52:, Benny Sophie Caroline Andrea Treschow was the daughter of the estate owner Carl Adolph Rothe Treschow (1839–1924) and Sophie Margrethe Elisabeth Rantzau (1844–1911). She was brought up in a prominent noble household, receiving her education at home from private tutors brought in from abroad. As a result, she was able to converse fluently in French, English and German. In 1892, she married Hans Christian Frederik Wilhelm Cederfeld de Simonsen (1866–1938), also an affluent estate owner on Funen. Thereafter she moved into his Erholm manor.
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