Fredrika Eleonora von Düben
Fredrika Eleonora von Düben (1738–1808) was a Swedish dilettante painter and Embroidery artist, an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (1783). She was maid of honor to the Queen, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, in 1757-59 and Chief Court mistress, Mistress of the Robes of the Swedish queen dowager in 1771-1782.
Fredrika Eleonora was born to Baron Joachim von Düben, the nephew of the royal favourite Emerentia von Düben, and Catharina Eleonora Temming. She married Count Nils Adam Bielke, previously married to her relative Ulrika Eleonora von Düben, in 1759. She was inducted as honorary member of the academy after having participated in the art exhibition with an embroidered landscape in white silk.
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