Francisca "Fanny" Veronika Johanne Josephine Løvenskiold (7 February 1807 – 19 March 1873) was a Norwegian court official. She served as the ''

overhoffmesterinne Court Mistress (; ; ; ; ) or Chief Court Mistress (; ; ; ; ; ) is or was the title of the senior lady-in-waiting in the courts of Austria, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, Imperial Russia, and the German princely and royal courts. Chief c ...

'' for Queen Josephine of Norway.

Life

She was born Francisca Veronika Johanne Josephine von Seckendorf-Aberdar on 26 February 1827, the daughter of baron Johan Carl August Max von Seckendorf-Aberdar and Magdalene von Hommer. She married Ernst Løvenskiold (1803–1867), son of

Severin Løvenskiold Severin Løvenskiold (7 February 1777 – 15 September 1856) was a Norwegian nobleman, politician and the prime minister of Norway. Family Severin Løvenskiold, the younger, was born in Porsgrunn in Telemark, Norway to Severin Løvenskiold, ...

and chief of the Norwegian state court under Oscar I. In 1846, she was appointed principal lady-in-waiting to queen Josephine. During the

Union of Sweden and Norway Sweden and Norway or Sweden–Norway (; ), officially the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, and known as the United Kingdoms, was a personal union of the separate Monarchy, kingdoms of Sweden and Norway under a common monarch and common fo ...

, the royal family had a separate Norwegian court, who met them at the border and served during their visits to Norway. During the reign of Oscar I, the royal household was reduced in both Sweden and Norway. Many offices were purposely left vacant, and no married ladies-in-waiting (

statsfru Statsfru ("Lady of the State") is an office at the Royal Court of Sweden. The title has been used for two different offices during the course of history. Originally created in 1774, the office was given to several individuals, and simply the titl ...

) were appointed in Sweden or Norway: in 1849 Fanny Løvenskiold's Swedish equivalent

Charlotta Skjöldebrand Charlotta Letitia Skjöldebrand ( Ennes; 29 June 1791 – 17 April 1866) was a Swedish court official. She served as senior lady-in-waiting ''(överhovmästarinna)'' to Queen Josefina from 1835 to 1866. Life Skjöldebrand was the daughter of bus ...

had two maids of honour under her while Fanny Løvenskiold had two, Inga Hedewig Vogt och

Juliane Wedel Jarlsberg Juliane Cathrine Wilhelmine Wedel Jarlsberg (1818–1872) was a Norwegian court official. She served as the ''overhoffmesterinne'' for Queen Louise of Norway. Life She was the daughter of Norwegian baron Ferdinand Carl Maria Wedel-Jarlsberg (17 ...

, the last of whom were to eventually succeed her. Aside from the ladies-in-waiting, however, the queen's Swedish household was much bigger from her Norwegian one. Fanny Løvenskiold would also have served crown princess Louise, who stayed in Norway for a full year, an uncommonly long period, in 1856–1857.Louise i Norsk biografisk leksikon på snl.no. Hentet 9. februar 2021 fra https://nbl.snl.no/Louise

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1807 births 1873 deaths Norwegian ladies-in-waiting Mistresses of the Robes (Norway) Fanny 19th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-bio-stub

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