Anne Cathrine Collett
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Born | Norway | 10 February 1768
Died | 27 January 1846 Denmark | (aged 77)
Occupation | Landowner |
Spouse | Peter Nicolaj Arbo |
Anne Cathrine Collett (19 February 1768 – 27 January 1846), was a Norwegian-Danish landowner. She was one of the wealthiest women in Denmark of her time. She owned Lundbygård and Oremandsgaard from 1827 until 1846.
Biography
Anne Cathrine Collett was born on 19 February 1768 into the wealthy Collett family of timber merchants in Christiania (now Oslo). Her parents were Peter Collett (1740–86) of Buskerud and Maren Kirstine Holmboe (1745–68). She married Peter Nicolaj Arbo who subsequently entered the family's company Collett & Søn.[1]
The couple moved to Copenhagen where they lived in the Peschier House at Holmens Kanal 12. Her husband acquired the country house Aldershvile north of Copenhagen and the manors of Lundbygård and Oremandsgaard at Præstø. After his death in 1827, she ran the estates with the assistance of count Knuth.
She died on 27 January 1846. Having no children, she left her estate to her nephews Bernt Anker Collet and Peter Collet (1820-1860).
References
- ^ "Bondegård - pensionat - rådhus - gæstehus". Gladsaxe Lokalhistoriske Forening (in Danish). Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
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- Anne Cathrine Collett at geni.com
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- 19th-century Danish women landowners
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- 1768 births
- 1846 deaths