Karen Sehested

She served as principal lady-in-waiting and royal governess for the children of King Christian IV of Denmark and Kirsten Munk from 1631 to 1634.

She was portrayed in the famous memoirs of Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Jammers Minde (1674).

At that time, this portion of Estonia was under the rule of Magnus, Duke of Holstein (1540–1583), younger son of King Christian III of Denmark.

She was the daughter of nobleman Claus Maltesen Sehested (1558–1612) and Anne Nielsdatter Lykke (1568–1645).

From 1635 to 1642, she became the foster mother of her nephew, admiral and naval hero, Niels Juel (1629-1697).