Ulrica Schönström, née ''Adlersten'' (1694–1757) was a Swedish baroness and courtier. She was the royal governess of the children of
Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden and
Louisa Ulrika of Prussia.
She was born to baron
Göran Adlersten and Maria
Ehrenberg and married in 1715 to Albrekt Schönström (d. 1740). In 1751, she was appointed royal governess to the royal children in succession to
Hedvig Elisabet Strömfelt. She was appreciated by the queen who regarded her as dutiful and thoughtful: "she has excellent qualities and are very devoted to my children".
[Nanna Lundh-Eriksson: ''Sophia Albertina. Historisk Kavalkad.'' Stockholm (1946)] After her tenure as governess, she continued in service as ''
hovmästarinna
Court Mistress (; ; ; ; ) or Chief Court Mistress (; ; ; ; ; ) is or was the title of the senior lady-in-waiting in the courts of Austria, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, Imperial Russia, and the German princely and royal courts.
Chief c ...
'' or senior lady in waiting to princess
Sophia Albertina of Sweden.
References
* Nanna Lundh-Eriksson: ''Sophia Albertina. Historisk Kavalkad.'' Stockholm (1946)
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1694 births
1757 deaths
Age of Liberty people
18th-century Swedish educators
Swedish women educators
Governesses to the Swedish monarchy
Swedish noblewomen