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Henri Konow

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Governor of the Danish West Indies (1862-1939)

PoliticiansLived 1862 to 1939 · aged 76
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Henri Konow was a Danish naval officer, vice-admiral, and the last governor of the Danish West Indies, overseeing the transfer of administration to the United States of America following the Treaty of the Danish West Indies in 1916 under which the Kingdom of Denmark sold the islands now named the US Virgin Islands to...

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1925Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog
1911Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog

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Henri Konow was a Danish naval officer, vice-admiral, and the last governor of the Danish West Indies, overseeing the transfer of administration to the United States of America following the Treaty of the Danish West Indies in 1916 under which the Kingdom of Denmark sold the islands now named the US Virgin Islands to the United States in exchange for US$25,000,000 in gold.

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Lived 1862 to 1939 · aged 76
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