Ingeborg Christiane Rosenörn (1784-1859) was a Danish courtier and philanthropist;

Overhofmesterinde 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 ...

to the Danish queen,

Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (28 June 1796 – 9 March 1881) was Queen of Denmark as the second spouse of King Christian VIII between 1839 and 1848. Life Early life Caroline Amalie was the daughter of Frederi ...

from 1845 to 1859. She was the cousin of Peder Wormskjold and Margrethe Mette Teilmann and married in 1807 to her cousin Peder Otto Rosenörna (d. 1828). She became a leading member of the Danish philanthropists after her marriage and a muse for the poet Ingemanns: their correspondence was published in 1881. Through her charity work - she was the chairperson of a number of charitable societies - she became acquainted with the queen. In 1843, she was appointed to the representative of the queen and chairperson of the charitable society ''Plejeforening'', and two years later, she was appointed mistress of the robes.

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Dansk biografisk Lexikon / XIV. Bind. Resen - Saxtrup
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosenorn, Ingeborg Christiane 1784 births 1859 deaths 19th-century Danish people Danish ladies-in-waiting Danish philanthropists Danish women philanthropists Mistresses of the Robes (Denmark) 19th-century philanthropists 19th-century women philanthropists