Maria "Marie" Frederica von Stedingk (31 October 1799 – 15 June 1868) was a Swedish composer and courtier. Stedingk was born in

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to the Swedish Field Marshal

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Kurt von Stedingk Curt Bogislaus Ludvig Kristoffer von Stedingk (26 October 1746 – 7 January 1837) was a count of the von Stedingk family, and a successful Swedish army officer and diplomat who played a prominent role in Swedish foreign policy for several decade ...

and his Swedish housekeeper Ulrika Fredrika Ekström . Her parents married five years after her birth. She died unmarried. She was given a high education by private teachers by her progressive father, who wished for all his children to be well educated regardless of gender. She served as a ''

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'' to the queen of Sweden,

Désirée Clary Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary ( sv, Eugenia Bernhardina Desideria; 8 November 1777 – 17 December 1860) was Queen of Sweden and Norway from 5 February 1818 to 8 March 1844 as the wife of King Charles XIV John. Charles John was a former Fr ...

, in 1823-1860.Wilhelm Swalin:
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' Among her compositions are the ''Nocturne för melodiinstrument'' (written down by Mathilda Berwald). The composer

Mathilda d'Orozco ''Mathilda'' Valeria Beatrix d'Orozco also by marriage known as Cenami, Montgomery-Cederhjelm and Gyllenhaal, (14 June 1796 – 19 October 1863) was a Swedish (originally Spanish-Italian) noble and salonist, composer, poet, writer, singer, amate ...

dedicated her composition ''Sex Sånger för Piano'' ('Six songs for the Piano') to her (1842).

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