Christiane Henriette Louise Juel

Christiane Henriette Louise Juel née von Schleinitz (1709-1756) was a Danish noblewoman and courtier.

She served as maid-of-honor to the queen, Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and married the queen's courtier Carl Juel in 1738. She and her spouse where 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, who disliked the great confidence they had acquired with the queen.

References

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

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