1. Charlotte Slottsberg was one of the first native members of the Royal Swedish Ballet.
13 Facts About Charlotte Slottsberg
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Charlotte Slottsberg was known as a courtesan and as the controversial mistress of the future Charles XIII of Sweden.
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Charlotte Slottsberg was the first native star of the Royal Swedish Ballet.
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Charlotte Slottsberg was born in Stockholm as the daughter and only child of the wig maker Andreas Slottsberg and the dancer Lovisa Charlotta Schumbardt.
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Charlotte Slottsberg arguably became the first native ballet celebrity in Sweden, during a time when the Swedish ballet was otherwise dominated by foreign dancers such as Elisabeth Soligny and Giovanna Bassi, and was a celebrated star of the Ballet.
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Charlotte Slottsberg Slottberg was widely regarded as a high class courtesan in parallel to her career in the ballet, and she is known to have several rich lovers from whom she benefited financially.
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Unlike her colleague in the Ballet, Sophie Hagman, who was the mistress of Charles' brother Prince Frederick, Charlotte Slottsberg Slottberg was never allowed to attend the royal court or have any position of an official mistress because of her reputation as a courtesan, and her affair with Charles was in contrast to that of Hagman and Prince Frederick never publicly acknowledged in any way.
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Charlotte Slottsberg herself had several acknowledged lovers in parallel to Charles.
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Charlotte Slottsberg is attributed influence over Duke Charles, and her purported influence exposed her to hostility.
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Charlotte Slottsberg is said to have given him an interest in culture, inspired him to attempt to write plays, and encouraged him to share her interest in champagne, and cheered him up when he was depressed.
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Charlotte Slottsberg lived in an apartment furnished in great luxury in Stockholm.
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Charlotte Slottsberg had a country estate in Jarva near Ulriksdal Palace.
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Privately, Charlotte Slottsberg was in love with the cavalry rider Adolf Fredrik Heitmuller, who reportedly pawned the jewelry given to her by Duke Charles.