Ingeborg Akeleye was a Norwegian noble. She became known for her adventurous love life.

Daughter of Jens Werner Akeleye (d. 1772) and Martha Bruun (d. 1797), she married Herman Løvenskiold (1739-1799) in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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 in 1763. They settled in Norway

Norway

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. She was described as a well educated and demanding beauty, him as dissimilar, and their relationship was not happy; the marriage had been arranged. In 1764, she met the infamous libertine

Libertine

A libertine is one devoid of most moral restraints, which are seen as unnecessary or undesirable, especially one who ignores or even spurns accepted morals and forms of behavior sanctified by the larger society. Libertines, also known as rakes, placed value on physical pleasures, meaning those...

 Count

Count

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 Christian Conrad Danneskiold-Laurvig, who, in 1765, was exiled from Denmark to Laurvig i Norway after his abduction of the actress Mette Marie Rose from the Royal Danish Theatre

Royal Danish Theatre

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. She had a relationship with him and divorced her husband in 1766. Her father was given custody over her, but she escaped his authority and lived with different lovers and friends in Norway and Sweden, such as Brockenhuus, Friis, Kaj Brandt and V. A. d'Orchimont. In 1767, a commission was set up to investigate her elopement, and by the help of Laurwigen, Ingeborg was declared of legal majority; she then lived with Laurwigen, who was exiled a second time to Norway in 1770. In 1783, Laurwigen died and she married the Swedish spy

SPY

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 Carl Ingmann von Manderfeldt. The couple settled in Copenhagen in 1787.