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in 1763. In 1765 her spouse was appointed ambassador to Berlin, however during a court ball she convinced the king to appoint another to the post because she did not wish to leave
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On the night of the fall of
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Amalie Sofie
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for her. Struensee disliked her because she allegedly made Brandt defiant toward him, and as her spouse proved himself not useful as a politician, the
Holstein couple was allowed to stay at court only because of Brandt.
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She was the daughter of Schack von
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