Carl Conrad Gustav, Baron Knuth (20 November 1761 – 20 December 1815) was a

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landowner and 2nd Director of the Royal Danish Mail. He owned the estates Fredsholm, Gottesgabe and

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on the island of

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Early life and career

Knuth was born on 20 November 1761 in

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, the son of Supreme Court justice and chamberlain Conrad Ditlev, Baron Knuth of Conradsborg and Conradine Augusta née Countess Reventlow. He was in 1783 appointed '' kammerjunker'', graduated in law from the

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in 1785 and was then for a while an ''auskultant'' (trainee) in the Treasury (''rentekammeret''). In 1801, Knuth was appointed as 3rd Director of Generalpostamtet, In 1802, he was appointed as chamberlain (''kammerherre'') and 2nd Director. In 1703, he participated in the negotiations for the dissolution of the Danish post office in

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. He resigned in 1809.

Property

Knuth owned the estates Fredsholm, Gottesgabe,

Stensø and Kallehavegaard.

Personal life

Knuth married twice. His first wife was Susanne le Sage de Fontenay (23 February 1766 – 14 February 1812), a daughter of Admiral Carl Frederik le Sage de Fontenay. They married on 17 May 1790 and had one son, Carl Conrad Gustav, Baron Knuth-Conradsborg, of Rudbjerggaard (17 August 1796 - 7 July 1855). His second wife was Christiane Louise, Baroness Roll, née Humble (7 October 1775), a daughter of Franz Joachim Humble and Anna Maria née Neumann. They married on 7 March 1815. Knuth died on 20 December 1815 at Rudbjerggaard-

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Carl Conrad Gustav Knuth
{{DEFAULTSORT:Knuth, Carl Conrad Gustav 18th-century Danish landowners 19th-century Danish landowners 1761 births 1815 deaths University of Copenhagen alumni