Christina "Stina" Charlotta Piper (17 January 1734 – 1800) was a
Swedish estate manager and countess.
[Carin Bergström, ''Stina Piper. Grevinna i 1700-talets Sverige.'']
She was the daughter of Carl Fredrik Piper and Ulrika Christina Mörner af Morlanda. She was the granddaughter of
Christina Piper
Christina Piper, née ''Törne'' (1673 in Stockholm – 1752 in Krageholm Castle, Scania), was a Swedish countess, landowner and entrepreneur, married to the statesman and military count Carl Piper. During the tenure of her spouse in office, ...
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In 1754 she married
Erik Brahe
Erik Brahe (Stockholm, 23 June 1722 – 23 July 1756, Stockholm), was a Swedish
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, who was executed in 1756 for participating in the queen's failed
Coup of 1756
The Coup of 1756 ( sv, Kuppen 1756) was an attempted coup d'état planned by Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden to abolish the rule of the Riksdag of the Estates and reinstate absolute monarchy in Sweden. The attempted coup was exposed and subdued ...
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/ref> Piper, who was pregnant at the time of her husband's execution, tried several times to get a more lenient sentence for her husband.
Piper had two children with Brahe: Ulrika Juliana and Magnus Fredrik Brahe. As a widow, Piper successfully managed the estates belonging to her son and step-sons' inheritance during their minority. During her years as a widow, she had a relationship with her cousin Carl Ribbing, with whom she had three children between 1762 and 1769 who were raised in foster homes.
In 1773, she married ''riksråd
Riksrådet (in Norwegian and Swedish), Rigsrådet (in Danish) or (English: the Council of the Realm and the Council of the State – sometimes translated as the "Privy Council") is the name of the councils of the Scandinavian countries that ru ...
'' Ulrik Scheffer
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* Ulrik Frederik Christian Arneberg (1829–1911), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party
*Albert Ulrik Bååth (1853–1912), Swedish poet
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, a political opponent of Erik Brahe. As the wife of ''riksråd'' Scheffer, Piper was given the title ''riksrådinna'' and as such had a role in the Swedish royal court's etiquette and ceremonial activities.
In 1783, the couple retired back to the Stora Ek estate Scheffer died in 1799, after which Stina Piper returned to Stockholm where she died a year later.
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1734 births
1800 deaths
Swedish countesses
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