Auguste Charlotte Countess von Kielmannsegge, née von Schönberg, né von Lynar, (born May 18, 1777 in Hermsdorf near Dresden; † April 26, 1863 in Plauen near Dresden) was a Saxon noblewoman and Napoleon's secret agent.
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Life
Childhood and youth
The only daughter of the Saxon house marshal Peter August von Schönberg (* November 7, 1732 – September 24, 1791) and his wife Charlotte Dorothea Countess von Hoym (* January 5, 1743 – November 6, 1789) grew up at Hermsdorf Castle near Dresden, the family mostly spent the winter months in Dresden. Legend has it that her biological father was the Italian Marchese d'Agdolo, adjutant general of Prince Franz Xaver of Saxony, who was imprisoned at Königstein fortress from 1776 because of his involvement in a conspiracy against Elector Friedrich August I of Saxony.