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Carlotta von Breidbach-Bürresheim

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Carlotta von Breidbach-Bürresheim in a painting for the Gallery of Beauties, painted by Friedrich Dürck, 1863

Countess Carlotta von Boos-Waldeck born as Baroness Carlotta von Breidbach-Bürresheim (5 June 1838, Biebrich – 4 March 1920, Abbazia, then in Italy, today in Croatia) was a German lady-in-waiting for Grand Duchess Mathilde of Hesse-Darmstadt. She appeared in the Gallery of Beauties gathered by Ludwig I of Bavaria[1] in 1863. Her portrait was the last of the collection for the Gallery.

Life

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She was born in Biebrich on 5 June 1838, the daughter of Baron Philipp Jacob von Breidbach-Bürresheim and his wife Caroline, née Baroness von Greifenklau.[2]

In 1858, as a lady-in-waiting for Grand Duchess Mathilde of Hesse-Darmstadt, Carlotta visited the court of Maximillian II in Munich, where she met Ludwig I, who had been widowed since 1854. He fell in love with the lady-in-waiting, whose portrait he had hung in the Gallery of Beauties and whose affection he tried to win with no fewer than 250 poems; However, she rejected a marriage proposal from the Bavarian ruler, who was 50 years her senior.[3]

In 1863 she married Count Philipp Boos von Waldeck, with whom she lived in Bohemia and on an estate near Salzburg; the couple had six children.[4]

She died in Abbazia in 1920.[5]

Portrait

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In 1863, Ludwig I commissioned Joseph Stieler's nephew and student Friedrich Dürck (1809–1884) to paint her for the collection.[6]

Baroness Carlotta wears a dress with neckline made straight by a modesty piece in the portrait.[7]

References

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  1. ^ S. K. Ludovic, "A King's Gallery of Beauty" Strand Magazine (January 1902): 16–23.
  2. ^ Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte https://hdbg.eu › objekte › index Carlotta Freiin von Breidbach-Bürresheim, gen. von Riedt (1861)
  3. ^ Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte https://hdbg.eu › objekte › index Carlotta Freiin von Breidbach-Bürresheim, gen. von Riedt (1861)
  4. ^ Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte https://hdbg.eu › objekte › index Carlotta Freiin von Breidbach-Bürresheim, gen. von Riedt (1861), https://hdbg.eu/koenigreich/index.php/objekte/index/id/900
  5. ^ Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte https://hdbg.eu › objekte › index Carlotta Freiin von Breidbach-Bürresheim, gen. von Riedt (1861), https://hdbg.eu/koenigreich/index.php/objekte/index/id/900
  6. ^ Schloss Nymphenburg https://www.schloss-nymphenburg.de › ... King Ludwig I's Gallery of Beauties, https://www.schloss-nymphenburg.de/englisch/palace/room15.htm
  7. ^ Grand Ladies http://www.gogmsite.net › ca-1863-... 1861 Carlotta Freiin von Breidbach-Bürresheim after ...,http://www.gogmsite.net/empire-napoleonic-and-roman/subalbum-schonheitengalleri/ca-1863-carlotta-freiin-von