▁Lil je ▁or ▁L ill je ) ▁and ▁Ag n eta ▁W re de . ▁In ▁ 1 7 0 9 , ▁she ▁married ▁count ▁Magn us ▁Julius ▁De ▁la ▁Gard ie . ▁The ▁marriage ▁was ▁arranged ▁by ▁her ▁mother . ▁Her ▁family ▁had ▁suffered ▁from ▁economic ▁problems ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁Great ▁Re version ▁of ▁Charles ▁XI ▁of ▁Sweden ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 6 8 0 s , ▁and ▁the ▁marriage ▁with ▁Hed v ig ▁C ath arina , ▁who ▁was ▁from ▁a ▁very ▁wealth y ▁family , ▁saved ▁her ▁sp ouse ▁from ▁ru in . ▁She ▁had ▁six ▁children , ▁among ▁them ▁being ▁the ▁famous ▁scient ist ▁Eva ▁E ke bl ad . ▁Her ▁son ▁married ▁C ath ér ine ▁Charlotte ▁De ▁la ▁Gard ie , ▁and ▁through ▁her ▁young est ▁daughter ▁Hed v ig ▁C ath arina ▁De ▁la ▁Gard ie ▁she ▁became ▁the ▁grand m other ▁of ▁Ax el ▁von ▁F ers en ▁the ▁Young er . ▁ ▁Her ▁sp ouse ▁was ▁a ▁leading ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁H ats ▁Party , ▁which ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁founded ▁in ▁his ▁sal on . ▁He ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁introduced ▁the ▁political ▁sal on ▁in ▁Sweden ▁in ▁his ▁home , ▁where ▁she ▁acted ▁as ▁his ▁host ess . ▁ ▁Hed v ig ▁C ath arina ▁De ▁la ▁Gard ie ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁an ▁intellig ent ▁beauty , ▁and ▁soon ▁became ▁a ▁sympath izer ▁and ▁leading ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁H ats ▁Party ▁in ▁her ▁own ▁right . ▁ ▁She ▁also ▁had