Ancestry 5 similarity except that Hedvig Charlotta Nor- denflycht also "escaped school altogether," and that in her childhood she showed the best traits of her nature, —" burning desire for knowledge, tenacity in her struggle for clearness, and courage in defending her convictions." Fredrik Key's only son, Carl Fredrik Key, member of the King's bodyguard, and estate- owner, married to Beate Marie Sundevall, was, as we have said, a literary and artistic- ally gifted man, who collected an excellent library containing the best literature of the time. He was an enthusiastic admirer of Rousseau, and gave the name of Emil to his son. This Emil Key (bom 1799), lieutenant in the Smaland regiment of hussars, and country estate-owner, was also interested in art and literature and was himself an amateur artist. He married his cousin Caroline Fleet- wood, of the Swedish branch of that old English family, whose most noted member was Cromwell's companion-in-arms, and later, son- in-law.' This couple had two children, a son Emil (Ellen Key's father), and a daughter * Charles Fleetwood, Lord Deputy of Ireland during the Com- monwealth, married to Bridget, Oliver Cromwell's eldest daughter. —Translator's footnote.