Eggert Christopher Knuth

Eggert Christopher (von) Knuth, Count of Knuthenborg and Gyldensteen (20 October 1722 – 26 February 1776) was a Danish landowner, Supreme Court justice and Prefect of the Diocese of Zealand.

[1] In 1759, Knuth purchased the Plessen Mansion at Frederiksholms Kanal as his city home in Copenhagen.

His first wife was Marguerithe Maurice Francoise Isidore Isidore Casado de Monteleone (1723–1752), daughter of Joachim Christoph Moltke, Diplomat & Gesandt og Sophia Albertine baronesse Wolzogen.

They had two daughters and a son: Knuth's second wife was Marie Numsen (173-1765), daughter of atter af Michael Mathiasen von Numsen og Anna Sophie Margarethe Marie Thomasine von Ingenhaeff.

The wedding took place on 20 October 1752, They had one daughter and one son: On 9 September 1765, Knuth married Eleonore Louise Caroline Moltke (1725-1785).