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About Dorothea Justina Haxthausen
- Dorothea Justina Haxthausen (1663-1735) was a Danish courtier.
- She was a lady-in-waiting to the queen of Denmark, Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, and known as a favorite and confidante of the queen.She was the daughter of Anton of Oldenburg and stepdaughter to Charlotte Amélie de la Trémoille.
- She married Anton Wolf Haxthausen in 1689.
- She was appointed overhofmesterinde to the queen of Denmark in 1695, and like her stepmother, became one of two ladies-in-waiting known as the favorite of the queen, who referred to her as "liebstes Dörtgen" and "Madame la Comtesse".
- The intimacy of their relationship is illustrated in a letter from the queen in reply to Hauxthausen, who had expressed concern that she would be unable to perform in her office because of her illnesses: "Do not fear that I shall be offended.
- No matter how ill you are, you shall always be as dear to me, and if God should wish to deprive me of a part of the help, which I would wish to have of your service, so let us both submit to his mighty hand." She is described as an accomplished and loveable personality.
- She retired from her office for health reasons in 1705.
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