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Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden (March1781 - 1826) was Queen consort of Sweden from 1797 to 1809. Daughter of Charles Louis of Baden and Amalia of Hesse-Darmstadt, she was the younger sister of Princess Louise of Baden. In 1797, she married King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and became Queen. She was deposed from the throne together with her husband in 1809, after which the family settled in Baden, but her husband was restless and did not want to stay. They were divorced in 1812.
Gustav would serve as an officer to the Habsburgs of Austria, but would never father a son of his own. Sofia Wilhelmina would marry Leopold of Baden, and their granddaughter, Victoria of Baden, would eventially marry Gustav V of Sweden, thus connecting the House of Bernadotte with the previous Swedish dynasties.
On October 31, 1797 Gustav married FredericaDorothea, daughter of Charles Frederick, grand-duke of Baden, a marriage which might have led to a war with Russia but for the fanatical hatred of the French republic shared by the emperor Paul of Russia and Gustav IV Adolf, which served as a bond of union between them.
In 1797 he had married FredericaDorotheaWilhelmina of Baden (1781-1826), with whom he had five children.
Sofia Wilhelmina would marry Leopold of Baden, whos ancestor Victoria of Baden would marry into the House of Bernadotte, by way of Gustav V of Sweden.
FredericaDorotheaWilhelmina of Baden (March 1781 - 1826) was Queen consort of Sweden from 1797 to 1809.
Daughter of Karl Ludwig of Baden and Amalia of Hesse-Darmstadt, she was the younger sister of Princess Louise of Baden.
Sofia Wilhelmina would marry Leopold of Baden, and their granddaughter, Victoria of Baden, would eventually marry Gustav V of Sweden, thus connecting the House of Bernadotte with the previous Swedish dynasties.
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