Ulrika Strömfelt
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Ulrika Eleonora Strömfelt (1724–5 April 1780), was a politically active Swedish noble and courtier. She is known for her part in the attempted Coup d'état of queen Louisa Ulrika in 1756.
Life
Ulrika Strömfelt was the daughter of
Events of 1756
In 1756, Queen Louisa Ulrika planned a
After the failed coup, she lost the confidence of the Queen, and left court. She was, however, not dismissed, but asked herself to be relieved of her position, officially because of health reasons.[5] That a maid of honor left her position and applied for a pension from the foreign branch office of the Riksdag was unique.[6] Her application was granted, and the pension granted her amounted to double as much as was what usually granted the widow of a riksråd.[7]
The Queen stated that the reason Strömfelt left court was that she was a friend of Carl Gustaf Tessin and "all the notables of the Hat's Party, who, under the very eyes of the Queen, held rendez-vous at the parlor of this Chief Maid of Honor".[8] According to Count Axel von Fersen the Elder, she "was now forced to leave court because of the plots of others",[9] and he pointed out the Queens new favorite Ulrika Eleonora von Düben as responsible:[10] von Düben was promoted to the post of Chief Maid of Honor after Strömfelt.
Later life
In 1756, the year she left court, Ulrika Strömfelt married the
Ulrika Strömfelt has been said to have a "peculiar position" in the diaries and memoirs of the time, because there are no negative remarks about her personality and character, and she is unanimously described as respectable, sensible and as an ideal of contemporary femininity.
References
- ^ Olof Jägerskiöld (1945). Lovisa Ulrika. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. ISBN
- ^ Strömfelt, släkt, urn:sbl:34602, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Roger Axelsson), hämtad 2015-02-22.
- ^ Johan Christopher Barfod: Märkvärdigheter rörande sveriges förhållanden 1788-1794
- ^ Strömfelt, släkt, urn:sbl:34602, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Roger Axelsson), hämtad 2015-02-22.
- ^ Planck, Brita: Kärlekens språk: adel, kärlek och äktenskap 1750-1900 Göteborg Universitet (2014)
- ^ Planck, Brita: Kärlekens språk: adel, kärlek och äktenskap 1750-1900 Göteborg Universitet (2014)
- ^ Planck, Brita: Kärlekens språk: adel, kärlek och äktenskap 1750-1900 Göteborg Universitet (2014)
- ^ Planck, Brita: Kärlekens språk: adel, kärlek och äktenskap 1750-1900 Göteborg Universitet (2014)
- ^ Planck, Brita: Kärlekens språk: adel, kärlek och äktenskap 1750-1900 Göteborg Universitet (2014)
- ^ Planck, Brita: Kärlekens språk: adel, kärlek och äktenskap 1750-1900 Göteborg Universitet (2014)