Marie Grubbe
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Fru Marie Grubbe (1643–1718) was a member of the Danish nobility who drew a lot of attention by her many extramarital affairs. She has been the inspiration for books, plays and operas.
Biography
Daughter of the statesman and nobleman
Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Count of Laurvig (1638–1704), Governor-general of Norway, the son of King Frederick III of Denmark
, in 1660–70, the noble Palle Dyre (d. 1707) in 1673–91, and to the coachman Søren Sørensen Møller in 1691.
As the heir of her father, she was arranged to marry
Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Count of Laurvig (1638-1704), the illegitimate son of King Frederick III of Denmark by her relative Regitze, widow of the illegitimate son of King Christian IV of Denmark and Karen Andersdatter
.
The Countess of Laurvig followed her husband to
Holsten in Germany instead. The couple lived in poverty until they were given a lease on Grønsund Ferry House on Falster by the Queen dowager Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, which enabled them to make a living from operating the ferry service to Møn and the associated inn. After the death of the queen dowager in 1714, she lived on charity. She once said to Ludvig Holberg
, that she was happier with her third spouse than she had been with any other.
Some years ago, she was found to have been buried in Allerslev, under the name of Marie Grubbens.
In culture
Marie Grubbe has inspired many artists since
J. P. Jacobsen
, (1876) and
Hønse-Grethes Familie by H. C. Andersen (1869), the opera Marie Grubbe by Ebbe Hamerik (1940) and a play by Sven Lange. In 1989/1990, a three-episode TV mini-series with the title Marie Grubbe [1] has been produced in GDR-Polish-Hungarian-Danish co-production, directed by Christian Steinke, starring Austrian actress Mijou Kovacs as Marie Grubbe.
See also
Notes
References
- Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon (in Danish)
