Barbara von Krüdener
Baltic German religious mystic and author
- Lived
- 1764–1824
- Country
- Russia
Updated September 2026
About Barbara von Krüdener
Beate Barbara Juliane Freifrau von Krüdener, often called by her formal French name, Madame de Krüdener, was a Baltic German religious mystic, author, and Pietist Lutheran theologian who exerted influence on wider European Protestantism, including the Swiss Reformed Church and the Moravian Church, and whose ideas influenced Tsar Alexander I of Russia.
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