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Louise von Kameke

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Married Christian von Brandt (dsp. August 1764) (note 1). She was, according to GT1, "as a young woman [a corresponded of] Voltaire, and appears to have been a friend of Madame de Wreech, who is reputed have been Frederick's [King Frederick II the Great] mistress." According to the same source, she had at least two daughters, Sophie, a lady of honour to the Prussian queen, and Frederike.

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  • Louise von Brandt

Life with James Boswell

Boswell waited on Louise von Brandt on August 1, 1764, having previously been presented to her at Charlottenburg. On September 13, he "went to Madame de Brandt's, where I imagined I was invited. But I had mistaken Tuesday for Thursday, and she punished me by a recital of the fine partie that she had, as it was her daughter's birthday."

Notes

Note 1: Christian von Brandt was a cousin of the Gräfin von Camas (ca. 1685-1765), who was reputedly King Frederick II's most intimate (platonic) female friend.


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Louise von Kameke is mentioned in:

  • Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1763-1764

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From 1777 to 1783 James Boswell was a columnist for the London Magazine, writing a total of seventy essays under the pseudonym the Hypochondriack.

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