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Maria Elisabet Stenbock
Maria Elisabeth Stenbock (died 1693) was a Swedish courtier, and Mistress of the Robes to Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark from 1680 to 1693. Life Born to Count Fredrik Stenbock and Catharina De la Gardie, she married Count Axel Axelsson Lillie in 1665. In 1680, she was appointed to the post of senior lady-in-waiting to the new queen of Sweden Ulrika Eleonora. She became a personal friend of the Queen and are counted as belonging to the circle of intimate friends to the Queen along with the royal chaplain confessor Johan Carlberg, Sophia Amalia Marschalk and Anna Maria Clodt. There is a well-known old legend associated with her death: the legend states that while Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark lay dying at Karlberg Palace in 1693, her favorite lady-in-waiting and Mistress of the Robes Maria Elisabeth Stenbock lay sick in Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country by both area and population, and is the List of European countries by area, fifth-largest country in Europe. Its capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a population of 10.6 million, and a low population density of ; 88% of Swedes reside in urban areas. They are mostly in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden's urban areas together cover 1.5% of its land area. Sweden has a diverse Climate of Sweden, climate owing to the length of the country, which ranges from 55th parallel north, 55°N to 69th parallel north, 69°N. Sweden has been inhabited since Prehistoric Sweden, prehistoric times around 12,000 BC. The inhabitants emerged as the Geats () and Swedes (tribe), Swedes (), who formed part of the sea-faring peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Överhovmästarinna
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 court mistresses of Austria In 1619, a set organisation was finally established for the Austrian Imperial court which came to be the characteristic organisation of the Austrian-Habsburg court roughly kept from this point onward. The first rank of the female courtiers was the ''Obersthofmeisterin'', who was second in rank after the empress herself, and responsible for all the female courtiers.Nadine Akkerman & Birgit Houben, eds. ''The Politics of Female Households: Ladies-in-Waiting Across Early Modern Europe'' (2013). Whenever absent, she was replaced by the ''Fräuleinhofmeisterin'', normally in charge of the unmarried female courtiers, their conduct and service. Anna of Tyrol, 1608–1618 * 1611–1618: Freiin Katharina v. Kollowrath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrika Eleonora Of Denmark
Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (11 September 1656 – 26 July 1693) was Queen of Sweden as the wife of King Charles XI. She is often admired for her generosity and charity. The name ''Ulrike'' is a Danish version of the name; in Swedish she is called ''Ulrika Eleonora den äldre'' (English: ''Ulrica Eleanor the Elder''), to distinguish her from her daughter, the future queen regnant. Life Early life and marriage Ulrika Eleonora was the daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark-Norway and his spouse, Queen Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg. She was given a strict upbringing under the supervision of her mother: she was taught several different languages, and was reportedly a good student in drawing and painting. In 1675 she was betrothed to King Charles XI of Sweden. The purpose of the match, though from the Swedish viewpoint, was to prevent Denmark from forming an alliance with the enemies of Sweden. Her brother, the King of Denmark-Norway, was not enthusiastic about t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Of Sweden
The monarchy of Sweden is centred on the monarchical head of state of Sweden,See the Instrument of Government, Chapter 1, Article 5. by law a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system.Parliamentary system: see the Instrument of Government, Chapter 1, Article 1. There have been kings in what now is the Kingdom of Sweden for more than a millennium. Originally an elective monarchy, it became a hereditary monarchy in the 16th century during the reign of Gustav Vasa, though virtually all monarchs before that belonged to a limited and small number of political families which are considered to be the royal dynasties of Sweden. The official continuous count usually begins with the kings who ruled both Svealand and Götaland as one kingdom. Sweden's monarchy is amongst the oldest in the world, with a regnal list stretching back to the tenth century, starting with Eric the Victorious; the Swedish monarchy has, for the past thousand years, undergone cycles of dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophia Amalia Marschalk
Sophia Amalia Marschalk, also called Anna Marschalk, was a Danish noble and courtier. She was the favorite of the queen of Sweden, Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark. Marschalk became the maid of honor to Ulrika Eleonora in 1678, and followed her to Sweden upon her marriage to king Charles XI of Sweden in 1680. She was described as the favorite and confidant of Ulrika Eleonora, and belonged to her circle of intimate friends alongside the queen's confessor Johan Carlberg, her mistress of the Robes Maria Elisabet Stenbock Maria Elisabeth Stenbock (died 1693) was a Swedish courtier, and Mistress of the Robes to Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark from 1680 to 1693. Life Born to Count Fredrik Stenbock and Catharina De la Gardie, she married Count Axel Axelsson Lillie ... and Anna Maria Clodt. She also functioned as a secretary in the queen's many charity projects. Marschalk was an important profile at court because of her access to the queen and her ability to give others access to her, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Maria Clodt
Anna Maria Clodt (died 1708), was a Swedish courtier. She served as a Danish agent at the Swedish Royal Court and was widely reputed and consulted by supplicants for her contacts and acquired a great deal of influence. She was the daughter of Baron Gustaf Adolph Clodt and Brita Stuart and married Baron Åke Rålamb in 1689. She served as lady-in-waiting to Queen Hedvig Eleonora in 1668–1680, Queen Ulrika Eleonora in 1680–1693 and to Princess Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden in 1693–1708. She became a personal friend of the queen and are counted as belonging to the circle of intimate friends to the queen along with the royal chaplain confessor Johan Carlberg, Maria Elisabeth Stenbock and Sophia Amalia Marschalk. She used her position as a courtier by creating a net of influential contacts, which she could use to forward requests and make recommendations from supplicants to power holders at court in exchange for money. This was a common way for a female courtier to earn money, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karlberg Palace
Karlberg Palace () is a palace by the Karlberg Canal in Solna Municipality in Sweden, adjacent to Stockholm's Vasastaden district. The palace, built in 1630,Solna: Huvudsta today houses the Military Academy Karlberg. In the palace park are found, among other things, a "temple of Diana" (originally dedicated to Neptune) and the burial site of ''Pompe'', the dog of King Charles XII. Notwithstanding that the palace remains a military institution, the palace park is accessible to the public and is open daily between 6 AM and 10 PM.Solna: Karlbergsparken History Gyllenhielm Three medieval villages at the location — Ösby, Bolstomta, and Lundby — were bought by Lord High Admiral Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm (1574–1650) in the 1620s and subsequently unified into a single estate named "Karlberg" after himself. He then had master mason Hans Drisell build a Renaissance palace featuring pink plaster and tall gables.Solna: Karlberg As Gyllenhielm's widow died six yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.5 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. The city serves as the county seat of Stockholm County. Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's Gros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mistress Of The Robes
The mistress of the robes was the senior lady in the Royal Household of the United Kingdom, who would, by appointment, attend on the Queen (whether queen regnant or a queen consort). Queens dowager retained their own mistresses of the robes. In the 18th century Princesses of Wales had one, too. Initially responsible for the queen's clothes and jewellery (as the name implies), the post-holder latterly had the responsibility for arranging the rota of attendance of the ladies-in-waiting on the queen, being in attendance herself on more formal occasions, and undertaking duties at state ceremonies. During the 17th and 18th centuries, this role often overlapped with or was replaced as first lady of the bedchamber. In modern times, the mistress of the robes was almost always a duchess. In the past, whenever the Queen was a queen regnant, the mistress of the robes was a political appointment, changing with the government; however, this has not been the case since the death of Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabet Carlsdotter Gyllenhielm
Elizabeth Carlsdotter Gyllenhielm (Swedish: ''Elisabet''; 1622-1682), was the daughter of the Swedish prince Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland, in his secret marriage to the noble Elizabeth Ribbing. Elizabeth Carlsdotter was born posthumously after the death of her father, and it was not until after his death that the marriage of her parents was revealed. Though legitimate, she was granted the name Gyllenhielm, a name previously often granted to illegitimate children of royalty: she herself, however, referred to herself only by her patronymic Elizabeth Carlsdotter. She was raised at the court of her paternal grandmother, Queen dowager Christina. Prior to her marriage, she served as maid of honor to Queen dowager Maria Eleonora and to her cousin, the reigning Queen Christina of Sweden. She married the noble Axel Turesson Natt och Dag in 1645. Between 1654 and 1660, she served as Chief Court Mistress to the Queen Hedwig Eleonora Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (23 Octo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1693 Deaths
Events January–March * January 11 – The Mount Etna volcano erupts in Italy, causing 1693 Sicily earthquake, a devastating earthquake that kills 60,000 people in Sicily and Malta. * January 22 – A total lunar eclipse is visible across North and South America. * February 8 – The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a Royal charter. * February 27 – The publication of the first women's magazine, titled ''The Ladies' Mercury'', takes place in London. It is published by the The Athenian Society, Athenian Society. * March 27 – Bozoklu Mustafa Pasha becomes the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, after Sultan Ahmed II appoints him as the successor of Çalık Ali Pasha. April–June * April 4 – Anne Palles becomes the last accused witch to be executed for witchcraft in Denmark, after having been convicted of using powers of sorcery. Christian V of Denmark, King Christian V accepts her plea not to be burned alive, and she is beheaded b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mistresses Of The Robes (Sweden)
Mistress is the feminine form of the English word "master" (''master'' + ''-ess'') and may refer to: Romance and relationships * Mistress (lover), a female lover of a married man ** Royal mistress * Maîtresse-en-titre, official mistress of a French king Title or form of address * Mistress (form of address) * Mistress (college), a female college head * Mistress of the Robes of the UK Royal Household * Female equivalent of schoolmaster In ancient religions * Despoina, a Greek goddess referred to as "the mistress" * Potnia ("mistress lady"), a title for a Greek goddess In arts and entertainment * Mistress (band), a band from Birmingham, England * ''Mistress'', a band from Germany, fronted by Angela Gossow * ''Mistress'' (1992 film) * ''Mistress'' (1987 film) * ''Mistresses'' (British TV series) * ''Mistresses'' (American TV series) * ''Mistress'' (TV series) * "Mistress", a song by Disturbed from ''Believe'' * "Mistress", a song by Rebecca Ferguson from ''Superwoman'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
