Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock [SEP] sister
Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock
Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock (1658–1714) was a Swedish noblewoman and lady-in-waiting; daughter of Count Erik Stenbock and related to queen Katarina Stenbock; sister of the political salonist Magdalena Stenbock.
Life.
She was described as beautiful and well educated and could speak French, German and Italian. She was the "kammarfröken" of the queen dowager, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp.
Stenbock caused a great conflict of rank at the royal court when she demanded precedence in etiquette before another
who was appointed Council President in 1680. Her family belonged to the most powerful in Sweden, and she had a strong position at court through her connections: her stepmother Occa Johanna von Riperda served as Mistress of the Robes in 1671-80, her sister, Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock, served as maid of honor to the queen, and her three nieces also served as maid of honors, among them Beata Sparre, who became influential in her own right.
Stenbock came to play an influential role in politics during the tenure