Giovanna
Bassi
Born in Italy
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Mother of
Johanna Fredrika Bassi
Died
at about age 72
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Aug 2011
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Biography
Born in Italy to a family of dancers, Giovanna was brought to Sweden and raised there from a young age. She became a famous ballerina at the Royal Swedish Ballet and was quite wealthy. From her relationship with the Swedish nobleman Adolf Fredrik Munck, she had a daughter in 1787. Munck had been a close friend (and possible lover) of King Gustaf III of Sweden, and rumors flew that Munck had fathered a son on the queen, allegedly as a sort of 'favor' to the king. The queen, Sophia Magdalena, strongly disliked Giovanna Bassi for reasons unexplained. After King Gustaf III died, Adolf Fredrik Munck was exiled from Sweden. Giovanna followed him to Italy, but he refused to marry her.
She returned to Sweden without him, and married Peter Hinrik Schön, with whom she had three sons.
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- WikiTree profile UNKNOWN-97731 created through the import of export-BloodTree.ged on Aug 9, 2011 by Leena H. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Leena and others.
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanna_Bassi
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