Juliane Cathrine Wilhelmine Wedel Jarlsberg

Juliane Cathrine Wilhelmine Wedel Jarlsberg (1818–1872) was a Norwegian court official. She served as the overhoffmesterinne for Queen Louise of Norway. Life She was the daughter of Norwegian baron Ferdinand Carl Maria Wedel-Jarlsberg (1781–1857) and Juliane Wilhelmine von Benzon (1783–1853). In 1851, she married the Norwegian nobleman Frederik (Fritz) Joachim Wedel Jarlsberg (1819–1880). She was the mother of Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg. Her parents served at the Norwegian court, where her father was head of the court of king Oscar I and her mother as statsfru (lady-in-waiting) to queen mother Désirée Clary. Prior to her marriage, Juliane Wedel Jarlsberg served as hoffrøken (maid of honour) to queen Josephine of Sweden and Norway under Fanny Løvenskiold. After her marriage, she was appointed overhoffmesterinne or principal lady-in-waiting to Queen Louise of Norway, who became queen in 1859. Her spouse was in parallel appointed be the hoffmarskalk (chamberlain) of the spouse of queen Louise, king Charles IV of Norway.