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Louise Meijerfeldt

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adventures, although she has a great ability to conceal them; at present, however, she has not managed to do so, because her lover has the same sense of humor as she does, and their common weakness has exposed them. People hungry for scandals wish to claim that it is not so much inclination that attaches her to her lovers as it is the presents they give her. I admit that I do not believe such a vile accusation, and generally I do not believe half of what people are saying, for at present every one in Stockholm is terribly mean. The one presently enjoying the affection of countess Meyerfelt is a colonel lieutenant baron Ehrensvärd, who are especially witty but quite mean. He was previously well seen by the King, but has fallen from grace since the last Assembly of the estates, where he proved himself to be too talkative."
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give her the following characterization in her famous journal: "She is very witty and educated but quite mean and only amusing when she can make fun of some one, which she seldom refrain from doing, and this makes her unreliable and heartless. She is regarded as quite much disposed for love
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F. U. Wrangel: Personhistorisk tidsskrift. Första årgången. 1898-1899. utgifven af Svenska Autografsällskapet. Stockholm. Kungl. Boktryckeriet. P. A. Norstedt & söner. 1900
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F. U. Wrangel: Personhistorisk tidsskrift. Första årgången. 1898-1899. utgifven af Svenska Autografsällskapet. Stockholm. Kungl. Boktryckeriet. P. A. Norstedt & söner. 1900
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Louise Meijerfeldt was admired for her beauty and charm and often mentioned in diaries, letters and memoirs of the era. Alongside
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Louise Meijerfeldt was the daughter of Governor general major Count Axel Wrede-Sparre and Augusta Törnflycht. In 1763, she married
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Louise Meijerfeldt was known for her love life and among her lovers were the Spanish envoy count de Lacy, the French envoy
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Carl Forsstrand: De tre gracerna, minnen och anteckningar från Gustaf III:s Stockholm. Hugo Gebers förlag (1912)
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Carl Forsstrand: De tre gracerna, minnen och anteckningar från Gustaf III:s Stockholm. Hugo Gebers förlag (1912)
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Erdmann, Nils, Vid hovet och på adelsgodsen i 1700-talets Sverige: en tidskrönika, Wahlströms, Stockholm, 1926
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Andersson, Ingvar (red.), Gustavianskt:  : en bokfilm, , Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm, 1979
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The couple were well seen by the royal house - her spouse had been entrusted by the queen during the
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af Sundby (12 September 1745 – 16 September 1817), was a
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Svenska Folkets underbara öden. Gustav III:s och Gustav IV Adolfs tid
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De tre gracerna, minnen och anteckningar från Gustaf III:s Stockholm
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De tre gracerna, minnen och anteckningar från Gustaf III:s Stockholm
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Runeberg.org Personhistorisk tidskrift / Första årgången 1898-99
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née
Sparre
Swedish noble
courtier
Gustavian age
Augusta von Fersen
Ulla von Höpken
Johan Henric Kellgren
Field marshal
Johan August Meijerfeldt the Younger
Adolph Frederick of Sweden
queen Louisa Ulrika
Coup of 1756
statsfru
Lady of the Bedchamber
queen Sophia Magdalena
Augusta von Fersen
Ulla von Höpken
Johan Henric Kellgren
Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna
Diana
Venus
Duchess Charlotte
Pierre Chrysostème Dusson de Bonnac
Fredrik Vilhelm von Hessenstein
Carl Sparre
Stockholm
urn:sbl:9330
Carl Forsstrand

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