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Else Hansen (Cathrine Marie Mahs Hansen) also called de Hansen (1720 – 4 September 1784), was the royal mistress of king Frederick V of Denmark. She was his most famous mistress and known in history as Madam Hansen, and was, alongside Charlotte Amalie Winge, one of only two women known to have been long term lovers of the king.
Catharina von Wartenberg on several occasions caused difficulty in the relations to foreign powers because of her ambitions on precedence. On a banquet arranged by the Russian ambassador Baron Albrecht von der Lith (1659-1718), [2] [3] the ambassador asked the king to command her to attend, but when she was informed that she would not take precedence before the ambassador's spouse Madame de ...
After the death of Vieregg in 1704, Schindel became Frederick's lover and was given the title Countess of Frederiksholm, which was an acknowledgement of her status as an official royal mistress. In 1709, the monarch planned to marry her, but those plans were met with great opposition from the church who, when the King asked them if the law ...
Frederikke Benedichte Dannemand, born as Bente Frederikke Mortensdatter Andersen Rafsted (6 August 1792 [1] – 23 December 1862) is known in history as the royal mistress of King Frederick VI of Denmark.
A royal mistress is the historical position and sometimes unofficial title of the extramarital lover of a monarch or an heir apparent, who was expected to provide certain services, such as sexual or romantic intimacy, [1] companionship, and advice in return for security, titles, money, honours, and an influential place at the royal court.
Wilhelmine, Gräfin von Lichtenau, born as Wilhelmine Enke, also spelled Encke (29 December 1753 in Dessau – 9 June 1820 in Berlin), was the official mistress of King Frederick William II of Prussia from 1769 until 1797 and was elevated by him into the nobility. She is regarded as politically active and influential in the policy of Prussia ...
Fredersdorf initially became Frederick's valet, and when Frederick became king he was provided with an estate and acted as factotum and, as some have said, as an unofficial prime minister. [20] In 1789, Frederick's garden inspector and Oberhofbaurat [head of the planning department and building control office] Heinrich Ludewig Manger described ...
Lady in waiting, royal mistress Elisabeth Helene von Vieregg (4 May 1679 – 27 June 1704), [ 1 ] Countess of Antvorskov , was Danish noble and lady-in-waiting of German origin . She was the royal mistress of King Frederick IV of Denmark and, later, his first morganatic wife by bigamy .