Henrika Juliana von Liewen (16 February 1709 – 26 August 1779) was a Swedish noble, socialite and
lady-in-waiting, politically active on behalf of the
Hats (party)
The Hats ( sv, hattarna) were a Swedish political faction active during the Age of Liberty (1719–1772). Their name derives from the tricorne hat worn by officers and gentlemen. They vied for power with the opposing Caps party. The Hats, who r ...
during the
Age of liberty.
Life
Henrika Juliana von Liewen was the daughter of the ''
riksråd
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'' count
Hans Henrik von Liewen the Elder and Magdalena Juliana von Tiesenhausen, and the sister of ''riksråd''
Hans Henrik von Liewen the Younger
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.
During the 1730s, when
Frederick I of Sweden and his group of favorites made trips to the country estates of the nobility, trips during which "under the pretext of hunting trips, the indecency sometimes when to far", she was at one point the subject of a scandal during a trip with the King, his brother
William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
William VIII (10 March 1682 – 1 February 1760) ruled the German Landgraviate Hesse-Kassel from 1730 until his death, first as regent (1730–1751) and then as landgrave (1751–1760).
Life
Born in Kassel, he was the seventh son of Charles I, La ...
,
Hedvig Taube
Hedvig Ulrika Taube (31 October 1714 – 11 February 1744), also Countess von Hessenstein was a Swedish courtier and countess, a Holy Roman countess of the Empire, and royal mistress to king Frederick I of Sweden from 1731 to 1744. She is regarde ...
and her sisters to
Gripsholm Castle
Gripsholm Castle ( sv, Gripsholms slott) is a castle in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden. It is located by lake Mälaren in south central Sweden, in the municipality of Strängnäs, about 60 km west of Stockholm. Since Gustav Vasa, Gripsho ...
. During the same decade, she, as well as
Hedvig Catharina Lilje
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*Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie (1732–1800), Swedish noblewoman of French descent
* Hedvig Catharina Lilje (1695–1745), Swedish noblewoman, salonist and informal amateur-polit ...
, participated in the foundation of the
Hats (party)
The Hats ( sv, hattarna) were a Swedish political faction active during the Age of Liberty (1719–1772). Their name derives from the tricorne hat worn by officers and gentlemen. They vied for power with the opposing Caps party. The Hats, who r ...
.
Favorite
In 1744, she was made maid of honor to the new crown princess,
Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. She belonged to the first circle of courtiers to Louisa Ulrika after her arrival in Sweden together with
Cathérine Charlotte De la Gardie, the sisters Agneta and
Ulrika Strömfelt
Ulrika Eleonora Strömfelt (1724–5 April 1780), was a politically active Swedish noble and courtier. She is known for her part in the attempted Coup d'état of queen Louisa Ulrika in 1756.
Life
Ulrika Strömfelt was the daughter of riksrà ...
and
Charlotta Sparre, and is described as Louisa Ulrika’s first favourite. Louisa Ulrika described her in a letter to her mother: "... a girl with many merits and who had the mind of an angel, gay, cheerful and very strong."
..All my ladies-in-waiting are very beautiful and very funny, each of the can take part in a conversation with no risk of ruining it."
She was the confidant of the Louisa Ulrika, and she is believed to have been the informant to expose the first planned
Coup d'état
A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...
of Louisa Ulrika to the ambassadors of Denmark, France and Russia in 1748, a plan which did not have the support of von Liewen.
Later life
In 1748, she married lieutenant colonel baron
Carl HÃ¥rleman
Baron Carl Hårleman (27 August 1700 – 9 February 1753) was a Swedish architect.
Biography
HÃ¥rleman was born in Stockholm, son of the garden architect and head of the royal parks and gardens Johan HÃ¥rleman, who had been ennobled in 1698. ...
on
Drottningholm Palace
The Drottningholm Palace ( sv, Drottningholms slott) is the private residence of the Swedish royal family. Drottningholm is near the capital Stockholm. Built on the island Lovön (in Ekerö Municipality of Stockholm County), it is one of Sweden ...
and retired from court. She was replaced as a favorite of the crown princess by
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 ...
.
Henrika Juliana von Liewen was a sympathizer of the
Hats (party)
The Hats ( sv, hattarna) were a Swedish political faction active during the Age of Liberty (1719–1772). Their name derives from the tricorne hat worn by officers and gentlemen. They vied for power with the opposing Caps party. The Hats, who r ...
. She is pointed out as the anonymous editor of the political party paper of the Hats party, "En ärlig Svensk" ("An honest Swede"), which was published in 1755-56 by
Nils von Oelreich. The monarch acted against the paper in the parliament, and H. Benzelius declared it to contradict the bible. It was well known that a great part of the Senate gathered in the salon of von Liewen to proof read the paper. Her political activism made her the target of slander: the caps politician
Johan Arckenholtz accused her of having had an affair with
William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
William VIII (10 March 1682 – 1 February 1760) ruled the German Landgraviate Hesse-Kassel from 1730 until his death, first as regent (1730–1751) and then as landgrave (1751–1760).
Life
Born in Kassel, he was the seventh son of Charles I, La ...
during his visit in Sweden in 1732 and of having had a child with the Hessian president Dörnberg.
In 1755, she was granted a pension by the parliament, at the time dominated by the Hats party. After the victory of the Caps party in 1765, she almost lost the pension. However, after the death of her spouse, she had made a donation of his library about architecture, his drawings and printings, to the royal library of Stockholm, and as this exceeded the value of her pension, she was allowed to keep it.
[Liewen (von), Liwen, Lyue, släkt, urn:sbl:11365, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av H G-m), hämtad 2015-02-20.]
See also
*
Ulrika Strömfelt
Ulrika Eleonora Strömfelt (1724–5 April 1780), was a politically active Swedish noble and courtier. She is known for her part in the attempted Coup d'état of queen Louisa Ulrika in 1756.
Life
Ulrika Strömfelt was the daughter of riksrà ...
References
Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor* Olof Jägerskiöld (1945). Lovisa Ulrika. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. ISBN
* Liewen (von), Liwen, Lyue, släkt, urn:sbl:11365, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av H G-m), hämtad 2015-02-20.
* Berättelser ur svenska historien / 34. Fredriks regering. H. 4. Striden mellan Arvid Horn och Karl Gyllenborg samt Ulrika Eleonoras och Arvid Horns sista år
Further reading
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Swedish salon-holders
Swedish ladies-in-waiting
18th-century Swedish nobility
1709 births
1779 deaths
Age of Liberty people
People of the Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743)