Barbara Christine Von Bernhold - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Jan 01, 1690 Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany Died on 27 Dec 1756 (aged 66)

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About Barbara Christine Von Bernhold

  • Barbara Christine von Bernhold (1690 - 1756), was a German courtier.
  • She was the official royal mistress of Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel in 1711-1730, and the political adviser, first lady and head of the court of William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel between in 1730-1756. She was the daughter of the Hessian noble and officer Johann Ludwig von Bernhold and Anna Lucretia von Stain.
  • After the death of Maria Amalia of Courland in 1711, she became the official mistress of Charles I.
  • She had a good relationship to his sons, and after his death in 1730, she was allowed to remain at court.
  • She became the head of the court of William in 1730, and because his consort Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz was imprisoned because of mental illness, she acted ceremoniously as the first lady of the court.
  • She also exerted political influence over William, as he made her his political adviser.
  • She was housed in the Bellevue Palace.

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