Barbara von Krüdener
Barbara Juliane von Krüdener | |
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| Freifrau von Krüdener | |
Baroness von Krüdener and her son Paul, painted in 1786 by Angelica Kauffman | |
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| Born | Beate Barbara Juliane Freiin von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel 22 November [O.S. 11] 1764 Riga, Riga County, Riga Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 25 December [O.S. 13] 1824 Belogorsk, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Noble family | Vietinghoff Krüdener (by marriage) |
| Spouse(s) | Baron Burckhard Alexius Constantin von Krüdener |
| Issue | 2 |
| Father | Baron Otto Hermann von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel |
| Mother | Countess Anna Ulrika von Münnich |
Beate Barbara Juliane Freifrau von Krüdener (née Freiin von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel; 22 November [O.S. 11] 1764 – 25 December [O.S. 13] 1824), often called by her formal French name, Madame de Krüdener, was a Baltic German religious mystic, author, and Pietist Lutheran theologian who exerted influence on wider European Protestantism, including the Swiss Reformed Church and the Moravian Church, and whose ideas influenced Tsar Alexander I of Russia.