Anna Barbara "Bertha" Zück (2 February 1797 – 20 February 1868 at Stockholm Palacesvar.ra.se, SCB döda, Stockholms katolska
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and treasurer of Queen Josephine of Sweden. Bertha Zück arrived to Sweden from Bavaria in the entourage of Josephine of Leuchtenberg at her wedding with the Crown Prince of Sweden in 1823. Josephine became Queen in 1844. Zück was, alongside Josephine's Catholic confessor, Lorentz Studach (d. 1873), Josephine's most intimate friend and

: Zück, Studach and Josephine was so close that they were referred to at the royal court as "the Trio". Originally employed as a lady's maid, Bertha Zück was later appointed to the post of the Queen's treasurer, an unusual post for a woman in the 19th century.

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* Lars Elgklou: Bernadotte. Historien – eller historier – om en familj., Askild & Kärnekull Förlag AB, Stockholm 1978. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Zuck, Bertha 1797 births 1868 deaths Treasurers 19th-century Swedish people Royal favourites Swedish courtiers Swedish royal favourites Ladies maids

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