Roskilde County is a former county on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Sjælland.
Eggert Christopher Knuth, Count of Knuthenborg and Gyldensteen, was a Danish landowner, Supreme Court justice and diocesan governor of the Diocese of Zealand. He was the brother of Christian Frederik
Roskilde County
…Christian Frederik Holstein 1729–1730 Johan Ludvig Holstein 1730–1735 Frederik Oertz 1734—1737 Adolf Andreas von der Lühe 1737—1750 Holger Skeel 1750–1764 Eggert Christopher Knuth 1764–1776 Henrik Adam Brockenhuus 1776–1787 Werner Jasper Andreas Moltke 1787—1796 Johan Henrik Knuth 1796—1799 Acting county governor Michael Treschow…
Knuth's mansion at Frederiksholms Kanal in Copenhagen