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Lovisa Sofia "''Louise'' Sophie" von Fersen, née Piper (26 October 1777 – 4 January 1849), was a Swedish countess and courtier.
Louise von Fersen was the daughter of court chamberlain Sten Abraham Piper and Catharina Ehrensvärd, who had been ''
Lovisa Sofia "''Louise'' Sophie" von Fersen, née Piper (26 October 1777 – 4 January 1849), was a Swedish countess and courtier.
Louise von Fersen was the daughter of court chamberlain Sten Abraham Piper and Catharina Ehrensvärd, who had been ''hovfröken
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) prior to her marriage. She served as maid of honour to princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden
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in 1794-97.
She married the courtier count Fabian Reinhold von Fersen
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in 1797. By marriage, she became the sister-in-law to the famous Axel von Fersen the Younger as well as Sophie Piper
Countess Eva Sophie Piper, née Eva Sophie von Fersen (30 March 1757 – 2 February 1816, Löfstad Slott), was a Swedish countess and lady in waiting. She was the daughter of count Axel von Fersen the Elder and Hedvig Catharina von Fersen and ...
, who was married to her brother Carl Piper. Their children: Axel von Fersen (1798–1839), Fabian von Fersen (1800-1800), Gustaf Hans von Fersen (1802-1839) and the great heiress Louise von Fersen (1816–1879), of whom all sons died officially childless (although Gustaf Hans had in fact several children with Carolina Brunström), were the last of the von Fersen family.
She served as ''hovmästarinna'' (deputy mistress of the robes) in 1804-05 and ''överhovmästarinna
Court Mistress ( da, hofmesterinde; nl, hofmeesteres; german: Hofmeisterin; no, hoffmesterinne; sv, hovmästarinna) or Chief Court Mistress ( da, Overhofmesterinde; ('grand mistress'); ; no, overhoffmesterinne; sv, överhovmästarinna; russia ...
'' (Mistress of the Robes
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) in 1805-09 to queen Frederica, and Mistress of the Robes to queen Charlotte
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in 1809-10.
Count Hans Gabriel Trolle-Wachtmeister
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said of her that she "was the most beautiful Juno
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-like figure you could see ..undoubtedly the most accomplished woman in high society".Fabian Reinhold Fersen, von, urn:sbl:15290, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Bengt Hildebrand.), hämtad 2015-02-17.
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