Charlotta Roos, née Wrangel (1771–1809) was a Swedish

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. She was the daughter of the lieutenant and noble Henrik Herman Wrangel and Fredrika Philp. In 1791, she married the rich brewer and

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ist Sven Roos (1746–1798), in and in 1803, she married her cousin, lieutenant Wilhelm Philp (1777–1808). Roos had a reputation for being able to predict the future, which was fashionable during the reign of

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, and she made some predictions which attracted attention. In 1791, she predicted misfortune to King Gustav III, something he reportedly referred to on his death bed after the assassination by

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in 1792.Carl Forsstrand (1913). Spåkvinnor och trollkarlar. Minne och anteckningar från Gustav III:s Stockholm (Andra upplagan). ortune tellers and magicians. Memory and notes from the Stockholm of Gustav IIIStockholm: Hugo Gebers Förlag. ISBN p. 35–36 Roos and her spouse made an attempt to profit economically on her talent. They traveled to Paris in France, where they founded a ''Bureau d'Esprit à sa maniére'' with the intention to summon spirits. In 1797, they returned to Sweden as, according to

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, the spirits were not "inclined to arouse success in the now so carnal France". Charlotta Roos and her spouse were

. At the birth of her son, Jean Egalité, there were a conflict with the Swedish Lutheran Church and the Roos couple as to how the son should be baptized to satisfy the needs of both the church as well as the spiritual convictions of the parents.

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* Gustaf Elgenstierna, Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor. 1925–36. {{DEFAULTSORT:Roos, Charlotta Swedish Swedenborgians 18th-century occultists 18th-century Swedish nobility Swedish occultists 1771 births Swedish spiritual mediums 1809 deaths Gustavian era people Clairvoyants 18th-century Swedish women

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