Anna Susanne von der Osten
Anna Susanne von der Osten (4 February 1704- 1 May 1773) was a Danish courtier and founder.
She was the daughter of general lieutenant Christian Georg von der Osten (d. 1735) and Anna Dorothea Gjedde.
In 1720-36 she was a hoffröken (maid-of-honour) and in 1736-70 a overhofmesterinde to Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark. She was given the Ordenen de l'Union Parfaite Ordenen de l'Union Parfaite in 1737. To be given this order was common for a lady-in-waiting, but unusual for her, because she was unmarried - the order was usually given to a former maid-of-honour after marriage.
She was the foster mother of Charlotte Baden and introduced her to her future benefactor Charlotte Amelie.
Anna Susanne von den Osten was unmarried and a member of the Protestant convent in Uetersen. In 1770, she created the foundation Stiftelse til adelige Frøkeners Underhold ('Foundation to the Support of Noble Maidens'), later known as Den von Ostenske Stiftelse ('Osten Foundation'), to support Lutheran spinsters from the nobility with no other support.
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