PART TWENTY-FIVE

The Denmark Line

Updated June 2019

All of the information was generously provided by Peter Collett (Ref. 24P47) of Oslo

as an extension to the Collett family line of Norway depicted in Part Twenty-Four.

This commences with Bernt Anker Collett (Ref. 24M35) who distinguished his

from that of the Norwegian branch by changing the spelling of the name

24M35	Bernt Anker Collett (Collet) was born in Norway on 8^th August 1803. He married Emilie Henriette Christense Rorbye and they had two children. It was Bernt who is credited with taking the name into Denmark and in order to distinguish it from the Norwegian family he decided to drop the last t in the surname. Bernt Anker Collet died on 2^nd February 1857, while his wife Emilie Henriette Christense Collet nee Rorbye passed away on 17^th April 1868.
	25N1		Eilertine Eleonore Collet	Born on 11.04.1834
	25N2		Peter Ferdinand Collet	Born on 07.05.1836
25N1	Eilertine Eleonore Collet (known as Elna) was born on 11^th April 1834. She married Thorvald Lund a marine commander and they had one daughter. This was because Elna died on 19^th January 1866 when she was only 31 years of age. Thorvald, who was born on 19^th March 1825, died on 14^th January 1898.
25N2	Peter Ferdinand Collet was born on 7^th May 1836. He married (1) Haralda Judithe Johanne Margrethe Toft on 17^th November 1863 and they had three children. Haralda, who was born on 17^th February 1842, died on 27^th July 1892, after which Peter married (2) Palamonia Hilda Octavia von Geijer on 20^th September 1898. She was born on 22^nd November 1860 and died on 9^th March 1946. Peter had died thirty-seven years earlier on 9^th September 1909. Sometime during his life Peter re-acquired the farm at Ronnebaeksholm that had previously been sold by Johan Collett (Ref. 24K14) in 1777. He was also a Cand.jur. (LL.M.), the owner of Lundbygaard Manor, a Royal Chamberlain and a Master of the Royal Hunt.
	25O1		Holger Peter Harald Collet				Born on 28.08.1864
	25O2		Marie Emilie Jutta Franciska Collet				Born on 23.09.1866
	25O3		Emilie Haralda Eleonore Emmy Collet				Born on 26.06.1869
25O1	Holger Peter Harald Collet was born on 28^th August 1864. He married Polly Fredrikke Lillie Hegermann-Lindencrone on 4^th November 1896, who had been born on 25^th September 1875. Holger, a Cand. polit., was the owner of Lundbygaard, Katholm & Rønnebæksholm Manors, a Royal Chamberlain, and a Master of the Royal Hunt. He died on 9^th July 1943, while Polly survived as a widow for just over two years, when she passed away 9^th November 1945.
	25P1		Julia Haralda Collet			Born on 08.10.1897
	25P2		Marie Fredrikke Collet			Born on 21.10.1898
	25P3		Polly Emilie Collet			Born on 25.09.1899
	25P4		Harald Peter Otto Collet			Born on 15.10.1900
	25P5		Carl Frederik Herman Collet			Born on 08.07.1905
25O2	Marie Emilie Jutta Franciska Collet was born on 23^rd September 1866. She married Axel Vedel on 2^nd April 1891, Axel having been born on 4^th February 1859. He died on 23^rd August 1937, while Marie died some years later on 24^th February 1946.
25O3	Emilie Haralda Eleonore Emmy Collet (known as Emsy) was born on 26^th June 1869. She never married and became a missionary leader. She died on 30^th September 1951.
25P1	Julia Haralda Collet was born on 8^th October 1897, but tragically died less than two weeks later on 21^st October 1897.
25P2	Marie Fredrikke Collet (known as Unne) was born on 21^st October 1898. She married (1) Vincents Christian Lerche on 8^th July 1919. He was a baron born on 12^th April 1891 and with whom she had just one child before the couple were divorced. Marie later married (2) Jens Peder Jensen on 7^th March 1931, who sadly died after only seven years of marriage life with Unne, when he died on 13^th November 1938. Her first husband died on 26^th June 1966, while Marie herself lived on until 28^th September 1996 when she passed away, her second marriage not having produced any children.
	25Q1		Christian Carl Fredrik Lerche			Born on 25.09.1923
25P3	Polly Emilie Collet was born on 25^th September 1899. She married Erik Fredrik Adolf Joachim Holstein-Holsteinborg on 5^th July 1922. Erik held the title of ‘lensgreve’ and was born on 21^st November 1896. The couple had two daughters and two sons. Polly died on 25^th November 1964 and was followed six years later by Erik who died on 11^th December 1970. Their two daughters took the title of countess, while the two sons held the title of ‘greve’, similar to that of their father.
	25Q2		Ib Holstein-Holsteinborg						Born on 09.11.1923
	25Q3		Ellen-Kirsten Polly Holstein-Holsteinborg						Born on 01.04.1926
	25Q4		Birgit Lucie Holstein-Holsteinborg						Born on 29.03.1931
	25Q5		Leif Erik Holstein-Holsteinborg						Born on 09.04.1937; died 16.4.37
25P4	Harald Peter Otto Collet was born on 15^th October 1900. He married his distant Norwegian cousin Else Collett (Ref. 24P18) who was born on 8^th September 1905. Harald, a Cand. Polit., was the owner of Lundbygaard Manor, a Royal Chamberlain, and a Master of the Royal Hunt. He died on 15^th May 1972, followed by Elsie on 17^th April 1990.
	25Q6		Bernt Johan Holger Collet			Born on 23.11.1941
	25Q7		Holger Peter Ferdinand Collet			Born on 22.07.1945
	25Q8		Harald Johan Holger Collet			Born on 13.10.1947
25P5	Carl Frederik Herman Collet was born on 8^th July 1905. In 1931 he married (1) Herveor Christensen who was born on 2^nd March 1909 but with whom he had no children. They were divorced in 1939, following which on 2^nd December 1939 Carl married (2) Else Bjorn who was born on 8^th March 1909, and with whom he had four children. Carl was the owner of Katholm and Rønnebæksholm Manors, was a Royal Chamberlain, and a Master of the Royal Hunt. It was on 26^th May 1976 that he passed away.
	25Q9	Peter Collet			Born on 08.07.1940
	25Q10	Merete Collet			Born on 17.11.1941
	25Q11	Irene Collet			Born on 24.05.1944
	25Q12	Anne Collet			Born on 24.06.1947
25Q1	Christian Carl Fredrik Lerche was born on 25^th September 1923 and inherited the title baron from his father Vincents Christian Lerche (Ref. 25P2). On 15^th March 1951 he married (2) Ellen Guldar (known as Elle) who was born on 6^th February 1926. They had four children who all took on the title of baron or baroness, but thirty years after the birth of the last child they were divorced in 1991. In 1994 when Christian was 71 he married (2) Hanne Synnestvedt Andersen who was born on 24^th August 1943. They were only married for one year, when Hanne died on 31^st December 1995, followed by Christian a year later on 27^th August 1996.
	25R1	Vincents Carl Christian Lerche - baron						Born on 31.03.1952
	25R2	Birgitte Ille Margrethe Lerche - baroness						Born on 10.12.1954
	25R3	Vibeke Aliz Marie Lerche – baroness						Born on 19.03.1960
	25R4	Annelise Olga Ingeborg Lerche - baroness						Born on 16.10.1961
25Q6	Bernt Johan Holger Collet was born on 23^rd November 1941. He married Catharina Marie Lowegren who was born on 19^th June 1945. Bernt holds an H.A. (B.Sc. in Commerce) and is the owner of Lundbygaard Manor. He was a long-time Conservative Member of the Danish Parliament, during which he was the Minister of Defence (1987-88). He also served as the Royal Chamberlain to Her Majesty, Queen Margrethe II, and was Master of the Royal Hunt.
	25R5		Camilla Cathrine Collet			Born on 10.09.1972
	25R6		Carl-Johan Gunnar Harald Collet			Born on 15.07.1974
	25R7		Harald Peter Ferdinand Collet			Born on 04.05.1976
25Q7	Holger Peter Ferdinand Collet (known as PF) was born on 22^nd July 1945. He was a civil engineer at Koge in Denmark and on 2^nd August 1974 he married Ulla Birgitte Kamman who was born on 29^th March 1947.
	25R8		Peter Otto Johan Collet			Born on 02.04.1977
	25R9		Christian Nicolaj Johan Otto Collet			Born on 13.05.1980
25Q8	Harald Johan Holger Collet was born on 13^th October 1947. He worked in London and was later a company Managing Director. On 3^rd August 1975 he married Marianne Sundberg who was born on 5^th January 1947.
	25R10		Michaela Collet			Born on 02.06.1980
	25R11		Stephanie Collet			Born on 03.02.1982
	25R12		Alexandra Marianne Collet			Born on 09.05.1985
	25R13		John Carl Harald Collet			Born on 08.10.1986
25Q9	Peter Collet was born on 8^th July 1940. He married (1) Irene Emily Dugdale on 19^th February 1965 who was born on 20^th February 1944, but they were divorced without having any children. Following the divorce Peter married (2) Birgitte Nielsen on 15^th September 1978, with whom he had two daughters. Birgitte Nielsen was born 12^th February 1945.
	25R18		Marie Therese Collet			Born on 26.03.1980
	25R19		Anne Cathrine Collet			Born on 06.04.1983
25Q10	Merete Collet of Holme Olstrup in Denmark was born on 17^th November 1941. She married Preben Georg Knud Garth-Gruner on 13^th September 1968 who was born on 27^th December 1927 with whom she had two children.
	25R20		Caroline Garth-Gruner			Born on 14.02.1970
	25R21		Thomas Garth-Gruner			Born on 15.11.1971
25Q11	Irene Collet was born on 24^th May 1944. On 22^nd April 1972 she married Max Keller who was born on 16^th October 1943, with whom she had two daughters. At some time in her life Irene lived at St Moritz in Switzerland.
	25R22		Catherine Keller			Born on 30.04.1974
	25R23		Marie Helene Keller			Born on 12.05.1977
25Q12	Anne Collet was born on 24^th June 1947 and later lived at Cambridge in England. On 2^nd May 1969 she married David Christy Dunn who was born on 12^th February 1939. David died before reaching his sixtieth birthday on 19^th August 1998.
	25R24		Christina Ann Christy Dunn			Born on 20.04.1971
	25R25		Joanne Christy Dunn			Born on 14.07.1972
	25R26		Helen Christy Dunn			Born on 25.07.1974
	25R27		Richard Carl Edward Christy Dunn			Born on 08.03.1976
	25R28		Philip David Christy Dunn			Born on 05.09.1979
25R5	Camilla Cathrine Collet was born on 10^th September 1972 and on 3^rd June 2000 she married Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard at Snesere, Peter having been born on 11^th October 1966. Peter is a Professor at the University of Copenhagen, while Camilla is a lawyer and partner in the law firm Gorrissen Federspiel.
	25S1		Catharina Elisabeth Kurrild-Klitgaard				Born in 2005
	25S2		Adam Johan Kurrild-Klitgaard				Born in 2009
25R6	Carl-Johan Gunnar Harald Collet was born on 15.07.1974 and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree and, contrary to previously published information, he has never worked in the field of education, but has an additional MBA and has worked as an investment banker and in real estate. As far as is known, he had not married by 2006, and may not have been married when this family line was reissued in 2012.
25R7	Harald Peter Ferdinand Collet was born on 4^th May 1976. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree at Yale University and became a Senior Production Manager with Oracle Corp. On 26^th June 2004 he married Kelly Ann Eng who was born on 30^th May 1971.
	25S3		James Peter Otto Collet				Born in 2005
	25S4		a Collet daughter				No details currently available