Hedwig Eleanor von Fersen ( Swede. Hedvig "Hedda" Eleonora von Fersen ; 1753 - 1792 ) - Swedish noblewoman, maid of honor Queen.
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| Place of Birth | Sweden |
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| Place of death | Pisa , Italy |
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Biography
Born July 2, 1753. She was the daughter of and his wife Hedwig Katarina Delagardi .
She received a good family education, subsequently gaining a reputation as a cultural intellectual. She became known as one of the five women who were members of the Masonic lodge in Sweden in the 18th century : along with Eva Sophie von Fersen , Ulrika Katharina Brahe, and Gedwig Holstein-Gottorp .
In 1773, Hedwig von Fersen married Marshal Baron . In 1774, she took the maid of honor with Queen Sofia Magdalena of Denmark , reluctantly agreeing at the request of her husband, who wanted her to accept this position for financial reasons. Hedwig Eleanor was also a friend of the Princess of Holstein-Gottorp.
Hedwig Eleanor von Fersen was for many years one of the personal friends of King Gustav III . In 1779, she made an unsuccessful attempt to convince him to make peace with the widowed mother Louise of Prussia . In 1782, she advised him to take action against the religious sect collinisterna (organized by ), which caused some unrest. But in the end, she became an opponent of Gustav III, when he began to demand support at the stormy assembly of estates for the continuation of the Russian-Swedish war and entered into an open conflict with the nobility , which opposed the war. It was only on his deathbed in 1792 that the monarch asked Hedwig Eleanor von Fersen to meet with him for reconciliation, which she did. Von Fersen herself died in the same year on November 8 in Pisa [2] and was buried in the in Livorno.
Children born to the family of Hedwig Eleanor and Tour Leonard:
- (1775-1837);
- (1777-1810);
- Otto Wilhelm Klinckowström (1778-1850);
- Carl Sebastian Klinkowström (1781-1813).
Literature
- Carl Carlson Bonde . Hedvig Elisabeth Charlottas Dagbok I 1775-1782. PA Norstedt & Söners förlag.
- Erdmann, Nils . Vid hovet och på adelsgodsen i 1700-talets Sverige: en tidskrönika, Wahlströms, Stockholm, 1926.
Notes
- ↑ Pas L. v. Genealogics - 2003. - ed. size: 683713
- ↑ Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen