Carl Juel

Carl Juel (1706-1767), was a Danish statesman and court official, Councillor and Stiftamtmand.

He was a son of statesman and nobleman Knud Juel and the brother of court official Niels Juel.

He served as courtier of to the queen, Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and married the queen's maid-of-honor Christiane Henriette Louise von Schleinitz in 1738. He and his wife were powerful central figures at the Danish royal court and their careers there took place in parallel: in 1742-43 they served as chamberlain and chief lady-in-waiting to Princess Louise of Denmark (1726–1756), and in 1743 they were appointed to the same position for the new crown princess, Louise of Great Britain. They kept their offices to Louise after she became queen, and were appointed to the same offices to the next queen, Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, in 1752.

In 1754, the Juel couple were ousted from the royal court, reportedly because they were considered a threat by the powerful Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff.

References

Laurs Laursen, "Juel, Carl", i: C.F. Bricka (red.), Dansk Biografisk Lexikon, København: Gyldendal 1887-1905.

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