Louise van der Nooth

Louise van der Nooth (died 1654) was a Swedish courtier. She was a maid of honor and a favorite of Queen Christina of Sweden.

She was the daughter of the noble colonel Lamoraal van der Noot from Northern Brabant and Lucretia van Stakenbroek. Her mother remarried the Swedish baron Knut Kurck and took five of her seven children to Sweden.

Louise van der Nooth was appointed maid of honor to queen Christina. As such, she became a part of the small circle of females in whom Christina showed an interest. With some exceptions, such as Ebba Sparre, lady Jane Ruthven and Louise van der Nooth, Christina did not show any interest in her female courtiers, and generally mentions them only to express contempt over their femininity and portray herself as more masculine than them. In 1639 she mentions her attitude toward her ladies in waiting in regard to Beata Oxenstierna and her daughter, maid of honor Märta Ulfsparre: "The Mistress of the Robes Lady Beata Oxenstierna and her daughter arrived just now. The more of them that comes here the worse it is".[1] Alongside lady Jane Ruthven, Louise van der Nooth are described as one of the few ladies-in-waiting apart from Ebba Sparre to have been able to exert any form of influence upon Christina, and was apparently specially appreciated. She belonged to the ladies-in-waiting to remain with Christina until she left Sweden after her abdication in 1654, after the rest of the ladies had lost their positions. Shortly before the abdication, Christina awarded her with a sum of 6.000 daler.

Louise van der Nooth died later the same year.

References

  1. ↑ Eva Österberg, ed. (1997). Jämmerdal & Fröjdesal. Kvinnor i stormaktstidens Sverige. Stockholm: Atlantis AB. ISBN 91-7486-355-X; p. 321


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