Hvem daterte Else Hansen?

Cathrine Marie Mahs (Else) Hansen (adlet de Hansen) (født 1720, død 4. september 1784) var kong Frederik Vs maitresse.

Madam Hansen kjennes især fra forfatterinnen Charlotte Dorothea Biehls skildringer av det løsslupne livet ved kong Frederiks hoff. Sammen fikk kongen og elskerinnen fem barn, hvorav de siste ble født i diskresjon på herregården Ulriksholm på Fyn.

Madam Hansen hadde ingen politisk innflytelse, men ble, som den eneste av kongens elskerinner, adlet og eide i årene 1766–1768 og 1771–1774 herregården Klarskov i Marslev, ikke så langt fra Ulriksholm. Siden solgte hun den, og bodde som leier til sin død i 1784. Hun ble begravet i Marslev kirke. Hun er avbildet på et maleri av Jens Thrane i Frederiksborgmuseet.

Frederick V (Danish and Norwegian: Frederik V; 31 March 1723 – 14 January 1766) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from 6 August 1746 until his death in 1766. A member of the House of Oldenburg, he was the son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.

Although the personal influence of Frederick was limited, his reign was marked by the progress of commerce and trade, and art and science prospered under his reign. Unlike his parents who were deeply devoted to Pietism, Frederick grew into a hedonist. As regent, he took part in the conduct of government by attending council meetings, but he was afflicted by alcoholism and most of his rule was dominated by able ministers who were influenced by the ideas of the Age of Enlightenment. His ministers marked his reign by the progress of commerce and the emerging industry. They also avoided involving Denmark-Norway in the European wars of his time. Although Frederick V wasn't personally interested in cultural affairs, his first wife was, and the public entertainment and freedom of expression that had been banned during his father's reign was again permitted.