Catherina Elisabeth Hasselaer - Madame Geelvinck - at James Boswell

Catherina Elisabeth Hasselaer (1738-ca. 1792)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks	Biography Catherina Elisabeth Hasselaer. (1738-ca. 1792) (aka. Madame Geelvinck; Veuve) Daughter of Gerard Aernoud Hasselaer (1698-1766) and Elisabeth Clignet (1702-1776). Married (1756) to Lieve Geelvinck van Castricum (1730-1757). Married (1767) to Francois Gabriel Joseph (1744-1789?), Baron de Chasteler de Courcelles d'Incourt. Married (1790) to Rijksgraf (Count) Georg von Görtz (1724-1794), Baron von Schlitz.¹ She was a close friend of Belle de Zuylen's. Life with James Boswell: Boswell met her in Utrecht, presumeably at some time during January, 1764. He first mentions to "play with Veuve" on January 24 of that year, and she occurs frequently in his memos for the next few months, during which he falls much in love with her. During all that time she thinks he is in love with her friend, Belle de Zuylen. In the end Boswell and Hasselaer promised to stay friends and correspond, but it is not known whether they ever had any contact with each other following Boswell's departure from Holland in the summer of 1764. Notes: Note 1: The marriage with Hasselaer was Baron von Schlitz's third. He had formerly been married to Johanna Elisabeth Adriana von Lintelo and Christiane Henriette Elisabeth zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, both of which bore him children. This article was last updated at January 28 2008 12:18:59 CET Other links of possible interest	Other biographies that refer to Catherina Elisabeth Hasselaer: Hasselaer, Anna Susanna Mossel, Catharina J. van Amerongen, Gerard van Amerongen, Joost van Hardenbroek, Gijsbert Jan
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Catherina Elisabeth Hasselaer (1738-ca. 1792)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks

Biography

Catherina Elisabeth Hasselaer. (1738-ca. 1792) (aka. Madame Geelvinck; Veuve)

Daughter of Gerard Aernoud Hasselaer (1698-1766) and Elisabeth Clignet (1702-1776). Married (1756) to Lieve Geelvinck van Castricum (1730-1757). Married (1767) to Francois Gabriel Joseph (1744-1789?), Baron de Chasteler de Courcelles d'Incourt. Married (1790) to Rijksgraf (Count) Georg von Görtz (1724-1794), Baron von Schlitz.¹

She was a close friend of Belle de Zuylen's.

Life with James Boswell:

Boswell met her in Utrecht, presumeably at some time during January, 1764. He first mentions to "play with Veuve" on January 24 of that year, and she occurs frequently in his memos for the next few months, during which he falls much in love with her. During all that time she thinks he is in love with her friend, Belle de Zuylen. In the end Boswell and Hasselaer promised to stay friends and correspond, but it is not known whether they ever had any contact with each other following Boswell's departure from Holland in the summer of 1764.

Notes:

Note 1: The marriage with Hasselaer was Baron von Schlitz's third. He had formerly been married to Johanna Elisabeth Adriana von Lintelo and Christiane Henriette Elisabeth zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, both of which bore him children.

This article was last updated at January 28 2008 12:18:59 CET

Other links of possible interest

Other biographies that refer to Catherina Elisabeth Hasselaer:

Hasselaer, Anna Susanna
Mossel, Catharina J.
van Amerongen, Gerard
van Amerongen, Joost
van Hardenbroek, Gijsbert Jan

© 2004-2008 Thomas Frandzen. Read About this site for further info and disclaimer.

Please mail comments and corrections to webmaster@jamesboswell.info

This URL was last modified: June 01 2008 22:08:34.