Editing Anne of Denmark (section)

===Household in Scotland===
Anne brought servants and courtiers from Denmark, including the ladies-in-waiting and [[chamberer]]s Katrine Skinkel, [[Anna Kaas]], and [[Margaret Vinstarr]], the preacher [[Johannes Sering]], a page [[William Belo]], and artisans such as goldsmith [[Jacob Kroger]], the carpenter Frederick, her cooks [[Hans Poppilman]] and Marion,{{Sfnp|Field|2020|p=148}} and her tailors.<ref>{{Harvp|Williams|1970|pp=33, 42, 100}}; [[James Thomson Gibson-Craig]], [https://archive.org/details/papersrelative2600geneuoft/page/26/mode/2up ''Papers Relative to the Marriage of King James the Sixth of Scotland'' (Edinburgh, 1836), Appendix pp. 27–29]</ref> Her Danish secretary Calixtus Schein had two Scottish colleagues, [[William Fowler (makar)|William Fowler]] and [[John Geddie (secretary)|John Geddie]]. The head of her first household was [[Wilhelm von der Wense]].<ref>{{Harvp|Pearce|2019|page=140}}; {{Cite book |last=Meikle |first=Maureen |author-link=Maureen Meikle |title=The Reign of James VI |date=2000 |publisher=Tuckwell |editor-last=Goodare |editor-first=Julian |editor-link=Julian Goodare |location=East Linton |page=129 |chapter=A meddlesome princess: Anna of Denmark and Scottish court politics 1589–1603 |editor-last2=Lynch |editor-first2=Michael |editor-link2=Michael Lynch (historian)}}</ref> Servants from her home country provided familiarity and bridged a cultural divide.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Griffey |first=Erin |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2292/63544 |title=Rank Matters: New Research on Female Rulers in the Early Modern Era from an Intersectional Perspective |date=2022 |publisher=Friedrich-Alexander-Universität press |editor-last=Strunck |editor-first=Christina |pages=124, 126 |chapter=Home Comforts: Stuart Queens Consort and Negotiating Foreigness at Court |doi=10.25593/978-3-96147-592-6 |hdl=2292/63544 |isbn=978-3-96147-592-6 |editor-last2=Maier |editor-first2=Lukas}}</ref>

At first, observers like [[William Dundas of Fingask|William Dundas]] thought the queen led a solitary life, with few Scottish companions.<ref>[[Edmund Lodge]], ''Illustrations of British History'', vol. 2 (London, 1838), pp. 404–406.</ref> Later in 1590 more Scottish noblewomen were appointed to serve her, including [[Marie Stewart, Countess of Mar|Marie Stewart]], a daughter of [[Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox]], [[Margaret Wood (courtier)|Margaret Wood]], and members of the [[Margaret Stewart, Mistress of Ochiltree|Ochiltree Stewart family]].{{Sfn|Calendar of State Papers Scotland vol. 10|p=429}} James invited Scottish lairds including [[Robert Mure of Caldwell]] to send gifts of hackney horses for the queen's ladies to ride.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mure |first=William |title=Selections from the Family Papers Preserved at Caldwell |date=1854 |publisher=Glasgow |volume=1 |pages=83–84}}</ref> Anne bought her ladies and maidens of honour matching clothes and riding outfits, made by her Danish tailor Pål Rei and furrier Henrie Koss, and the Scottish tailors [[Peter Sanderson (tailor)|Peter Sanderson]] and [[Peter Rannald]] supervised by [[Wardrobe of Anne of Denmark|her master of Wardrobe]], [[Søren Johnson]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Field |first=Jemma |author-link=Jemma Field |date=2019 |title=Dressing a Queen: The Wardrobe of Anna of Denmark at the Scottish Court of King James VI, 1590–1603 |journal=The Court Historian |volume=24 |issue=2 |doi=10.1080/14629712.2019.1626120 |pages=155–156}}</ref> She had an [[Anne of Denmark and her African servants|African servant]], noted in the accounts only as the "Moir", who was probably a "page of the equerry", attending her horse. He was dressed in orange velvet and Spanish taffeta.{{Sfnp|Pearce|2019|pp=143–144}} When he died at [[Falkland Palace]] in July 1591, James paid for his funeral.<ref>{{Harvp|Field|2020|p=169}}; [[National Records of Scotland]], Treasurer's Accounts July 1591 E22/8 fol.121r., "Item be his maiesties spetiall command for ye buriall of a moir in Falkland & expensis thairupoun, vij li vj s viij d", [https://reedprepub.org/royal-court-of-scotland/ See REED transcriptions, edited by Sarah Carpenter, Royal Court of Scotland 1590–1592]</ref> The German physician [[Martin Schöner]] attended Anne when she was ill or in childbed.{{Sfnp|Field|2020|p=184}}

Two Danish favourites, Katrine Skinkel and Sofie Kass wore velvet hats with feathers to match the queen's, made by an older gentlewoman in the household, [[Elizabeth Gibb]], the wife of the king's tutor [[Peter Young (tutor)|Peter Young]].{{Sfnp|Field|2020|p=139}} Anne gave her ladies wedding gowns and trousseaux when they married, and even arranged a loan for the dowry of [[Jean Stewart, Lady Bargany|Jean, Lady Kennedy]].{{Sfnp|Pearce|2019|pp=147–148}} When, in December 1592 the widower [[John Erskine, Earl of Mar (1558–1634)|John Erskine]], [[Earl of Mar]] married Marie Stewart, James VI and Anne of Denmark attended the celebrations at [[Alloa Tower|Alloa]] and there was a [[masque]] in costume in which Anne of Denmark performed.{{Sfnp|Pearce|2019|pp=146, 148–149}} Materials for Anne's masque costumes included lightweight silks and ribbons and "plumages" of feathers.{{Sfnp|Pearce|2022|page=120}} Her court musicians in Scotland included [[John Norlie]], an English [[lutenist]].{{Sfnp|Field|2020|p=107}}

In 1593, Anne told the English ambassador [[Robert Bowes (diplomat)|Robert Bowes]] that she would like to meet Queen Elizabeth, and wanted to have a young English gentleman or maiden of "good parentage" join her household. Bowes passed this request to Cecil to consider.{{Sfn|Calendar of State Papers Scotland vol. 10|p=765}} She made another ouverture of friendship to Elizabeth I in May 1595, asking for her portrait. There was no response and Bowes had to reiterate her request. Finally, in February 1596 Elizabeth condescended to grant Anne's "earnest desire" and send her a picture.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sowerby |first=Tracey |date=April 2014 |title='A Memorial and a Pledge of Faith': Portraiture and Early Modern Diplomatic Culture |journal=English Historical Review |volume=129 |issue=537 |page=328|doi=10.1093/ehr/ceu070 }}</ref>