Anne Meinstrup

Anne Meinstrup (1475–1535) was a politically active Danish noblewoman, lady-in-waiting and county administrator.

Daughter of noble riksråd Henrik Meinstrup (d.1496) and Margrethe Christiansdatter Daa (d. 1497), she was married to noble riksråd Holger Eriksen Rosenkrantz til Boller (d. 1496) in 1491 and the noble Jørgen Ahlefeldt til Søgaard in Southern Jutland, (d. 1500) in 1497.

She was made head lady-in-waiting of first Christina of Saxony in 1503 and in 1516 of the next queen Isabella of Austria.

She criticized the relationship between king Christian II of Denmark and Dyveke, and lived in exile in Lübeck in 1517–23.

At the public council of Ringsted Landsting 20 January 1535, she was summoned as one of the delegates by the count.

Ledger stone of Anne Meinstrup in Hornslet church