Catharina Anna Grandon de Hochepied

Catharina Anna Grandon de Hochepied (21 May 1767 – 1803) was a Hungarian and Swedish noble. As the wife of the Swedish ambassador in the Ottoman Empire, she became the likely first woman ever to have performed on stage in Islamic Turkey. Born to the Hungarian count Jan Daniel , she married , the Swedish ambassador of the Ottoman Empire, in 1783 and moved with him to Istanbul, where they lived.

Catharina Anna Grandon de Hochepied

Catharina Anna Grandon de Hochepied (21 May 1767 – 1803) was a Hungarian and Swedish noble. As the wife of the Swedish ambassador in the Ottoman Empire, she became the likely first woman ever to have performed on stage in Islamic Turkey. Born to the Hungarian count Jan Daniel , she married , the Swedish ambassador of the Ottoman Empire, in 1783 and moved with him to Istanbul, where they lived.