Leonora Christina Ulfeldt: Difference between revisions

'''Leonora Christina, Countess Ulfeldt''', born "Countess Leonora Christina Christiansdatter" til Slesvig og Holsten (8 July 1621 – 16 March 1698), was the daughter of King [[Christian IV of Denmark]] and wife of the [[Danish Steward of the Realm|Steward of the Realm]], the traitor [[Corfitz Ulfeldt|Count Corfitz Ulfeldt]]. Renowned in [[Denmark]] since the 19th century for her [[List of works published posthumously|posthumously published]] [[autobiography]], ''[[Jammers Minde]]'', written secretly during two decades of [[solitary confinement]] in a royal [[dungeon]], her intimate version of the major events she witnessed in [[history of Europe|Europe's history]], interwoven with ruminations on her woes as a [[political prisoner]], still commands popular interest, and scholarly respect, and has virtually become the stuff of [[legend]] as retold and enlivened in [[Danish literature]] and art.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://nordicwomensliterature.net/writers/leonora-christina-ulfeldt/|title= Leonora Christina Ulfeldt|publisher= The History of Nordic Women’s Literature|access-date=1 December 2018}}</ref>