Court Mistress (Danish: hofmesterinde; Dutch: hofmesterees ('Court mistress'); German: hofmeisterin; Norwegian: hoffmesterinne; Swedish: hovmästarinna) or Chief Court Mistress (Danish: Overhofmesterinde; Dutch: Grootmeesteres ('Grand Mistress') German: Obersthofmeisterin; Norwegian: overhoffmesterinne; Swedish: överhovmästarinna; Russia: Ober-Hofmeisterin) is/was the title of the senior lady-in-waiting in the courts of Austria, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and the German princely and royal courts as well as Imperial Russia.