Karen Sehested

Karen Sehested (1606–1672) was a Danish court official and landowner. She served as principal lady-in-waiting and royal governess for the children of King Christian IV of Denmark and Kirsten Munk from 1631 to 1634. She was portrayed in the famous memoirs of Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Jammers Minde (1674).

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