Countess Camille Jessie Agnete Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille was the daughter of Count Julius Ludvig greve Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille by his wife Baroness Camille Jessie Bille-Brahe (1853-1927). She was born on the Skovsbo Estate into one of the oldest Danish Noble families at the time. She married Count Knud Bille Ludvig Alfred Sophus Brockenhuus-Schack (1869-1927) on 28 July 1898 at Egeskov Castle, Kværndrup, Sunds, Svendborg, Danmark and had one child by that marriage.
The couple spent the first few years of marriage traveling abroad, after which they settled in Skovsbo. She became a Nurse in 1902 and in 1914 she became the first Scout Commander of the Danish Girl Scout Corps where she had the biggest impact. She believed that for girls it was liberating to have an outdoor life filled with practical tasks as opposed to solely being schooled in domestic servitude. She wrote a book in 1913 stating that women had to do what they could in order to compete with the men in society because not everyone had a wealthy family to rely on. The girls under her command studied in a variety of ways not common of the time, but in order to compete with the men they had to have practical skills outside of domestic chores.
After she divorced her husband in 1924, she became strongly involved in philanthropic work. She was vice-president of the Louise Association and organized fundraisers for the Queen Louise Children's Hospital. While her life was bustling in the 1920s, in the 1930s she lived a rather quiet life traveling a lot abroad to England until her death in 1940.
The couple spent the first few years of marriage traveling abroad, after which they settled in Skovsbo. She became a Nurse in 1902 and in 1914 she became the first Scout Commander of the Danish Girl Scout Corps where she had the biggest impact. She believed that for girls it was liberating to have an outdoor life filled with practical tasks as opposed to solely being schooled in domestic servitude. She wrote a book in 1913 stating that women had to do what they could in order to compete with the men in society because not everyone had a wealthy family to rely on. The girls under her command studied in a variety of ways not common of the time, but in order to compete with the men they had to have practical skills outside of domestic chores.
After she divorced her husband in 1924, she became strongly involved in philanthropic work. She was vice-president of the Louise Association and organized fundraisers for the Queen Louise Children's Hospital. While her life was bustling in the 1920s, in the 1930s she lived a rather quiet life traveling a lot abroad to England until her death in 1940.
Countess Camille Jessie Agnete Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille was the daughter of Count Julius Ludvig greve Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille by his wife Baroness Camille Jessie Bille-Brahe (1853-1927). She was born on the Skovsbo Estate into one of the oldest Danish Noble families at the time. She married Count Knud Bille Ludvig Alfred Sophus Brockenhuus-Schack (1869-1927) on 28 July 1898 at Egeskov Castle, Kværndrup, Sunds, Svendborg, Danmark and had one child by that marriage.
The couple spent the first few years of marriage traveling abroad, after which they settled in Skovsbo. She became a Nurse in 1902 and in 1914 she became the first Scout Commander of the Danish Girl Scout Corps where she had the biggest impact. She believed that for girls it was liberating to have an outdoor life filled with practical tasks as opposed to solely being schooled in domestic servitude. She wrote a book in 1913 stating that women had to do what they could in order to compete with the men in society because not everyone had a wealthy family to rely on. The girls under her command studied in a variety of ways not common of the time, but in order to compete with the men they had to have practical skills outside of domestic chores.
After she divorced her husband in 1924, she became strongly involved in philanthropic work. She was vice-president of the Louise Association and organized fundraisers for the Queen Louise Children's Hospital. While her life was bustling in the 1920s, in the 1930s she lived a rather quiet life traveling a lot abroad to England until her death in 1940.
The couple spent the first few years of marriage traveling abroad, after which they settled in Skovsbo. She became a Nurse in 1902 and in 1914 she became the first Scout Commander of the Danish Girl Scout Corps where she had the biggest impact. She believed that for girls it was liberating to have an outdoor life filled with practical tasks as opposed to solely being schooled in domestic servitude. She wrote a book in 1913 stating that women had to do what they could in order to compete with the men in society because not everyone had a wealthy family to rely on. The girls under her command studied in a variety of ways not common of the time, but in order to compete with the men they had to have practical skills outside of domestic chores.
After she divorced her husband in 1924, she became strongly involved in philanthropic work. She was vice-president of the Louise Association and organized fundraisers for the Queen Louise Children's Hospital. While her life was bustling in the 1920s, in the 1930s she lived a rather quiet life traveling a lot abroad to England until her death in 1940.
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