Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp

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cultural patron member of royalty noblewoman political figure queen consort queen dowager

Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp was a 17th-century Queen Consort and later Queen Dowager of Sweden, influential as a political figure and cultural patron during and after the reign of her husband Charles X Gustav.

Aliases (1)

Hedwig Eleonora ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural patron → member of royalty → noblewoman → political figure → queen consort → queen dowager →
associatedWith	Swedish Empire → reign of Charles X Gustav of Sweden → reign of Charles XI of Sweden →
centuryOfActivity	17th century → 18th century →
child	Charles XI of Sweden →
countryOfCitizenship	Sweden →
court	Swedish royal court →
courtRole	leading lady of the Swedish court →
culturalImpact	strengthening of baroque culture in Sweden →
fullName	Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp →
gender	female →
givenName	Hedwig Eleonora →
house	House of Holstein-Gottorp →
houseByMarriage	House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Kleeburg →
languageUsed	German → Swedish →
maritalStatus	widowed →
monarchConsortOf	Sweden →
motherOf	Charles XI of Sweden →
nobleFamily	House of Holstein-Gottorp →
notableFor	influence in Swedish politics → long tenure as queen dowager → patronage of culture and architecture →
patronageArea	architecture → court culture → visual arts →
politicalAlignment	Swedish monarchy →
positionHeld	Queen Consort of Sweden → Queen Dowager of Sweden →
regionOfOrigin	Holstein-Gottorp →
religion	Lutheranism →
residence	Swedish royal court →
role	patron of the arts → political advisor → regent →
sphereOfInfluence	Baltic region → Sweden →
spouse	Charles X Gustav of Sweden →
status	widow of Charles X Gustav of Sweden →
title	Queen of Sweden →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Charles XI of Sweden → Karl Karlsson →	mother
Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp →	fullName
Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp ("Hedwig Eleonora") →	givenName
Charles XI of Sweden →	regency
Charles X Gustav of Sweden →	spouse