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.
Krenkerup er en gammel hovedgård, som nævnes første gang i 1330. Krenkerup har siden 1739 været ejet af
efterkommere efter General Christian Detlev lensgreve Reventlow og hustru Benedicte Margrethe Brockdorff
Krenkerup blev kaldt Hardenberg fra 1815 til 1938. Gården ligger i Radsted Sogn, Musse Herred, Maribo Amt,
Guldborgsund Kommune. Hovedbygningen er opført i 1490-1510 og ombygget i 1620-1631-1689-1780-1815. Krenkerup
Gods er på 3700 ha med Sæbyholm, Idalund, Rosenlund, Nørregård, Nielstrup (Guldborgsund Kommune) og
Christiansdal.
Ridder af Elefanten
Symbolum: "CUM DEO ET TEMPORE"
Kilde: Herman von Hams kopibog side 179, Ordenskapitlet.
.jpg "Reventlow, Christian Ditlev 1671-1738")
