Hedda von Fersen

Hedda von Fersen
BornHedvig Eleonora von Fersen
2 July 1753
Sweden
Died8 November 1792 (1792-11-09) (aged 39)
Pisa, Italy
BuriedOld English Cemetery, Livorno
FamilyKlinkowström
Spouse(s)Thure Leonard von Klinkowström
FatherAxel von Fersen the Elder
MotherHedvig Catharina De la Gardie
OccupationLady-in-waiting
Her spouse, Thure Leonard von Klinkowström by Alexander Roslin.
Fredric Philip Klingspor - Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen, Finnish National Gallery

Hedvig "Hedda" Eleonora von Fersen (2 July 1753 – 8 November 1792, in Pisa) was a Swedish noble and a 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 Baron, later Count Thure Leonard von Klinkowström in his second marriage, and with him had four children, among them was the artist Hedvig Amalia Charlotta Klinckowström and Count Axel Leonhard von Klinckowström, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences and la Société pour l'encouragement de l'industrie nationale.