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Aurore von Haxthausen (''Gustava Charlotta Märta Aurora'': 1830 in Daretorp in
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History

She was the daughter of the State Councillor ( ''swedish: statsråd'' ) and Governor ( ''swedish: landshövding'' ) of Halland County, Baron Carl Henrik Gyllenhaal and Aurore af Nordin and married in 1873 to the Danish noble at the Danish legation in Stockholm, Frederik Ferdinand von Haxthausen. From 1857 until 1871, she was a favored maid of honor and confidante of the Swedish queen,
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. She was known at court for her wittiness and talent for cheering people up as well as for her piano improvisations: a typical episode of all these qualities was when she, at one occasion when Louisa had reprimanded a chamber maid, eased the tension by improvising the whole episode on piano. Aurore von Haxthausen wrote several compositions for piano which was given on public concerts: one of them was, for several years, often played during the annual opening of parliament. She also published a collection of novels: ''Från svenska hem'' (1883–84).


Selected works

*''Från svenska hem: pennritningar / af Klara Kuhlmann''. Stockholm: Seligmann. 1883. Libris 1597523 (Swedish language) *''Från svenska hem: pennritningar : ny samling / af Klara Kuhlmann''. Stockholm: Seligmann. 1884. Libris 1597524 (Swedish language)


References

* http://www.ub.gu.se/fasta/laban/erez/kvinnohistoriska/tidskrifter/idun/1888/pdf/1888_10.pdf
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Further reading

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