Abel Cathrine

She never used a surname, but she is believed to have been the illegitimate daughter of a German nobleman of the von der Wisch family.

In 1655, Abel Catherine married the court official Hans Hansen Osten (1617-1672), who was supervisor (proviantskriver) at Proviantgården on Slotsholmen and at the Copenhagen Castle in Copenhagen as well as crown manager of Queen Sofie Amalies's estates on Lolland and Falster.

In addition to his responsibilities of the royal estates, Osten also accumulated a great fortune through personal investments.

She founded Abel Cathrines Stiftelse to provide housing for the poor in Copenhagen.

Both Abel Cathrine and Hans Hansen Osten were buried at the Church of Holmen in Copenhagen where an epitaph with a double portrait was painted by Abraham Wuchters in 1674.