Elizabeth Ribbing (Swedish: ''Elisabet''; 1 January 1596 at Fästered, Finnekumla – 24 April 1662), was a Swedish

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and

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. She was the secret morganatic spouse of Prince Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland.

Biography

Ribbing was the daughter of the nobles Seved Svensson Ribbing and Anna Gyllenstierna. She was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Dowager Christina of Holstein-Gottorp. On 5 March 1620, she married Prince Charles. The wedding was kept secret because the Queen Dowager had forbidden the match, and was witnessed by Ribbing's sister Christina Ribbing. The wedding contract was signed: "''Your faithfull husband, as long as I live, Carolus Philippus''", and: "''Your Royal Highness humble servant as long as I live, Elizabeth Ribbing''". Because the marriage was kept secret, Ribbing was forced to defy her brother's wish that she marry her relative, Knut Liliehöök (1603–1664). In 1622, she became a widow. She was pregnant at the death of her spouse, and was harassed by her family because of it until her sister, her wedding witness, revealed the marriage. She was later married to Knut Liliehöök, governor of

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. Her daughter, Elisabet Carlsdotter Gyllenhielm (1622–1682), was taken into the household of the Queen Dowager: she was married to the nobles Axel Turesson Natt och Dag (1645) and Baltasar Marskalk and lady-in-waiting to Queens

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Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (23 October 1636 – 24 November 1715) was Queen of Sweden from 1654 until 1660 as the wife of King Charles X Gustav. She served as regent during the minority of her son, King Charles XI, from 1660 until 1672, ...

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20090403022543/http://www.algonet.se/~hogman/slfhh_ribbing.htm
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* https://web.archive.org/web/20071030232338/http://historiska-personer.nu/min-s/pa17bb087.html

* Gustaf Elgenstierna, Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor. 1925–36. Äldre svenska frälsesläkter. Utgivna av riddarhusdirektionen. (ÄSF). S * Magdalena Ribbing - Ätten Ribbing, 700 år i Sveriges historia * Lars Ericson - Johan III {{DEFAULTSORT:Ribbing, Elisabet 1596 births 1662 deaths Morganatic spouses 17th-century Swedish nobility Swedish ladies-in-waiting People from Ulricehamn Municipality