Fredrika Eleonora von Düben (December 17, 1738 – March 1, 1808) was a Swedish

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Early life

Fredrika Eleonora was born to Joachim von Düben the Younger and Catharina Eleonora Temminck, daughter of Hendrik Temminck, who was a colonial governor of Suriname from 1722 to 1727. Her father was a nephew of royal favourite Emerentia von Düben (1669–1743) and served as the cabinet secretary of Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden.

Career

She was maid of honour to Queen

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from 1757 to 1759 and Chief Court mistress of the Swedish queen dowager in 1771–1782. She was an honorary member of the

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(1783) after having participated in the art exhibition with an embroidered landscape in white silk.

Personal life

In 1759, she married Count Nils Adam Bielke (1724–1792), who was previously married to her relative

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(1722–1758).

References

Other Sources

* Fredrika Eleonora von Düben & Wilhelmina Stålberg (1864
''Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor''
(Stockholm: P. G. Berg) * Lindberg, Anna Lena (1998) ''Through the Needle's Eye: Embroidered Pictures on the Threshold of Modernity Eighteenth-Century Studies'' (Johns Hopkins University Press) * Elgenstierna, Gustaf (1925–36) ''Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor'' (Stockholm: Norstedts förlag) * Dahlberg och Hagström (1953) ''Svenskt konstlexikon'' (Malmö; Allhems Förlag) * Ribbing, Gerd (1958) ''Gustav III:s hustru. Sofia Magdalena'' (Stockholm: Alb. Bonniers Boktryckeri) * Norrhem, Svante (2007) ''Kvinnor vid maktens sida, 1632-1772'' (Nordic Academic Press)
Von Düben nr 139
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