Hedda von Fersen | |
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Born | Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen 2 July 1753 Sweden |
Died | 8 November 1792 Pisa, Italy | (aged 39)
Buried | Old English Cemetery, Livorno |
Family | Klinkowström |
Spouse(s) | Thure Leonard von Klinkowström |
Father | Axel von Fersen the Elder |
Mother | Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie |
Occupation | Lady-in-waiting |
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.