Fredrika Eleonora von Düben (December 17, 1738 – March 1, 1808) was a Swedish

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painter and

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Biography

Fredrika Eleonora was born to Baron Joachim von Düben the Younger and Catharina Eleonora Temminck, daughter of Hendrik Temminck. Her father was a nephew of royal favourite

Emerentia von Düben Baroness Emerentia von Düben (May 24, 1669 – March 22, 1743) also called Menza, was a Swedish lady-in-waiting, the favourite of Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden. She was known for her influence over Ulrika Eleonora. Life Emerentia von Dübe ...

(1669–1743) and served as the cabinet secretary of

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. In 1759, she married Count Nils Adam Bielke (1724-1792), who was previously married to her relative

Ulrika Eleonora von Düben Ulrika Eleonora von Düben (18 March 1722 – 23 August 1758), was a Swedish Courtier, favourite of the queen of Sweden, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. Life Ulrika Eleonora von Düben was born to Baron Joachim von Düben the Elder and Margareta Spe ...

(1722–1758). She was maid of honour to Queen Louisa Ulrika of Prussia from 1757 to 1759 and Chief Court mistress of the Swedish queen dowager in 1771–1782. She was an honorary member of the

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(1783) after having participated in the art exhibition with an embroidered landscape in white silk.

References

Other Sources

* Fredrika Eleonora von Düben & Wilhelmina Stålberg (1864
''Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor''
(Stockholm: P. G. Berg) * Lindberg, Anna Lena (1998) ''Through the Needle's Eye: Embroidered Pictures on the Threshold of Modernity Eighteenth-Century Studies'' (Johns Hopkins University Press) * Elgenstierna, Gustaf (1925–36) ''Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor'' (Stockholm: Norstedts förlag) * Dahlberg och Hagström (1953) ''Svenskt konstlexikon'' (Malmö; Allhems Förlag) * Ribbing, Gerd (1958) ''Gustav III:s hustru. Sofia Magdalena'' (Stockholm: Alb. Bonniers Boktryckeri) * Norrhem, Svante (2007) ''Kvinnor vid maktens sida, 1632-1772'' (Nordic Academic Press)
Von Düben nr 139
{{DEFAULTSORT:Duben, Fredrika Eleonora Von 1738 births 1808 deaths Swedish ladies-in-waiting 18th-century Swedish painters Swedish countesses Textile artists 18th-century Swedish women artists 19th-century Swedish women artists Age of Liberty people 19th-century Swedish artists 19th-century women textile artists 19th-century textile artists 18th-century women textile artists 18th-century textile artists Fredrika Eleonora Swedish embroiderers