Sophia Eleonora Rosenhane, as married

Jennings Jennings is a surname of early medieval English origin (also the Anglicised version of the Irish surnames Mac Sheóinín or MacJonin). Notable people with the surname include: *Jennings (Swedish noble family) A–G *Adam Jennings (born 1982), A ...

, (29 August 1757 – 21 August 1837) was a Swedish

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and

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. At the national portrait gallery at

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, her portrait was featured amongst six of the most famous Swedish women in history. She became known as a

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and respected

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. After her death she was buried at the family grave in Husby-Oppunda.

Life

She was the sister of state secretary Schering Rosenhane and lived at Täckhammar in

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. Täckhammar was the place closest to her childhood home Tistad Castle outside of

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. During her childhood, she was the playmate of Princess

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. Reportedly, she was also very well regarded by the queen,

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. Rosenhane was married on 17 June 1802 to Marshal of the Court ''Johan'' Jakob Frans Jennings. The marriage was childless and her husband died in

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in 1828. According to a contemporary description, she was known "as excellent for her educated good sense as for her noble heart", and became known as a financier and respected patron of the arts. In 1826-27, she and her spouse jointly donated a large part of the Rosenhane Library, which treated the subject of history, literature and language of Scandinavia and Sweden i particular, to the

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and Strängnäs College. In the first

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, which was opened in the 1822, her portrait was featured among six of the most famous Swedish women in history along with

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, Barbro Stigsdotter,

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and

Vendela Skytte Vendela Skytte (or Wendela Skytte) (8 December 1608 – 18 August 1629) was a Swedish noblewoman, Salon (gathering), salonist and writer, poet and man of letters, Lady of Letters. During her lifetime, she became an ideal and role model for a lear ...

. When Sophia Rosenhane died in 1837 her friherre name Rosenhane also died with her. She was buried at the family grave in Husby-Oppunda church.

References

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