Sigrid Gustafsdotter Banér (17 January 1592,

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- 22 October 1669), was a Swedish nobleman, letter writer and

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founder. She is most known in history for her letters to her sister Anna, in which she described the last days of her father

Gustaf Banér Gustaf Banér (May 19, 1547 – March 20, 1600) was a Swedish nobleman who served as a member of the Privy Council of Sweden. Life Gustaf Axelsson Banér was born at Djursholm Castle, the son of the Privy Counselor Axel Nilsson Banér and Margar ...

, who was executed during the Linköping Bloodbath.

Life

Sigrid Banér was born to Gustaf Banér and Kristina Svantesdotter Sture (1559-1619) and was a sister of (among others)

Per Gustafsson Banér Per Gustafsson Banér, also known as Peder Gustafsson Banér (28 June 1588 – 13 July 1644) was a Swedish people, Swedish nobleman and member of the Privy Council of Sweden. Banér was the son of Gustaf Banér who was one of the noblemen executed ...

and

Johan Banér Johan Banér (23 June 1596 – 10 May 1641) was a Swedish field marshal in the Thirty Years' War. Early life Johan Banér was born at Djursholm Castle in Uppland. As a four-year-old he was forced to witness the execution of his father, the ...

. She never married, and after the death of her mother, she lived with her sister Anna Gustafsdotter Banér (1585-1656) and her brother-in-law count Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna (1586-1656), tutoring her numerous nieces and nephews.

Legacy

Sigrid Banér was described as an autodidact who enjoyed reading and writing. She wrote genealogical research of her family and made notes on the lives of her family members, particularly the childhood of her brothers. In 1653, she donated the income from two farms to finance scholarships for students in

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at the

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. The street Jungfrugatan ('Maiden Street') at

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and Ladugårdsgärdet in Central

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, where she owned a property, is named after her.Stockholms gatunamn, 1992, sidorna 309 och 303.

References

* Lisbet Scheutz (2001 (2003) nuytgåva). Berömda och glömda stockholmskvinnor: sju stadsvandringar: 155 kvinnoporträtt. Stockholm: MBM. Libris 8392583

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