''comes''—in its accusative ''comitem''—meaning “companion”, and later “companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor”. The adjective form of the word is "comital". The British and Irish equivalent is an earl (whose wife is a "countess", for lack of an English term). In the late Roman Empire, the Latin title ''comes'' denoted the high rank of various courtiers and provincial officials, either military or administrative: before Anthemius became emperor in the West in 467, he was a military ''comes' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th-century Danish Nobility
The 18th century lasted from January 1, 1701 ( MDCCI) to December 31, 1800 ( MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions. During the century, slave trading and human trafficking expanded across the shores of the Atlantic, while declining in Russia, China, and Korea. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures, including the structures and beliefs that supported slavery. The Industrial Revolution began during mid-century, leading to radical changes in human society and the environment. Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715–1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution, with an emphasis on directly interconnected events. To historians who expand the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century Danish Landowners
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 (Roman numerals, MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (Roman numerals, MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolitionism, abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The Industrial Revolution, First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Gunpowder empires, Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th-century Danish Landowners
The 18th century lasted from January 1, 1701 ( MDCCI) to December 31, 1800 ( MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions. During the century, slave trading and human trafficking expanded across the shores of the Atlantic, while declining in Russia, China, and Korea. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures, including the structures and beliefs that supported slavery. The Industrial Revolution began during mid-century, leading to radical changes in human society and the environment. Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715–1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution, with an emphasis on directly interconnected events. To historians who expand t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Ludvig Scheel Von Plessen
Christian Ludvig Scheel von Plessen (21 December 1741 - 25 October 1801) was a Danish landowner and county governor. Early life and education Christian Ludvig Scheel von Plessen was born at Fussingø near Randers, the son of Mogens Scheel von Plessen (1713–49) and Elisabeth Christine von Thienen (1715–88). He attended Sorø Academy from 1757 and was the following year escorted by Carl Wendt on a grand tour, visiting the universities in Genève, Göttingen, Leiden and Utrecht. Career and titles Back in Denmark, Scheel von Plessen became a trainee in the Treasury (''rentekammeret''). In 1769, he became a member of the General Land Commission (''Generallandvæsenskommissionen''). In 1771, he was appointed as country governor of Copenhagen County (until 1788). He was a member of numerous commissions . Scheel von Plessen was appointed '' Kammerjunker'' in 1757 and chamberlain (''Kammerherre'') in 1766. He was created a White Knight io 1774 and was appointed as ''Gehejmeråd'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Treschow (judge)
Michael Treschow (5 March 1741 – 5 June 1816) was a Danish Supreme Court justice and prefect of Roskilde County who was ennobled by letter patent in 1812. He was the father of Frederik Treschow. Early life and education Michael Treschow was born in Våge in the Gudbrand Valley, Norway, which was then part of the Danish-Norwegian double monarchy. He was sent to Copenhagen where he enrolled at University of Copenhagen in 1755 where he initially studied theology but later turned to Latin and law. He graduated in 1764. Career Treschow became secretary for the Danish Chancellery ( da, Danske Kancelli) and later as secretary for several other prominent government offices as well. In 1771 he was appointed to Supreme Court justice. In 1800 he resigned to assume a position as ''amtmand __NOTOC__ The ''Amtmann'' or ''Ammann'' (in Switzerland) was an official in German-speaking countries of Europe and in some of the Nordic countries from the time of the Middle Ages whose office was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Jasper Andreas Moltke
Werner may refer to: People * Werner (name), origin of the name and people with this name as surname and given name Fictional characters * Werner (comics), a German comic book character * Werner Von Croy, a fictional character in the ''Tomb Raider'' series * Werner von Strucker, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe * Werner, a fictional character in '' Darwin's Soldiers'' * Werner Ziegler, a fictional character from tv show Better Call Saul Geography *Werner, West Virginia * Mount Werner, a mountain that includes the Steamboat Ski Resort, in the Park Range of Colorado * Werner (crater), a crater in the south-central highlands of the Moon * Werner projection, an equal-area map projection preserving distances along parallels, central meridian and from the North pole Companies * Carsey-Werner, an American television and film production studio * Werner Enterprises, a Nebraska-based trucking company * Werner Co., a manufacturer of ladders * Werner Motors, an ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregers Christian Haxthausen
Gregers is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: * Gregers Algreen-Ussing (born 1938), Danish architect and academic * Gregers Arndal-Lauritzen (born 1998), Danish footballer *Gregers Birgersson (died 1276), Swedish knight and major landowner * Gregers Brinch (born 1964), Danish composer * Gregers Gram (1917–1944), Norwegian resistance fighter and saboteur * Gregers Lundh (1786–1836), Norwegian military officer and academic *Gregers Münter Gregers Christian Münter (18 December 1907 – 31 March 1988) was a Danish Officer and later sports shooter. He participated in the Danish resistance against the German forces during Operation ''Safari'', afterwards he was part of the Da ... (1907–1988), Danish officer and sports shooter * Gregers Winther Wulfsberg (1780–1846), Norwegian jurist and politician See also * Greger (given name), another given name * Greger, surname {{given name Danish masculine given names Norwegian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
