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 8th 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 2nd February 1857, while his wife Emilie Henriette Christense Collet nee Rorbye passed away on 17th 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 11th April 1834.  She married Thorvald Lund a marine commander and they had one daughter.  This was because Elna died on 19th January 1866 when she was only 31 years of age.  Thorvald, who was born on 19th March 1825, died on 14th January 1898.

 

 

 

 

25N2

Peter Ferdinand Collet was born on 7th May 1836.  He married (1) Haralda Judithe Johanne Margrethe Toft on 17th November 1863 and they had three children. Haralda, who was born on 17th February 1842, died on 27th July 1892, after which Peter married (2) Palamonia Hilda Octavia von Geijer on 20th September 1898.  She was born on 22nd November 1860 and died on 9th March 1946.  Peter had died thirty-seven years earlier on 9th 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 28th August 1864.  He married Polly Fredrikke Lillie Hegermann-Lindencrone on 4th November 1896, who had been born on 25th 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 9th July 1943, while Polly survived as a widow for just over two years, when she passed away 9th 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 23rd September 1866.  She married Axel Vedel on 2nd April 1891, Axel having been born on 4th February 1859.  He died on 23rd August 1937, while Marie died some years later on 24th February 1946.

 

 

 

 

25O3

Emilie Haralda Eleonore Emmy Collet (known as Emsy) was born on 26th June 1869.  She never married and became a missionary leader.  She died on 30th September 1951.

 

 

 

 

25P1

Julia Haralda Collet was born on 8th October 1897, but tragically died less than two weeks later on 21st October 1897.

 

 

 

 

25P2

Marie Fredrikke Collet (known as Unne) was born on 21st October 1898.  She married (1) Vincents Christian Lerche on 8th July 1919.  He was a baron born on 12th April 1891 and with whom she had just one child before the couple were divorced.  Marie later married (2) Jens Peder Jensen on 7th March 1931, who sadly died after only seven years of marriage life with Unne, when he died on 13th November 1938.  Her first husband died on 26th June 1966, while Marie herself lived on until 28th 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 25th September 1899.  She married Erik Fredrik Adolf Joachim Holstein-Holsteinborg on 5th July 1922.  Erik held the title of ‘lensgreve’ and was born on 21st November 1896.  The couple had two daughters and two sons.  Polly died on 25th November 1964 and was followed six years later by Erik who died on 11th 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 15th October 1900.  He married his distant Norwegian cousin Else Collett (Ref. 24P18) who was born on 8th 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 15th May 1972, followed by Elsie on 17th 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 8th July 1905.  In 1931 he married (1) Herveor Christensen who was born on 2nd March 1909 but with whom he had no children.  They were divorced in 1939, following which on 2nd December 1939 Carl married (2) Else Bjorn who was born on 8th 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 26th 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 25th September 1923 and inherited the title baron from his father Vincents Christian Lerche (Ref. 25P2).  On 15th March 1951 he married (2) Ellen Guldar (known as Elle) who was born on 6th 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 24th August 1943.  They were only married for one year, when Hanne died on 31st December 1995, followed by Christian a year later on 27th 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 23rd November 1941.  He married Catharina Marie Lowegren who was born on 19th 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 22nd July 1945.  He was a civil engineer at Koge in Denmark and on 2nd August 1974 he married Ulla Birgitte Kamman who was born on 29th 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 13th October 1947.  He worked in London and was later a company Managing Director.  On 3rd August 1975 he married Marianne Sundberg who was born on 5th 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 8th July 1940.  He married (1) Irene Emily Dugdale on 19th February 1965 who was born on 20th February 1944, but they were divorced without having any children.  Following the divorce Peter married (2) Birgitte Nielsen on 15th September 1978, with whom he had two daughters.  Birgitte Nielsen was born 12th 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 17th November 1941.  She married Preben Georg Knud Garth-Gruner on 13th September 1968 who was born on 27th 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 24th May 1944.  On 22nd April 1972 she married Max Keller who was born on 16th 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 24th June 1947 and later lived at Cambridge in England.  On 2nd May 1969 she married David Christy Dunn who was born on 12th February 1939.  David died before reaching his sixtieth birthday on 19th 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 10th September 1972 and on 3rd June 2000 she married Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard at Snesere, Peter having been born on 11th 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 4th May 1976.  He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree at Yale University and became a Senior Production Manager with Oracle Corp.  On 26th June 2004 he married Kelly Ann Eng who was born on 30th May 1971.

 

 

 

25S3

James Peter Otto Collet

Born in 2005

 

25S4

a Collet daughter

No details currently available