Finnish/Swedish philanthropist. She was the founder and supporter of various charities. She was best known as Princess Aurora Demidova and Aurora Karamzina, the names and title she acquired after her first and second marriages, respectively. She was the daughter of Lord Carl Johan Stjernvall, a high official of the Grand Duchy of Finland's administration, ultimately Governor of the Viipuri Province. Her mother, whom he married in Åbo or Turku on 2 August 1799, Baroness Eva Gustava von Willebrand (1781-1844), a remote niece of Gustav I, King of Sweden. Aurora was appointed a lady-in-waiting of Empress Alexandra Fedorovna the elder, consort to Emperor Nicholas I of Russia and a lady of the bedchamber of their Imperial Majesties Empress Alexandra Feodorovna the younger and Empress Maria Feodorovna. She was made a dame of the Order of Saint Catherine, the highest honor for ladies in Imperial Russia.
Finnish/Swedish philanthropist. She was the founder and supporter of various charities. She was best known as Princess Aurora Demidova and Aurora Karamzina, the names and title she acquired after her first and second marriages, respectively. She was the daughter of Lord Carl Johan Stjernvall, a high official of the Grand Duchy of Finland's administration, ultimately Governor of the Viipuri Province. Her mother, whom he married in Åbo or Turku on 2 August 1799, Baroness Eva Gustava von Willebrand (1781-1844), a remote niece of Gustav I, King of Sweden. Aurora was appointed a lady-in-waiting of Empress Alexandra Fedorovna the elder, consort to Emperor Nicholas I of Russia and a lady of the bedchamber of their Imperial Majesties Empress Alexandra Feodorovna the younger and Empress Maria Feodorovna. She was made a dame of the Order of Saint Catherine, the highest honor for ladies in Imperial Russia.
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