Charlotta Fredrika Sparre (1719 – 20 December 1795) was a Swedish noble and courtier who was Chief Court Mistress to Queen Sophia Magdalena.
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Early life
Charlotta Sparre, commonly known as Lotta, was the daughter of Baron Fredrik Henrik Sparre and Virginia Christina Lilliehöök af Fårdala. She was introduced at court at the age of twelve, where she was appointed hovfröken (maid-of-honor) to Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden.
Her beauty made her famous at the royal French court at Versailles, where she was known as “la charmante rose” when she stayed in France from 1739 to 1742 with her relative Ulla Sparre, the wife of Count Carl Gustaf Tessin. She also followed Tessin to Berlin, where Prince Augustus William of Prussia is reported to have fallen in love with her.
On 18 February 1748 she married royal Crown Forester Count Carl Reinhold von Fersen and became the mother of Ulla von Höpken and Augusta von Fersen. During her stay in Paris, she studied dance under Marie Sallé, which she in turn taught her daughters, who were to become famous for the grace and talent within dance in the amateur theatre of Gustav III.