Henrik Jakob von Düben

Freiherr
Henrik Jakob von Düben
Freiherr Henrik Jakob von Düben
	Portrait by Gustaf Lundberg in 1780.
Swedish Envoy to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
	In office; 1767–1772
Mission chief at the Swedish embassy in Warsaw
	In office; 1767–1769
Personal details
Born	31 May 1733; Stockholm, Sweden
Died	25 March 1805 (aged 71); Stockholm, Sweden
Spouse	Julie af Petersens
Alma mater	Uppsala University
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Henrik Jakob von Düben (Swedish pronunciation: [fɔn dy:ʹbən]; May 31, 1733 – March 25, 1805) was a Swedish freiherr, diplomat, master of ceremonies[1] and hofmarschall.[2]

Biography

Henrik Jakob von Düben was born in Stockholm in 1733 to composer Anders von Düben the Younger and Christina Sparwenfeld. In addition, he was the grandson of composer Gustaf Düben on his father's side and linguist Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeld on his mother's side.

von Düben studied at the University of Uppsala in 1746, and got sent to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1767, where he served as the Swedish envoy to Warsaw.[3][4]

von Düben had an attentive relationship with the French ballet dancer Élisabeth Soligny,[5] which resulted in von Düben fathering an illegitimate child with Soligny.[6]

von Düben married Julie af Petersens (1765–1791) in 1781, she was a daughter of Herman Petersen and Charlotta Bedoire. von Düben later married his cousin's daughter Gustava Charlotta von Düben in 1795.[7]

Appointments

Recipient of the Order of the Polar Star.
Recipient of the Order of Saint Stanislaus .
Recipient of the Order of the White Eagle .

References

Gjörwell, Carl Christoffer (1920). En Stockholmskrönika ur C. C. Gjörwells bref 1757-1778 (in Swedish). Bonnier.
Svenska memoarer och bref: Öfverste Brelins anteckningar, 1809-1818 (in Swedish). 1900. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
Annales d'histoire sociale et économique (in Polish). 1992. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
O'Regan, Christopher (10 May 2012). Ett märkvärdigt barn: Gustaf III:s son (in Swedish). ISBN 9789137139166. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
Roempke, Gunilla (1994). Vristens makt: dansös i mätressernas tidevarv (in Swedish). Bokfr̈laget T. Fischer & Company. ISBN 978-91-7054-734-8.
Grut, Marina (2007). Royal Swedish Ballet: History from 1592 to 1962. Georg Olms. ISBN 978-3-487-13494-9.
"Von Düben nr 139 - Adelsvapen-Wiki". www.adelsvapen.com.

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[1] Gjörwell, Carl Christoffer (1920). En Stockholmskrönika ur C. C. Gjörwells bref 1757-1778 (in Swedish). Bonnier.

[2] Svenska memoarer och bref: Öfverste Brelins anteckningar, 1809-1818 (in Swedish). 1900. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

[3] Annales d'histoire sociale et économique (in Polish). 1992. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

[Christopper-4] O'Regan, Christopher (10 May 2012). Ett märkvärdigt barn: Gustaf III:s son (in Swedish). ISBN 9789137139166. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

[5] Roempke, Gunilla (1994). Vristens makt: dansös i mätressernas tidevarv (in Swedish). Bokfr̈laget T. Fischer & Company. ISBN 978-91-7054-734-8.

[6] Grut, Marina (2007). Royal Swedish Ballet: History from 1592 to 1962. Georg Olms. ISBN 978-3-487-13494-9.

[7] "Von Düben nr 139 - Adelsvapen-Wiki". www.adelsvapen.com.