Margrethe von der Lühe

Margrethe von der Lühe (16 February 1741– 1 October 1826) was a Danish courtier. She was a lady-in-waiting to Princess Louise of Denmark from 1766–1768, Chief Court Mistress to the Queen Caroline Matilda of Great Britain from 1768–1770, and Chief Court Mistress to Queen dowager Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1772–1784.

She was born into the Holck and Winterfeld Danish noble families. She was married to Volrad August von der Lühe from 1767 until his death. She remarried in 1784 to Christian Frederik Numsen, after which she left court.

Life at court Margrethe von der Lühe was born on 16 February 1741 at Orebygaard. She was the daughter of count Christian Christopher Holck (1698–1774) and Ermegaard Sophie von Winterfeldt (1702–1756) and was one of eleven children, 7 of whom survived to adulthood. Her brother Gustav Frederik Holck-Winterfeldt was a county governor and her brother Conrad Holck was a favorite of king Christian VII of Denmark.

In 1750, she entered the convent in Roskilde. Through her brother's intervention and the queens good favor, Margrethe thus became the Chief Court Mistress in 1768. That same year, she was awarded the Ordre de l'Union Parfaite. Niels Ditlev Riegels was reportedly one of her protégés and he may have had her to thank for acquiring a position at court in 1781. Riegels participated in the 1784 coup that deposed Juliana Maria from power, and he dedicated a publication to Margrethe von der Lühe.

On 24 July 1784, she remarried Lieutenant General, Gehejmeråd Christian Frederik Numsen (1741–1811) and left court. Margrethe von de Lühe died on 1 October 1826 in Copenhagen.