Dorothea Krag (27 September 1675–10 October 1754) was a Danish Postmaster General and
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Dorothea was married first to count Jens Juel in 1694, and second to the king's illegitimate half brother
Christian Gyldenløve
Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsøe (Copenhagen, 28 February 1674 – Odense, 16 July 1703), was a Danish nobleman and military officer. He was one of five illegitimate children fathered by Christian V of Denmark with Sophie Amalie Moth.
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in 1701. As the widow of Count Christian Gyldenløve, the
Postmaster General
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since 1686, she was granted the income from the office from 1703 until 1711. This was expected to be a purely formal office for her part, however she did in fact perform the duties of Postmaster, something unique for a woman of her time and the first for her country. She reformed the office of postmaster (1705), and introduced uniforms and signal horns (1709). Married thirdly to nobleman Hans Adolf Ahlefeld in 1715.
See also
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Katharina Henot
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Hedevig Johanne Bagger
References
Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon
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1675 births
18th-century Danish people
18th-century Danish women landowners
18th-century Danish landowners
Postmasters-General
1754 deaths
17th-century Danish nobility
18th-century Danish nobility
Krag family
18th-century civil servants