Charlotte Baden was a Danish writer, feminist and letter-writer.

Daughter of major Gustav Ludvig von Klenau (1703-72) and Bolette Cathrine From (1696-1788). She was brought up by her relative Anna Sophie von den Osten, head lady-in-waiting

Lady-in-waiting

A lady-in-waiting is a female personal assistant at a royal court, attending on a queen, a princess, or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman from a family highly thought of in good society, but was of lower rank than the woman on whom she...

 to Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark, who financed her education and gave her a pension.

She married professor Jacob Baden (1735-1804) in 1763.