Princess Sofia Albertina

Swedish Royalty   House of Holstein-Gottorp Adolf Frederick Children    Gustav III    Charles XIII    Prince Frederick Adolf    Princess Sophia Albertine Gustav III Children    Gustav IV Adolf    Carl Gustav, Duke of Småland Gustav IV Adolf Children    Gustav, Prince of Vasa    Carl Gustav, Grand Duke of Finland    Sofia Wilhelmina, Grand Duchess of Baden    Princess Amalia Maria Charlotta    Princess Cecilia Grandchildren include:    Princess Carola Charles XIII

Sofia Albertina (Stockholm 8 October 1753-Stockholm 17 March 1829) was daughter of king Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. She thus was a princess of Sweden and a princess of Holstein-Gottorp. Image File history File links Sofia_Albertina. ... Image File history File links Sofia_Albertina. ... The House of Holstein-Gottorp, a cadet branch of the Oldenburg dynasty, ruled Sweden from 1751 until 1818, and Norway from 1814 to 1818. ... Adolf Frederick King of Sweden Adolf Frederick (Adolf Fredrik) (May 14, 1710 – February 12, 1771), was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death. ... Gustav III, King of the Swedes, the Goths and the Vends, etc. ... Charles XIII (Swe: Karl XIII) (October 7, 1748 - February 5, 1818), was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway (where he was known as Carl II) from 1814 until his death. ... Prince Fredrick Adolf (1750-1803), was a Swedish Prince, youngest son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Prussia and was given the title duke of Östergötland. ... Sofia Albertina was daughter of king Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. ... Gustav III, King of the Swedes, the Goths and the Vends, etc. ... For other people and places of the same name, see Gustaf Adolf (disambiguation). ... For other people and places of the same name, see Gustaf Adolf (disambiguation). ... Gustaf Gustafsson of Vasa (1799 - 1877) was the son of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden. ... Princess Sophie of Sweden (Swedish: , German: Sophie von Schweden), sometimes called Sofia Wilhelmina of Vasa (May 21, 1801 - July 6, 1865), was a consort Grand Duchess of Baden. ... Cecilia of Sweden Cecilia of Sweden (born June 22, 1807 in Stockholm; died January 27, 1844 in Oldenburg) was princess of Sweden and Grand Duchess of Oldenburg. ... Princess Carola of Vasa (5 August 1833-15 December 1907) was a Swedish princess and queen consort of Saxony. ... Charles XIII (Swe: Karl XIII) (October 7, 1748 - February 5, 1818), was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway (where he was known as Carl II) from 1814 until his death. ... For other uses, see Stockholm (disambiguation). ... is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1753 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses, see Stockholm (disambiguation). ... is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Adolf Frederick King of Sweden Adolf Frederick (Adolf Fredrik) (May 14, 1710 – February 12, 1771), was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death. ... Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (Swedish: Lovisa Ulrika; German: Luise Ulrike) (1720—1782) was Queen consort of Sweden between 1751 and 1771. ...

She was given her two names as namesake of her two grandmothers: Sofia Dorothea, Queen in Prussia (daughter of George I of Great Britain) and Albertina Frederica, Princess of Holstein-Gottorp-Eutin. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (March 16, 1687 – June 28, 1757) was a Princess of Hanover, being the daughter of Georg Ludwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg (later George I of Great Britain) and Sophia Dorothea of Celle. ... George I (George Louis; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727)[1] was King of Great Britain and Ireland, from 1 August 1714 until his death. ...

Her adult life took place during the reigns of her brother Gustav III of Sweden and later his son Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden. Gustav III, King of the Swedes, the Goths and the Vends, etc. ... For other people and places of the same name, see Gustaf Adolf (disambiguation). ...

Gown of Princess Sofia Albertina, circa 1800.

Although not described as either beautiful or intelligent, she played an active part in the ceremonial court life of her brother, as one of her younger brothers was not married, and after her mother's death in 1782 she was an eager participant in the vivacious pleasures of the court despite her lack of beauty. In Stockholm, a palace was built as her residence, known today as Arvfurstens Palats. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Arvfurstens palats, is a palace located at Gustav Adolfs Torg in Stockholm, Sweden. ...

Early on there were plans for a possible marriage, but nothing came of it. However, there was a story among the people in Stockholm which indicated that she was not excluded from having a love life; she was said to have given birth to a baby girl sometime in 1785 or 1786, named Sophia after herself and fathered by the count Fredrik Vilhelm von Hessenstein, son of King Frederick I of Sweden and his mistress Hedvig Taube. The gossip also suggested that the father of the child was Adolf Ludvig Gustav Badin, called "Couschi" , the black servant-butler (originally a slave) of her mother, whom Sofia Albertina had "inherited" after her mother's death, but the child was not mixed race, so this was probably not true. The place for the birth was to have been Allmänna Barnbördshuset, a public hospital, where women were allowed to give birth with their faces covered by a mask to preserve their anonymity. 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Prince Fredrik Vilhelm von Hessenstein (1735-1808), Swedish soldier and statesman. ... Frederick I (Fredrik I) (April 23, 1676–March 25, 1751), was King of Sweden from 1720 and (as Friedrich I von Hessen-Kassel) Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730 until his death. ... Countess Hedvig Taube (1714-1744) was a Swedish noblewoman, mistress to King Frederick I of Sweden and mother of Fredrik Vilhelm von Hessenstein. ...

The daughter was fostered away from Sophia, but she arranged for her to be married off as an adult to a wealthy merchant. This story has never been confirmed, so it might not be true, but it is repeated from many unofficial sources in much the same way, and if it was true, it would not be confirmed anyway - either way, it is not impossible. Her brother the king, or at least his queen, was said to be informed about this, and the sexual morals of the court were free and liberal; her brother Gustav III had given permission to the ladies of the court to receive male guests in their bed chambers, which had never been allowed before. Sofia Albertina also paid much attention to Fredrika Charlotte Forssberg, known as Lolotte, a woman said to have ben her own illegitimate half-sister and whom she employed as her lady-in-waiting. The gossip later suggested that Lolotte was the daughter of Sophia Albertina and Hessenstein, but it was in fact not the same woman, as Lolotte was born in 1766. Sophia Albertina did love Lolotte, married her to a nobleman and even tried to get her aknowledged as her halfsister, and when she died, Lolotte was one of her greatest heirs.

The year after this is said to have taken place, she became the Abbess of Quedlinburg Abbey, a Protestant convent of women in Germany, and as such was the Princess-Abbess and the head of a small German state directly under the Holy Roman Empire 1787-1803 until finally deposed. She had received the titular position of "Coadjutrix" there alredy in 1767. She travelled to Quedlinburg in 1787 and remained there for three years, after which she returned to Sweden, where she spent the rest of her life, though she often visited her realm in Quedlinburg, where she was quite liked. As Princess-Abbess, she was active in the rule of the city of Quedlinburg, and when, on the dissolution of the foundation, she left for Sweden in 1803, she received the income from the abbey for the rest of her life. According to gossip, Quedlinburg was a place where Swedish noblewomen went to give birth to their illegitimate children in secret. She remained unmarried and died in 1829. An Abbess (Latin abbatissa, fem. ... Former abbey church of St. ... For other uses, see State (disambiguation). ... The Holy Roman Empire should not be mistaken for the Roman Empire (31 B.C.–A.D. 476). ... Year 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Quedlinburg is a town located near the Harz mountains, in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ... // Background The German Mediatisation is a name applied to the series of mediatisations and secularisations which occurred in Germany during the Napoleonic Era (occurring 1795 - 1814AD). ...

References

• Herman Lindquist, "Historien om Sverige; Gustavs dagar"("History of Sweden; The days of Gustav III")
• http://genealogi.aland.net/discus/messages/22540/1500.html?1027708050
• http://historiska-personer.nu/min-s/p3aa1d6f0.html