Sigrid Sparre

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Sigrid Sparre (Sigrid Maria Josefina Ingeborg Richissa Eufemia Ulfhild; 1 September 1825 – 17 November 1910) was a Swedish lady in waiting and noblewoman, known for her relationship with Charles XV of Sweden.

Sigrid Sparre was the daughter of General-major Baron Sixten David Sparre and Sofia Amalia Eleonora Lewenhaupt, and the cousin of governor Knut Sparre.

She was the lady in waiting of queen Josephine of Sweden in 1844–1850 and became known for her love affair with Crown prince Charles. The queen gave her Catholic confessor, Studach, the task to provide evidence of the affair by catching the couple together. This was achieved on Tullgarn Palace in 1850, after which Sparre lost her position and was forced to leave court, despite the protests of Charles. This forced separation from Sparre caused severe and lasting damage in the relationship between Charles and his mother.

Sigrid Sparre married Fredrik Thure Cederström in 1852. Charles described Sigrid as his only "true love". He married Louise of the Netherlands in 1850, and entered in a relationship with the relative of Sigrid, the lady-in-waiting Josephine Sparre, the same year.

References

Svenskt biografiskt lexikon
Lars Elgklou: Bernadotte. Historien - eller historier - om en familj., Askild & Kärnekull Förlag AB, Stockholm 1978. ISBN 91-7008-882-9.

Persondata
Name	Sparre, Sigrid
Alternative names
Short description	Swedish noble
Date of birth	1 September 1825
Place of birth
Date of death	17 November 1910
Place of death

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