Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard mistede sin første hustru efter to års ægteskab; inden sørgeåret var omme, havde han besvangret tjenestepigen, som han i al hast indgik en ægtepagt med. Om hende ved man så godt som ingenting, Søren nævner hende aldrig, Peter Christian kun yderst sjældent. Efter de sparsomme kilder at dømme skulle hun have været en rar lille rund kone med et jævnt og fornøjet sind. Skrive kun hun ikke, hendes underskrift på offentlige dokumenter er med ført pen; måske har hun kunnet læse lidt, men dybsindig lekture har det næppe været, en af de få bøger, hun ejede, var betegnende nok Historiske Salmer og Riim til Børnelærdom. Billedet vises med tak til Det Nationalhistoriske Museum, Frederiksborg Slot		Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard lost his first wife after two years of marriage; before the year of mourning was over he had made his serving girl pregnant, and married her in haste. As good as nothing is known of her. Søren never mentions her, Peter Christian only extremely rarely. To judge from the scarce sources she was evidently a pleasant little round woman with an unpretentious and contented character. She could not write, her signature on public documents is clearly done by a guided pen; perhaps she could read a little, but hardly anything profound, one of the few books she owned was characteristically Historiske Salmer og Riim til Børnelærdom [Historical Hymns and Rhymes for Teaching Children]. This picture is shown by courtesy of The Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle

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