Christine Sophie von Gähler was a leading profile of the royal court of King Christian VII of Denmark, where she attracted attention with her beauty, her vivaciousness, sarcastic wit and humorous temper.

She was a leading figure of the court and well regarded by both the King as well as the Queen: she was regarded as socially indispensable at the card games played by the king and his favorites Count Enevold Brandt and Count Christian Frederik von Holstein, as well as by queen Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, when she enjoyed outings with her ladies-in-waiting during her summers in the countryside, during which they were escorted by their admirers while their husbands were left at home.

[1] She is described as the female courtier perhaps most favored by the queen and almost always in her company at card games, masked balls and outings, a friendship that was established at least from 1767 onward.

Christine Sophie von Gähler was decorated with the Ordenen de l'Union Parfaite (1765) and the Order of Mathilde, Mathildeordenen (1771).

In connection to the fall of the queen's lover Struensee, Christine Sophie von Gähler and her spouse were both arrested and imprisoned on the night of 16–17 January 1772, after which their home was searched.