sentences:  In 1740, Eva married at the age of 16 the "riksråd" count Claes Claesson Ekeblad, and became the mother of seven children; one son and six daughters, Claes Julius Ekeblad (1742–1808) and Hedda Piper among them.Their spouses belonged to the elite of the Swedish nobility.Upon her marriage, her father, Julius De la Gardie, gave Eva the estates Mariedal Castle and Lindholmen Castle, Västergötland.