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[oneiriad]

Another random thought:
If Elizabeth Swann marries Will Turner, might her ultimate destiny not wind up similar to that of Marie Grubbe? Depressing thought...

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[quaryn-dk.livejournal.com]

Who's Marie Grubbe?

[oneiriad.livejournal.com]

But, but - how can you not know who Marie Grubbe was? She is one of the most written about women in Danish history - Holberg, Blicher, J.P. Jacobsen, H.C.Andersen - they all wrote about her...

Oh, all right. She was a 17th century woman, born into a noble family. She first married a Gyldenløve (read: one of the king´s recognized bastards), but the marriage didn´t work out (possible because she cheated on him, possible because he went abroad for two years) and they ended up getting divorced. Then she married another nobleman - and proceeded to cheat on him with his coachman. A new divorce followed, along with various other unpleasant consequences (like her father refusing to let her inherit anything when he died). She had to marry her coachman in Germany, because she was not allowed to get married in Denmark again, and they lived in poverty together, although Holberg claims that she on one occasion told him that she was happy. Happy or not, her new (that would be third) husband managed to get himself convicted for murder and sent off to work at Bremerholm, so she never saw him again. She was born rich, she could have stayed rich her whole life - but in the end she died poor, around 1718, because of the life she chose for herself. (And most of the details I found at http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/170/bio/963/ )

[quaryn-dk.livejournal.com]

But, but - how can you not know who Marie Grubbe was? She is one of the most written about women in Danish history - Holberg, Blicher, J.P. Jacobsen, H.C.Andersen - they all wrote about her...

Sorry, I haven't read too much from that period. If it's any consolation, I know a lot about Marie Krøyer...