Elise Løvenskiold
Elise Løvenskiold (16 February 1844 - 15 January 1923), was a Norwegian court official.[1] [2] She served as the overhoffmesterinne for Queen Sophia of Norway.
Elise Løvenskiold was the daughter of the landowner Harald Wedel-Jarlsberg (1811–1897) and Elise Frederikke Butenschøn (1820–1868).
She married landowner Carl Otto Løvenskiold in 1865. They were the parents of Harald Løvenskiold (1868–1934). Her spouse served as Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm in 1884.
She was appointed principal lady-in-waiting to queen Sophie of Norway. The office had traditionally often been appointed to members of the Løvenskiold and Wedel-Jarlsberg families. During the Union of Sweden and Norway, the Royal family mainly stayed in Sweden, and the Norwegian court staff served during their visits in Norway: during the royal visit, the king and queen took leave of their Swedish entourage at the border and was met by their Norwegian Household, in whose company they remained until the passed the border back to Sweden again. The duties of Elise Løvenskiold would have been more extensive, since queen Sophia chose to spend her summers in Norway, in Skinnarbøl manor outside Kongsvinger from 1892 until 1904.
References
- ^ https://nbl.snl.no/Carl_Otto_L%C3%B8venskiold
- ^ Bratberg, Terje: Carl Otto Løvenskiold i Norsk biografisk leksikon på snl.no. Hentet 2. februar 2021 fra https://nbl.snl.no/Carl_Otto_L%C3%B8venskiold
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