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Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen (2 July 1753 – 8 November 1792, Pisa) was a Swedish noble, lady in waiting to the Swedish queen, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark. She was the daughter of Axel von Fersen the Elder and Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie and the sister of Count Axel von Fersen the Younger, Sophie Piper and Fabian von Fersen (1762–1818). In 1773, she married marshal Count Thure Leonard Klinckowström in his second marriage, and with him had four children, among them the artist Hedvig Amalia Charlotta Klinckowström and Axel Leonhard Klinckowström, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences and la Société pour l'encouragement de l'industrie nationale. ==Life== Hedvig Eleonora was given a high education by her father, and acquired a reputation as a cultivated intellectual. It was said about her that she had: "The most passionate mind, surpassing perhaps all other women in Sweden, along with the strongest soul".〔Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen i Wilhelmina Stålberg, Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor (1864)〕 She is known to be one of five women to have been a member of the Freemasons in Sweden during the 18th century: alongside Sophie von Fersen, Countess Ulrica Catharina Brahe and (not as surely documented but most likely) Christina Charlotta Stjerneld, she is confirmed as a member of a Freemasonic adoption lodge for women at court in 1776, when Princess Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte was initiated by her consort Duke Charles as Grand Mistress of the female lodge.〔My Hellsing (2013). Hovpolitik. Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte som politisk aktör vid det gustavianska hovet. (Politics. Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte as a political actor at the Gustavian court )Örebro: Örebro universitet. ISBN 978-91-7668-964-6 sid. 88〕 In 1774, she accepted the position of lady-in-waiting to the queen, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark. She accepted the position unwillingly upon the wish of her spouse, who wished for her to accept the position for economic reasons.〔 She was a friend of Princess Hedvig Elizabeth Charlotte, who described her as a truly good friend, witty and cleverly critical in the presence of friends, but also as distant to the world, indifferent to her appearance and often poorly dressed: "Countess Klinckowström is amiable, agreeable, talented and educated, with a reliable character and a friend of her friends. She is otherwise distant to the outside world and observe its foolishness with an inner calm, especially everything which concerns the court. Her observation of events is actually quite satirical, but she is very careful and share her observations only to them whom she has given her confidence. It was with discontent she accepted the position of lady in waiting to the Queen, and only to please her consort, as it was his belief that it could be useful, as he is quite economical and could almost be called stingy. She is most certainly not very entertained by a position, which must trouble her, as she can find no pleasure in dressing herself up; in that aspect she is in fact quite careless."〔 ((search for all versions on WorldCat ))〕 According to Carl Fredrik Ehrensvärd, she was troubled by her court service, likely because "neither Faro (card game) nor the conversation to be found in that company, is to be united with her sense, wit and accomplishments." Gustav III and Hedvig Eleonora was initially friends, and she is noted to have discussed political issues with him. In 1779, she made an unsuccessful attempt to convince him to make peace with his mother, the queen dowager Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, after a break caused by the queen dowager's support of the rumour that Gustav had hired Count Adolf Fredrik Munck af Fulkila to impregnate the queen and that Munck was the father of the heir.〔 ((search for all versions on WorldCat )) 〕 In 1782, she warned him not to be lenient with a religious sect, Collinisterna, which had caused disturbances 〔 ((search for all versions on WorldCat ))〕 During the winter of 1776 at Gripsholm Castle, it is mentioned how she, the King and Jeanna von Lantingshausen persuaded Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna, Lewenhaupt and Adolf Ludvig Hamilton to join them in the prank to awake the sleeping courtiers from bed at night by surprising them in their beds. In 1782, it was noted how the Queen discovered her and her mother alone with the king in his bedroom while he was lying in bed, listening to Monvel reading a play. In December 1775 she received a letter from Gustav III of Sweden asking her husband to recommend Bellman, "also called the Anacreon of Sweden" as king's secretary. He wrote: Bellman became secretary, for 3,000 thalers per annum, of which he gave half to the person who held the service. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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