Elsa Beata Brahe
Elsa Beata Persdotter Brahe (1629 – 7 April 1653), Elizabeth Beatrice was a Swedish countess and duchess, married to
Life
She was the daughter of Per Brahe the Younger and Kristina Katarina Stenbock, and was raised by her paternal grandmother Elsa Gyllenstierna at Rydboholm Castle. As the majority of female nobles at the time, her education mainly focused on how to manage an estate, and how to act in a representational social life.
Prior to her marriage, she served as
The marriage was described as unhappy, and her spouse was said to neglect in favor of his personal pleasures. While the second spouse of Adolph John has been described as his equal in his bad habits, his first spouse has in contrast been described as his opposite in this regard and as the superior of them both.[1] The economic circumstances of the ducal couple was solved when Adolph John was appointed general governor of Västergötland in 1651.
Elsa Beata had only one child: a son who lived a few months after birth in 1652. She died during a visit to Vadstena after a period of ill health.
References
- ^ Nanna Lundh-Eriksson (1947). Hedvig Eleonora. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. ISBN
- Nanna Lundh-Eriksson (1947). Hedvig Eleonora. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. ISBN
- Ingrid Larsson Haglund - Grevarna Brahes vinterbok
- Erik Petersson - Vicekungen - en biografi över Per Brahe den yngre