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Hedvig Amalia Charlotta Klinckowström
Hedvig Amalia Charlotta von Klinckowström (4 June 1777 - 21 April 1810) was a Swedish countess, courtier and artist. She is known for her portraits and illustrations in drawings and miniatures on ivory, which are regarded to provide an historical valuable image of the contemporary Swedish aristocratic life. She was the daughter of Baron Thure Leonard von Klinkowström and Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen. She married the nobleman colonel lieutenant Otto Reinhard Möllerswärd (1763-1802) in 1798 and Count Hans Gabriel Wachtmeister af Johannishus (1782-1871) in 1806. She served as '' statsfru'' (Lady of the Bedchamber) to the queen, Frederica of Baden Frederica of Baden (Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina; 12 March 1781 – 25 September 1826) was List of Swedish royal consorts, Queen of Sweden from 1797 to 1809 as the Queen consort, consort of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, Gustav IV Adolf. Life ..., from 1800. She was active as a non-professional artist. References * Svenskt konst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klinkowström
Klinkowström or Klinckowström is a German nobility, noble house of German origin with Prussian-Austrian and Swedish branches. History The family probably originated from Klinkow near Prenzlau, Germany. They held positions in the city of Stralsund, such as serving as its mayor during the 1559–1599 period. Members of the family that served in Sweden were first raised to hereditary nobility in 1678, when colonel Johann Klinckow was ennobled as "Klinckouenström". Some of their descendants moved to Prussia; was given the title of Count by Frederick William III of Prussia, King Frederick William III in 1798. Notable members * (1884–1969), German cultural and technological historian * Friedrich August von Klinkowström (1778–1835), a German artist, author and teacher ** Joseph von Klinkowström (1813–1876), an Austrian Jesuit missionary; son of Friedrich August * (1686–1750), Hanoverian lieutenant general * Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen, Hedvig Eleonora von Klinckowström, n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedvig Eleonora Von Fersen
Hedvig Eleonora "Hedda" von Fersen (2 July 1753 – 8 November 1792) was a Swedish noble and a lady in waiting to the Swedish queen, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark. She was the daughter of Axel von Fersen the Elder and Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie, and the sister of Axel von Fersen, Sophie Piper and Fabian von Fersen. In 1773, she married marshal Baron, later Count, Thure Leonard von Klinkowström in his second marriage, and with him had four children, among them were the artist Hedvig Amalia Charlotta Klinckowström and Axel Leonhard von Klinckowström, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences and Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale. Life Hedvig Eleonora was given a high education by her father and acquired a reputation as a cultivated intellectual. It was said about her that she had "the most passionate mind, surpassing perhaps all other women in Sweden, along with the strongest soul." Freemason She is known to be one of five women to have been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wachtmeister (Swedish Family)
The Wachtmeister family () is a Swedish noble family from Livonia, who immigrated to Sweden in the 16th century. The name ''Wachtmeister'' is German for 'sergeant'. The family branched out in 1683, and was "introduced" at the Swedish House of Nobility in 1689, in a baronial and a comital main branch; ''Wachtmeister af Björkö no. 31'' and ''Wachtmeister af Johannishus no. 25''. The baronial branch was dissolved on the "sword side" (''svärdssidan'', literally "on the side of the sword" meaning without any male heirs) in Sweden on 11 July 1889, but survives in Germany, where the principal is the Prussian Count Axel-Dietrich von Wachtmeister (born 1941). A branch of the ''Wachtmeister af Björkö'' was elevated on 17 January 1816 into a Prussian, comital dignity. History The Swedish noble families of Wachtmeister, which originated from Hans Wachtmeister, who from Livonia came to Sweden and was ennobled in 1578. His grandson Hans became a ''Friherre'' with Björkö (in Karelia) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statsfru
Statsfru ("Lady of the State") is an office at the Royal Court of Sweden. The title has been used for two different offices during the course of history. Originally created in 1774, the office was given to several individuals, and simply the title of a married lady-in-waiting in rank between the överhovmästarinna and the kammarfröken. This function disappeared after 1965. From 1994 onward, the title Statsfru has been used by the senior lady-in-waiting of the queen. Historical function Originally, the Swedish Royal Household had no married ladies-in-waiting. The ladies-in-waiting, collectively referred to as ''Hovfruntimret'', consisted of unmarried noblewomen with the title ''Hovfröken'' (maid of honour) one of whom could be promoted to a ''Kammarfröken'' (Senior maid of honour). They were supervised by the ''Överhovmästarinna'', who was a widowed noblewoman, and the ''Kammarfröken'' was her deputy. In 1774, king Gustav III introduced a new office called statsfru, to mak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Of The Bedchamber
Lady of the Bedchamber is the title of a lady-in-waiting holding the official position of personal attendant on a British queen regnant or queen consort. The position is traditionally held by the wife of a peer. A lady of the bedchamber would give instructions to the women of the bedchamber on what their queen wished them to do, or may carry out those duties herself. The equivalent title and office has historically been used in most European royal courts (Dutch: ''Dames du Palais''; French: ''Dames'' or ''Dame de Palais''; German: ''Hofstaatsdame'' or ''Palastdame''; Italian: ''Dame di Corte''; Russian: ''Hofdame'' or ''Statsdame''; Spanish: ''Dueña de honor''; Swedish: ''Statsfru''). History In the Middle Ages, Margaret of France, Queen of England, Margaret of France is noted to have had seven ladies of the bedchamber: the three married ones were called ''dominæ'' and the four unmarried ones were known as maids of honour. Their task was simply to act as the companions (see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederica Of Baden
Frederica of Baden (Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina; 12 March 1781 – 25 September 1826) was List of Swedish royal consorts, Queen of Sweden from 1797 to 1809 as the Queen consort, consort of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, Gustav IV Adolf. Life Early life Frederica of Baden was born at Karlsruhe Palace in the Grand Duchy of Baden on 12 March 1781 as the daughter of Karl Ludwig of Baden and Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. Frederica, in her family known as ''Frick'' (Frique), was given a conventional and shallow education by a French-Swiss governess in Karlsruhe, and has been described as intellectually shallow.Fredrika Dorothea Wilhelmina urn:sbl:14445, ''Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'' (article by Sten Carlsson), retrieved 2016-03-26. Already as a child, she was described as a beauty, but sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svenskt Konstnärslexikon
The ''Svenskt konstnärslexikon'' is a dictionary of Swedish art and artists that was published in five volumes by Allhems Förlag AB from 1952 to 1967. LIBRIS. Retrieved 4 November 2016. The dictionary includes over 12,000 biographical entries for Swedish artists with detailed bibliographies for each entry. The editors were Gösta Lilja, Bror Olsson, Knut Andersson and S. Artur Svensson, with additional contributions by Johnny Roos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1777 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of the Assunpink Creek: American general George Washington's army repulses a British attack by Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis, in a second battle at Trenton, New Jersey. * January 3 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Princeton: American general George Washington's army defeats British troops. * January 13 – Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what becomes Santa Clara, California. * January 15 – Vermont declares its independence from New York, becoming the Vermont Republic, an independent country, a status it retains until it joins the United States as the 14th state in 1791. * January 21 – The Continental Congress approves a resolution "that an unauthentic copy, with names of the signers of the Declaration of independence, be sent to each of the United States. *February 5 – Under the 1st Constitution of Georgia, 8 counties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1810 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales. * January 4 – Australian seal hunter Frederick Hasselborough discovers Campbell Island, in the Subantarctic. * January 12 – The marriage of Napoleon and Joséphine is annulled. * February 13 – After seizing Jaén, Córdoba, Seville and Granada, Napoleonic troops enter Málaga under the command of General Horace Sebastiani. * February 17 – Napoleon Bonaparte decrees that Rome would become the second capital of the French Empire. * February 20 – Tyrolean rebel leader Andreas Hofer is executed. * March 11 – Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria by proxy in Vienna. April–June * April 2 – Napoleon Bonaparte marries Marie Louise of Austria, Duchess of Parma, in person, in Paris. * April 19 – Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparán, Governor of the Captaincy General of Venezuela, is removed by the people of Caraca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Ladies-in-waiting
Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by the Swedish language * Swedish people or Swedes, persons with a Swedish ancestral or ethnic identity ** A national or citizen of Sweden, see demographics of Sweden ** Culture of Sweden * Swedish cuisine See also * * Swedish Church (other) * Swedish Institute (other) * Swedish invasion (other) * Swedish Open (other) Swedish Open is a tennis tournament. Swedish Open may also refer to: * Swedish Open (badminton) * Swedish Open (table tennis) * Swedish Open (squash) * Swedish Open (darts) {{disambiguation ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
