Helga Fägerskiöld
''Helga'' Davida Fägerskiöld (30 September 1871 – 25 September 1958) was a Swedish baroness, and an accused in a famous Swedish murder trial and cause célèbre: the so called ''Broxvik Drama'', in 1896–1898. She was born in Härna. Her parents were Baron Knut Henrik Fägerskiöld and Georgina Sofia Gunilla Adelsköld. She was present at the death bed of her intended father-in-law, the noble and courtier Evert Taube von Block, at Broxik Manor in 1895. She later convinced her fiancé, the noble Evert Taube, that his mother Betzy von Röök had murdered his father by poison. In the body of Evert Taube von Block, traces of poison were found. The case was brought to trial in 1896, upon which Betzy von Röök sued her for slander. The trial was a sensation, and the lawyers of the parties made appeals to the public's sentiments by populism, after which followers took sides based upon political sympathies. Fägerskiöld was represented by Karl Staaf. In 1897, she confessed that sh ...
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