Henri Konow

Henri Konow
Minister of Defence
In office 30 March 1920 – 5 April 1920
Prime Minister	Otto Liebe
Preceded by	Peter Rochegune Munch
Succeeded by	Michael Pedersen Friis
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 30 March 1920 – 5 April 1920
Prime Minister	Otto Liebe
Preceded by	Erik Scavenius
Succeeded by	Otto Scavenius
Governor of the Danish West Indies
Acting
In office 3 October 1916 – 31 March 1917
Preceded by	Christian Helweg-Larsen [da]
Succeeded by	Edwin Taylor Pollock (as Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands)
Personal details
Born	(1862-02-07)7 February 1862 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	18 January 1939(1939-01-18) (aged 76) Odense, Denmark
Resting place	Beldringe Cemetery, Præstø
Spouse	Jacobine Cathrine Margrethe Worsaae ​ ​ (m. 1892)​
Parent(s)	Hans Jacob Hesselberg Konow (father) Ida Marie West (mother)
Occupation	Politician, medical doctor, diplomat
Cabinet	Liebe
Military service
Allegiance	Denmark
Branch/service	Royal Danish Navy
Years of service	1879–1927
Rank	Vice Admiral

Henri Konow (7 February 1862 – 18 January 1939) 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.