Sophie Frederikke Louise Charlotte Reventlow

Frederikke Charlotte Reventlow, portrait copied by C.A. Jensen from C.A. Lorentzen's original

Sophie Frederikke Louise Charlotte Reventlow née von Beulwitz or von Beulwiz (1747–1822) was a Danish countess, author and letter writer. She contributed to improvements in children's education and upbringing and, encouraged by her husband, the statesman Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow, published an account of her children's upbringing in Vore opblomstrende Børn (Our Flourishing Children) which she had compiled as her large family developed in the 1770s and 1780s. Her correspondence, which has been preserved, reveals much about her concerns and feelings.

Biography Born on 1 June 1747 in Oldenburg, Sophie Frederikke Louise Charlotte von Beulwitz was the daughter of the Royal Councilor Christoph Ernst von Beulwitz (1695–1757) and his wife Sophie Hedevig née von Warnstedt (1707–1768). In June 1774, she married Lengreve Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow (1748–1827), They had 12 children together, nine of whom reached adulthood.

Encouraged by her husband, in the late 1770s and early 1880s, she wrote a diary recording the births of her children and their early upbringing.

Frederikke Charlotte Reventlow died on 26 July 1822 on the Pederstrup estate near Nakskov. She was buried in Horslunde Churchyard.