Katerina Botsari

The daughter of Markos Botsaris, she was in the service of Queen Amalia of Greece as well as an admired young woman throughout the European courts; she was immortalised for the 'Gallery of Beauties' of Ludwig I of Bavaria in an 1841 painting by Joseph Stieler.

In the end, however, after the prisoner exchange, Ekaterini returned to her family and later she went to the newly created Greek state.

[3] After the marriage of the newly elected king in 1836, a household was formed for his spouse Queen Amalia, and Katerina Botsari was appointed to the post of Lady-in-Waiting.

[4] She was the described by the diarist Christiane Lüth: As a Lady in Waiting she accompanied Amalia to her official visits in the royal courts of various European Countries.

Furthermore, during her stay in Bavaria, she won the admiration of the public not only for her beauty, but also for being the daughter of the famous fighter Markos Botsaris.