Frederikke Louise Stolberg, also known as Luise Gramm (August 21, 1746–November 29, 1824) was a Danish saloniste,

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writer. She is contributed with a certain degree of political influence upon various power holders in the policy of

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; she participated in the 1784 coup in Denmark. Her preserved correspondence is regarded as a valuable historic source about the courtiers of the Danish royal court of her time.

Life

She was born to count Christian Ditlev Reventlow (1710-1775) and Johanne Sophie Frederikke von Bothmer (1718-1754).

Court life

In 1761, she married the courtier nobleman Christian Frederik von Gram (1737-1768). The social position of her first spouse made her a participator in Danish Royal Court life. She was one of the few people Queen Caroline Matilda befriended prior to the banishment of her favorite

Louise von Plessen Louise Scheel von Plessen (''née'' Countess Louise von Berckentin; Vienna, 26 April 1725 – Celle, 14 September 1799) was a Danish lady-in-waiting and memoir writer. She wrote the memoirs of her time at the Danish court: ''Mémoires de la cour ...

. Reportedly, Gramm acted as a form of channel between the queen in her isolation with Louise von Plessen, and the other female courtiers: she informed the queen what the women of the court said about her, and then informed the women of the court what the queen said about them, which for a time gave her an influential position until her method was discovered.August Fjelstrup
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1909. For a time, she and her spouse were regarded as important people because of her favor with the queen. In 1768, she became a widow and retired for a year of mourning. When she returned, she lost her favor with the queen because of her dislike of the queen's circle of friends,

Elisabet von Eyben Elisabet von Eyben (1745–1780), was a Danish courtier, lady in waiting to the queen consort of Denmark, Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, from 1766 until 1771. She was the queen's confidante in her love affair with Johann Friedrich Struensee bu ...

, Anna Sofie Bülow, Johanne Marie Malleville and

Christine Sophie von Gähler Christine Sophie von Gähler, Countess von der Goltz, née von ''Ahlefeldt'' (1745 – 18 July 1792) was a Danish noble and courtier, known for her love life and unconventional life style, known in history as one of the Three Graces of the Danish ...

, whom she considered immoral, and because of her refusal to participate in the queen's attempt to have the king's favorite

Conrad Holck Frederik Vilhelm Conrad Holck (1745–1800) was a Danish nobleman and courtier. Biography Holck was the son of Major General Christian Christopher Holck til Orebygård (1698–1774) and Ermegaard Sophie Winterfeldt (1702–56). He was raised ...

(1745-1800) exiled. She retired from court life in 1771.

Culture personality

In 1776, she remarried count Cristian Günther Stolberg (1748-1821). In 1777, Stolberg became county governor of

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. Her second marriage was a love match; the couple married for mutual love and became very happy, though poor and childless. Until 1797, they lived in

in Holstein, where her spouse was a local administrator and where she hosted a salon described as a centre for the German-Danish cultural world. She corresponded with many of the leading figures within the literal and political world in Denmark and Germany, among them

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. She also wrote a play, ''Emil'' (1782). She was an advisor to her brothers, the politicians

Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow (11 March 1748 – 11 October 1827) was a Danish statesman and reformer, the son of Privy Councillor Christian Ditlev Reventlow (1710–1775) by his first wife, baroness Johanne Sophie Frederikke von B ...

and , and contributed in the preparations of the coup of 1784, which deposed the Danish regency and brought the Bernstorff-Reventlow-Schimmelmann party to power. She is interred in Horslunde Graveyard on

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References

Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon
Danish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Stolberg, Louise 1746 births Danish salon-holders Danish nobility 1824 deaths 18th-century Danish writers 19th-century Danish writers Danish women writers 19th-century Danish women writers 18th-century Danish women writers Reventlow House of Stolberg

Life

Court life

Culture personality

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