Birgitte Sofie Gabel

She was the daughter of Baron Verner Rosenkrantz and Else Margrete Sehested and married the courtier and nobleman Kristian Karl Gabel [da] in 1762.

The contemporary memoir writer count Rantzau-Ascheberg described her as a woman whose education and great scholarly knowledge could be compared to that of most men.

[1] The plan failed because Gabel did not wish to become the king's mistress, as she found him repulsive and was in love with Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel.

[1] Reportedly, it was also Struensee's plan to become the lover of Gabel and through her control the king politically.

[1] During her brief period in favor with the king, she reportedly tried to influence him to get rid of his favorite Conrad Holck, whom she despised.