Marie Walburge Gräfin Lerchenfeld, also known as Countess Lerchenfeld or Madame de Lerchenfeld, (died 1769) served Maria Theresa

Maria Theresa of Austria

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 in Vienna

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 as the governess of several of her children. Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette ; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and of Navarre. She was the fifteenth and penultimate child of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I....

, future queen of France

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, was among her charges. She is mentioned in the book Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles as a wonderful dancer and a kind woman. The countess died from a leg infection. Marie Antoinette's nickname for Countess Lerchenfeld was Lulu. In Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, after Countess Lerchenfeld has died, a new governess, nicknamed Countess Sauer Kraut, is the replacement.