Klara Elisabeth von Platen-Hallermund, Mäitresse von Ernst August

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Elisabeth_von_Platen -- Translated by Google from the original German so the English is rather odd:

Clara Elisabeth was the eldest daughter of Georg Philipp von Meysenbug (1620-1669) and his wife Anna Elisabeth von Meysenbug (1625-1680). Her father tried in vain to accommodate her and her sister Catharina at the French court in Versailles . After their rejection, they moved to the court of Duke Ernst August of Brunswick-Lüneburg . At the court of Hanover she became court lady of the Duchess Sophie von der Pfalz .

Around 1672 she became the duke's mistress and exerted great influence on her lover. From the liaison came out a son and a daughter:

Ernst August (1674-1726)

Sophie Charlotte (1675-1725)

In September 1673, Clara Elisabeth married the prince's teacher Franz Ernst von Platen (1631-1709) in Hildesheim . Her husband's career rose very fast, he was Prime Minister and raised to the position of count. He recognized the two children that had been born to his wife during his marriage as his own. At the same time, Clara Elisabeth's younger sister Catharina was the mistress of Elector Georg Ludwig , until his marriage (1682) with Princess Sophie Dorothea of ​​Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle .

Duke Ernst August gave the Countess the later converted to the inn property of King of Hanover .

Endless family disputes of the Duke knew to exploit Clara Elisabeth in her favor and was considered the most powerful wife of Hanover. When in 1688 Philipp Christoph von Königsmarck entered the services of the spa prince, she was very impressed by the charm of the 17-year-old count. Whether she entered into a sexual relationship with him is not known. In January 1694 she tried to marry her daughter Sophia Charlotte to the count, but Königsmarck, who since March 1692 had had a sexual relationship with Sophie Dorothea, the wife of his spa prince, entertained, refused. Because of this affront by Count Königsmark, Clara Elisabeth revealed to the cure prince the infidelity of his wife. In the wake of this "Königsmarck affair," Count Königsmarck disappeared without a trace and Sophie Dorothea was imprisoned for the rest of her life at Ahlden Castle .

After the death of Clara Elisabeth copies of a confession were in circulation, which she is said to have made on her deathbed. In this she admitted her complicity in Königsmarck's death. The original document itself, however, has disappeared.

http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00031020&tree=LEO

Klara was apparently mistress of Elector Ernst August of Hannover, and it is believed that her Children were fathered by him. (http://www.almanachdegotha.org/id92.html)

Klara and her sister Catharina were presented at court in 1673, where the two charming and vivacious sisters quickly made an impression. Klara became the mistress of the Elector, Ernst Augustus, while Catharina became the lover of Ernst Augustus' eldest son, Georg Ludwig. Klara was duly married to Franz Ernst von Platen-Hallermund, and he recognized her children as his own, as was considered acceptable at the time.