Background
The eldest daughter of Georg Philipp von Meisenburg and his wife Anna Elisabeth von Meisenburg, Clara"s father tried to get her and her sister Catharina positions at the French court at Versailles.
The eldest daughter of Georg Philipp von Meisenburg and his wife Anna Elisabeth von Meisenburg, Clara"s father tried to get her and her sister Catharina positions at the French court at Versailles.
When this attempt failed, he placed them at the court of Ernest Augustus, where Clara served as lady-in-waiting to the Duchess Sophia and attracted the Duke"s attentions. Clara was married to Franz Ernst, Baron von Platen (1631–1709).