Elisabeth Stierncrona

She married Count Fredrik Gyllenborg (1698-1759), courtier and a leading member of the Hats (party), on the 27 April 1729.

The subjects were the recent failed attempt of Queen Louisa Ulrika to stage a coup d'état to overthrow the parliament and the political system of the Age of Liberty and reintroduce absolute monarchy (Coup of 1756).

In parallel, her daughter Anna Antoinetta Gyllenborg also wrote a known political work Den kära frändens skål (1755).

Except for her published work, she has become known for the unpublished work Råd till mina barn (Advice to My Children), 274 pages of advice to her surviving children to how they should live their lives, written in 1760–1763.

During the later years of her spouse, his political career had begun to decline, which caused severe economical difficulties as he had abused his position in politics by mixing his private economy with that of the state during adventurous business projects and taken considerable loans which he was not able to repay.