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Margrethe Marie Thomasine Numsen (née Ingenhaef(f); 8 March 1705 -8 October 1776), was a politically active Danish courtier.
She was the daughter of general major noble Johan Peter Ingenhaeff. She served as lady-in-waiting to queen
Andreas Peter Bernstorff og Ove Høegh Guldberg: bidrag til den guldbergske Tids Historie
', 1899
{{DEFAULTSORT:Numsen, Margrethe Marie Thomasine 1705 births 1776 deaths 18th-century Danish people Danish ladies-in-waiting Danish nobility Governesses to Danish royalty
Margrethe Marie Thomasine Numsen (née Ingenhaef(f); 8 March 1705 -8 October 1776), was a politically active Danish courtier.
She was the daughter of general major noble Johan Peter Ingenhaeff. She served as lady-in-waiting to queen Anne Sophie Reventlow
Anne Sophie von Reventlow ( da, Anna Sophie; 16 April 1693 – 7 January 1743) was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1721 to 1730 as the second wife of Frederick IV of Denmark and Norway.
Early life
Countess Anna Sophie von Reventlow was born in ...
prior to her marriage. In 1725, she married general noble Michael Numsen. She was given the Ordre de l'Union Parfaite
The Ordre de l'Union Parfaite was created by Queen consort Sophie Magdalene of Denmark and Norway on 7 August 1732 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of her happy marriage with King Christian VI of Denmark and Norway. It was given to both men ...
1753.
After the death of her spouse in 1757, she became a central figure in court life, attributed political influence and often criticized. In 1772, she was appointed the head of the court of the crown prince, the future Frederick VI of Denmark
Frederick VI (Danish and no, Frederik; 28 January 17683 December 1839) was King of Denmark
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. The crown prince who reportedly liked her very much and called her ''Mutter''.
She belonged to a party at court in opposition to J. H. E Bernstorff alongside Schimmelmann and Prince Charles of Hesse, and supported the candidate of Schack Rathlou as his replacement.
In 1773, several members of the royal court was ousted after the dismissal of Osten and Andreas Schumacher
Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. The name ...
, who were accused of sympathy with the burghers, and in September, Numsen lost the favor of queen Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (Danish: ''Juliane Marie''; 4 September 1729 – 10 October 1796) was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1752 to 1766 as the second consort of King Frederick V of Denmark and Norway. She was mother to ...
after having planned a coup d'etat to replaced the regency of Juliana Maria composed by one headed by A. P. Bernstorff, Schack Rathlou, Schimmelmann, Prince Charles and Princess Louise, and was exiled from court with the maids-of-honour Råben and Krogh and number of lower officials - Numsen was, however, officially given an honorable discharge and a pension.Aage Friis, Andreas Peter Bernstorff og Ove Høegh Guldberg: bidrag til den guldbergske Tids Historie
', 1899
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Numsen, Margrethe Marie Thomasine 1705 births 1776 deaths 18th-century Danish people Danish ladies-in-waiting Danish nobility Governesses to Danish royalty