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Maria Gustava Gyllenstierna (27 October 1672–5 November 1737) was a Swedish countess, writer and translator.
She was the daughter of count Christoffer Gyllenstierna and Gustava Juliana Oxenstierna and married in 1693 to count Karl Bonde of Björnö. After she became a widow in 1699, she lived on
Maria Gustava Gyllenstierna (27 October 1672–5 November 1737) was a Swedish countess, writer and translator.
She was the daughter of count Christoffer Gyllenstierna and Gustava Juliana Oxenstierna and married in 1693 to count Karl Bonde of Björnö. After she became a widow in 1699, she lived on Tyresö Palace
Tyresö Palace (Swedish: ''Tyresö slott'') is a 17th-century palace in Tyresö, Stockholm County, Sweden, about 25 km south-east of central Stockholm.
The construction of the palace began in the 1620s and completed in 1636 by the Lord Hi ...
, which she had inherited from her grandmother Maria Sofia De la Gardie
Maria Sofia De la Gardie (1627 – 22 August 1694) was a Swedish noble, countess, courtier, banker and industrialist entrepreneur. She is most known for her industrial enterprises, and she has been referred to as the first female grand entrepren ...
. She translated foreign works, wrote a work of the life of Jesus which was published in 1730-36, and wrote 600 sonnet
A sonnet is a poetic form that originated in the poetry composed at the Court of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in the Sicilian city of Palermo. The 13th-century poet and notary Giacomo da Lentini is credited with the sonnet's invention, ...
s. She gathered a circle of professors on Tyresö and corresponded with among others Sophia Elisabet Brenner
Sophia Elisabet Brenner, née Weber (29 April 1659 – 14 September 1730), was a Swedish writer, poet, feminist and salon hostess.
Biography
Sophia Elisabet Brenner was born to the builder Niklas Weber, who was a German immigrant, and Kristina ...
. She was described as one of the most learned women of her epoch, and it was said that this made her unpopular among the male aristocracy, because she was generally to superior to them.
During the Russian Pillage of 1719-1721, when the Russians where sacking the territory, she made saved Tyresö Palace from being burnt. She tore down the towers of the palace, which, upon a distance, gave the Russians the impression that the palace had already been sacked: therefore, they turned back, and the palace was saved. Her documentation of the sacking is a valuable document over the contemporary historical infrastructure of the area.
References
* Norrhem, Svante (2007). Kvinnor vid maktens sida : 1632-1772. Lund: Nordic Academic Press. Libris 10428618. * Skärgårdsöar och fiskekobbar, del 2, av Bertil Hedenstierna 1990,Rabén & Sjögren, * Nordiska museets och Skansens årsbok 1933, red. Andreas Lindblom, Gösta Berg, Sigfrid Svensson * Rysshärjningarna i ornö socken 1719, av Britt-Marie Utter Wahlström 2002 * Rysshärjningarna på Ostkusten sommaren 1719, av Magnus Ullman 2006 * Svenska Adelns Ättartavlor, utgiven 1927 av Gustaf Elgenstierna * https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002756/http://nordicwomensliterature.net/sv/article/grevinnan-p%C3%A5-tyres%C3%B6-slott#1.2.Sonetter_ver_Jesu_liv_lidande_och_ddFurther reading
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gyllenstierna, Maria Gustava 1672 births 1737 deaths Swedish translators 18th-century Swedish women writers Swedish countesses Swedish people of the Great Northern War 18th-century Swedish writers 18th-century women landowners 18th-century Swedish landowners