PortrætterSlægten Reventlow:
Eugen Reventlow(1798 - 1885)
Count Eugen Reventlow (1798-1885) and Count Theodor Reventlow (1801-1873) were the children of Danish diplomat and noble Cay Friedrich Reventlow. Eugen was appointed Secretary to the Danish Legation in St. Petersburg in 1823. He remained there until his brother Theodor assumed the position in 1828. As Eleanor Middleton succumbed to illness in 1827, her diary entries likely refer to the elder Reventlow. The portrait in the Album however may be of either brother.
The bust-length portrait presents Count Reventlow facing partly left, eyes looking forward, against a background of grey clouds. The young man wears a blue-black coat with gold buttons, a beige waistcoat, and a white shirt with a black cravat.
Andre slægter:
Marie Sofie Frederikke af Hessen-Kassel(1767 - 1852)
* m. Frederik d. 6. Konge af Danmark (1768-1839)
Slotte og Herregårde
Emkendorf
Heraldik
Vaabenskjold 1587
Valgsprog:
Over våbenskjoldet:
1587
de handt des hogestenn
kan alles Enderenn
Under våbenskjoldet:
Henneke Reuentlow
meyne egene
handt
Kilde: Det Kongelige Bibliotek, GKS 3646 oktav (Dronning Sophies stambog, indførslerne dateret 1585-1586)
Gravsten og epitafier
Reventlow, Conrad Detlev Cay
HERUNDER HVILER DET FORGIENGELIGE AF EN ÆDEL MENNESKEVEN EN ØM ÆGTEFÆLLE OG EN KIERLIG FADER CONRAD CAI DITLEV GREVE AF REVENTLOW FØDT DEN 1. JUNI 1785 GIFT DEN 4. JUNI 1829 MED HANNE CAROLINE ROSENKILDE SOM MED TVENDE DØTRE SØRGER OVER HANS DØD DEN 31 MAI 1840 |
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