Charlotte Papendiek
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Charlotte Louise Henriette Papendiek , b. Albert (born July 2, 1765 in London , † April 24, 1840 in Windsor near London) was a lady in waiting for Queen Charlotte of Great Britain and Ireland .
Life
Charlotte Papendiek was a daughter of Friedrich Albert (born January 28, 1733 in Frankfurt am Main ), who entered the service of Duke Adolf Friedrich IV of Mecklenburg-Strelitz around 1755 . When his 17-year-old sister Charlotte Georg III in 1761 . married, who was crowned king shortly afterwards, Friedrich Albert followed the queen to England, for whom he worked as a page and hairdresser.
She herself married the violinist and flautist Christopher Papendiek, a musician in the service of George III, on January 16, 1783 in St. George's Church on Hanover Square. In 1797 or 1798 she was appointed second lady-in-waiting in the royal cloakroom, and later she was also Queen Charlotte's reader.
In 1833, Charlotte Papendiek began to write extensive memoirs . They remained unfinished and were only published by her granddaughter in 1887. In addition to the diaries of Fanny Burney , a daughter of the music historian Charles Burney , Charlotte Papendiek's notes are an invaluable source of information about the intimate family and artistic life at the English court at the time. They are also valuable because of information about Johann Christian Bach , George Bridgetower , Muzio Clementi , Joseph Haydn , Johann Peter Salomon and many other musicians working in London.
progeny
Charlotte Papendiek had six children. Her son George Ernest Papendiek (1788–1835) became consul and painter, her youngest son Charles Edward Ernest Papendiek (1801–1835) an architect.
Works
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Court and Private Life in the Time of Queen Charlotte: Being the Journals of Mrs Papendiek, Assistant Keeper of the Wardrobe and Reader to Her Majesty , edited by her Grand-Daughter, Mrs Vernon Delves Broughton, 2 volumes, London: Richard Bentley & Son , 1887
- Volume 1 ( digitized version )
- Volume 2 ( digitized version )
- Michael Kassler (Ed.), The Memoirs of Charlotte Papendiek (1765-1840) , London: Pickering & Chatto, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ See also F. Anne MR Jarvis, The community of German migrant musicians in London c1750 - c1850 , Cambridge 2003 ( online )
- ↑ Cf. Charles Edward Papendiek, A Synopsis of Architecture, for the Information of the Student and Amateur , London 1826 ( digitized version )
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SURNAME | Papendiek, Charlotte |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Papendiek, Charlotte Louise Henriette (full name); Albert, Charlotte (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lady-in-waiting to Queen Charlotte of Great Britain and Ireland |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1765 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1840 |
Place of death | Windsor near London |