Anna de Coningh | |
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 Portrait of Anna de Coningh in 1685 | |
| Born | 1661 |
| Died | 1733 |
| Spouse | Olof Bergh |
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Anna de Coningh was the wife of early Swedish explorer Olof Bergh and the daughter of an enslaved woman, Angela van Bengale and a white father.
Having started life amongst some of the poorest inhabitants of the Cape, Anna died one of the wealthiest members of Cape society. She was the third owner of the well-known South African wine estate Groot Constantia, having inherited it from her husband after his death, as well as several other estates around the Colony.[1]
- ^ Gelderland, Erfgoed. "Ansiela van Bengalen en Anna de Coningh". mijngelderland.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-07-12.