was, for a brief time, on the Board of Directors for the Danish island of Møen (now Møn, then a Royal possession south of Copenhagen, in the Baltic Sea. In 1664 she called the island “Forvalterske” [Management]. Eyesight A family tradition tells that an eye surgery in 1653 restored her sight after she had been deprived of it for 37 years, but there may be reasons to doubt the reliability of this report. Death In 1673, Andersdatter died in Copenhagen. Andersdatter was buried next to her daughters at the Sankt Nicolai Kirke [St. Nicholas Church] in Copenhagen. A portrait of her is said to have hung inside this church as late as 1779 but it is apparently now lost, probably to the fire of 1795 that almost destroyed the church. Hven was afterwards passed to her only surviving child, Hans Ulrik Gyldenløve. See also Copenhagen Fire of 1795 References Literature (da) Lars Bisgaard, Claus Bjørn, Michael Bregnsbo, Merete Harding, Kurt Villads Jensen, Knud J. V. Jespersen: Danmarks Konger og Dronninger [Kings and Queens of Denmark]. Copenhagen, Gyldendal Boghandels,2004 (da) Carl Frederik Bricka, “Andersdatter, Karen”, Dansk Biografisk Lexikon, Tillige Omfattende, Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814, 1. Bind, Aaberg-Beaumelle [Danish Biographical Dictionary, Comprehensive Addition, Norway for the Period 1537-1814, 1st Volume, Aaberg-Beaumelle]. Copenhagen, Gyldendalske Boghandels [Gyldendal Publications], 1887), page 216 at the Runeberg Project (da) Carl Frederik Bricka and Julius Albert Fridericia, Kong Christian den fjords egenhændige breve, Bind 3, 1632-1635 [Handwritten Letters of King Christian the Fourth, Volume 3, 1632-1635]. Copenhagen, Rudolph Klein, 1878-1880, pp 130, 177 and 413 (da) Johannes Nikolai Høst, Christian den fjerde: Danmarks go Norges store konge [Christian the Fourth: The Great King of Denmark and Norway] (Copenhagen, Alvild Th. Høst, 1839), pp. 195–198 (da) Prof. Abraham Kall, “Eterretninger om Fru Karen Andersdatter, samt Christian den Fierdes Bindebrev til hende” [Information about Karen Andersdatter and Christian the Fourth's Written Promise to Her]. In: Nye Danske Magazine [New Danish Magazine], Andet Binds Forste Hefte [2nd Volume, 1st Issue], Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Danske Selskab til den Nordiske Histories og Sprogs Forbedring [The Royal Danish Society for Nordic History and Language Improvement], 1806, pp. 1-8 External links (da) “Karen Andersdatter”, Den Store Danske] Gyldendals åbne Encyklopædi [The Great Dane, Gyldendal's Online Encyclopedia] (da) “Karen Andersdatter” Dansk Biografisk Lexikon [Danish Biographical Dictionary] Mistresses of Christian IV of Denmark 1673 deaths 17th-century Danish women Year of birth unknown