Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden-Gimborn, Countess of Yarmouth, born Amalie von Wendt was the principal mistress of King George II from the mid-1730s until his death in 1760.
Portrait of Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden, ca. 1745
Mezzotint by G. de Koning of Amalie Sophie von Wallmoden
Johann Ludwig Reichsgraf von Wallmoden-Gimborn was a Hanoverian Army officer.
Amalie von Wallmoden, Countess of Yarmouth
…royal mistress to be so honoured. She remained in England until the death in 1760 of King George II, who is believed to have fathered her second son, Johann Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Wallmoden-Gimborn. She returned to Hanover for the rest of her life, surviving the king for nearly five years. She was born Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wendt on 1 April…
Johann Ludwig von Wallmoden
Collection of Wallmoden-Gimborn in the exhibition The Hanoverians on Britain's Throne 1714-1837, in the Palace of Herrenhausen, 2014