Knud Juel

Knud Juel (30 September 1665 – 10 January 1709) was a Danish landowner and county governor of Copenhagen. He was the son of admiral Niels Juel and the father of Carl Juel.

Early life and education Juel was born on 30 September 1665, the son of admiral Niels Juel and Margrethe Ulfeldt.

Career In 1688, Juel was appointed as kammerjunker. In 1699, he was appointed as county governor of Copenhagen County. In 1700, during the Swedish attack on Copenhagen, he was in charge of the coastal defence in Copenhagen County. He managed to stop the Swedish fleet from landing at Gyldenlund and Skovshoved. In 1705, he became patron of Roskilde Convent. In 1699, Juel was awarded the title of etatsråd.

Property After his father's death, Juel became the owner of Valdemar's Castle in Råsinge. He increased the size of the estate, both by buying more farms and reclaiming land along the coast. The eldest daughter Vibeke Knudsdatter Juel was married to Hans von Løwenhielm, Til Vejrupgaard. The two last sons (Knud and Christian Frederik) and four remaining daughters (Sophie Hedvig, Kirstine, Louise and Margrethe) did not marry. Their mother had two more sons by her second husband, Catharina Maria von Schulin (married to foreign minister Johan Sigismund Schulin ) and Frederik Christian von Møsting, til Marienborg. The latter served as county governor of Møn.