Constantia van Lynden

Constantia van Lynden (1761-1831), was a Dutch noblewoman. She is known as the love object of William V, Prince of Orange, who courted her in 1779-1782, which caused a scandal and attracted attention in contemporary Netherlands. The affair was used as propaganda by the Patriottentijd for political reasons and the was portrayed as potentially politically influential.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/26/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.