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'Grevinde Sylvia Knuth' rose Description
'Grevinde Sylvia Knuth' rose photo
Photo courtesy of jedmar
Origin:
Bred by Dines Poulsen (1879-1940) (Denmark, 1913).
Class:
Climber.  
Bloom:
Red or white.  Light red.  Small, in large clusters bloom form.  
Habit:
Climbing.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Parentage:
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Notes:
The references do not agree on the colour of the blooms.
Sylvia Mizpah Pio (November 29, 1878 Chicago - April 24, 1932 Hellerup/Denmark), daughter of Louis Pio (December 14, 1841 Roskilde - June 27, 1894 Chicago), founder of the Danish Labor movement, and Louise Jørgensen (1858 - 1924)
- married on July 6, 1903 Christoffer Eggert, Count (Grev) Knuth af Knuthenborg (February 27, 1882 Bandholmsgaard - March 19, 1920 Algier), divorced 1912;
- married June 30, 1917 the royal actor Johannes Poulsen (brother of breeder Svend Poulsen) in 1917 (November 17, 1881 - October 14, 1938), divorced 1922;
- and finally would have married Thorvald Stauning (October 26, 1873 Copenhagen - May 3, 1942 Copenhagen), leader of the Social Democrats, Prime Minister 1924-26 and 1929-42, if she had not died of a stroke.
The Story in Danish En vild Historie om en staerk kvinde
 
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