Sophie Amalie Lindenov
Sophie Amalie Lindenov, Baroness of Lindenborg (4 July 1649 – 1688) was a Danish noblewoman and landowner.
Her parents were Hans Lindenov, a nobleman of Bavarian origins who had been made a Knight of the Order of the Elephant in 1648 and was a member of the Danish Council of State, and Countess Elisabeth Augusta af Schleswig-Holstein, a morganatic daughter of King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway.[1] In 1674 she married nobleman Claus Daa. Their only child, a son named Hans after his maternal grandfather, was born in Aalborg on 5 December 1677. One year later, on 8 December 1678, her husband was murdered, and three months later, on 26 March 1679, her son also died. Now a very wealthy widow, she became famous for her extravagant lifestyle, living—it was said—"blindly according to passion, promiscuity and greed".[2] In 1681 the King created her Baroness af Lindenborg. She received this title and fief suo jure on the condition that she made the King's illegitimate son, Christian Gyldenløve, her heir.[2]
In 1688 she took ill with some sort of extremely painful illness. On her deathbed she confessed to the murder of her late husband.[2]
The Baroness became a legend in the local folklore.[2]