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Encyclopedia > Sophie of Sweden
Portrait by Franz Xavier Winterhalter of Sophie, Margravine of Baden, 1828
Portrait by Franz Xavier Winterhalter of Sophie, Margravine of Baden, 1828
  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
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

Princess Sophie of Sweden (Swedish: Sofia Vilhelmina av Sverige, German: Sophie von Schweden), sometimes called Sofia Wilhelmina of Vasa (May 21, 1801 - July 6, 1865), was a consort Grand Duchess of Baden. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (469x647, 27 KB) Artist: Franz Xaver Winterhalter Title: en:Sophie Guillemette, Grand Duchess of Baden de:Sophie Wilhelmine von Holstein-Gottorp, Markgräfin und später Großherzogin Sophie von Baden, Year: 1831 Oil on canvas File links The following pages... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (469x647, 27 KB) Artist: Franz Xaver Winterhalter Title: en:Sophie Guillemette, Grand Duchess of Baden de:Sophie Wilhelmine von Holstein-Gottorp, Markgräfin und später Großherzogin Sophie von Baden, Year: 1831 Oil on canvas File links The following pages... Selfportrait with his brother Hermann, 1840 Franz Xavier Winterhalter (April 20, 1805 – July 8, 1873) was a German painter and lithographer, known for his portraits of royalty in the mid-nineteenth century. ... The House of Holstein-Gottorp, a branch of the Oldenburg dynasty, rose to several thrones. ... Image File history File links The heraldic shield of the House of Holstein-Gottorp. ... 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 (13 January 1746 (O.S.) (24 January 1746 (N.S.))–March 29, 1792) was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. ... Charles XIII, Karl XIII, or Carl II, (1748-1818), king of Sweden and Norway, the second son of king Adolf Frederick of Sweden, and Louisa Ulrica of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great, was born at Stockholm on October 7, 1748. ... Sofia Albertina was daughter of king Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. ... Gustav III (13 January 1746 (O.S.) (24 January 1746 (N.S.))–March 29, 1792) was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. ... Gustav IV Adolf (November 1, 1778 – February 7, 1837), was King of Sweden from 1792 until his abdication in 1809. ... Gustav IV Adolf (November 1, 1778 – February 7, 1837), was King of Sweden from 1792 until his abdication in 1809. ... Gustaf Gustafsson of Vasa (1799 - 1877) was the son of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden. ... 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, Karl XIII, or Carl II, (1748-1818), king of Sweden and Norway, the second son of king Adolf Frederick of Sweden, and Louisa Ulrica of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great, was born at Stockholm on October 7, 1748. ... gay ...


Sophie was born in Stockholm on May 21, 1801. She was the daughter of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Queen consort Frederica of Baden. On 25 July 1819, Sophie married her (half) great-uncle Leopold I of Baden. They became the paternal grandparents of the Swedish Queen consort Victoria of Baden. Gustav IV Adolf (November 1, 1778 – February 7, 1837), was King of Sweden from 1792 until his abdication in 1809. ... A consort is somebodys spouse, usually a royalty. ... Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden (March 1781 - 1826) was Queen consort of Sweden from 1797 to 1809. ... Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden (29 August 1790 –24 April 1852) succeeded in 1830 as the fourth Grand Duke of Baden. ... Victoria of Baden (August 7, 1862 - April 4, 1930) was the Queen consort of King Gustav V of Sweden. ...


Sophia and Leopold had the following children. Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden (29 August 1790 –24 April 1852) succeeded in 1830 as the fourth Grand Duke of Baden. ...

  • Alexandrine (1820-1904), married Duke Ernest II of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1818-93), childless marriage due to which Ernest's later brother Albert's British issue succeeded in that duchy.
  • Ludwig (1822-22)
  • Ludwig II (1824-58), reigned as Grand Duke 1852-58, deemed mentally unfit to rule
  • Friedrich I (1826-1907), Grand Duke 1858-1907, Regent 1852-58, father of Queen Victoria of Sweden.
  • Wilhelm (Ludwig Wilhelm August) von Baden (1829-97), Prince, Prussian General, married Marie of Leuchtenberg, became ancestor of the younger line of princes of Baden and father of Prince Max of Baden, German Chancellor, and later the heir of Grand Duchy
  • Karl (1832-1906), married Rosalie von Beust (morganatic)
  • Marie (1834-99), married Prince Ernest of Leiningen (1830-1904)
  • Cecilie (1839-91), known as Olga Fedorovna, married Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia (1832-1902), Governor General in Tbilisi


She died at Karlsruhe on July 6, 1865. 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. ... Ernst II of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1818-1893) was the second sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ... ... ... Victoria of Baden (August 7, 1862 - April 4, 1930) was the Queen consort of King Gustav V of Sweden. ... ... Prince Maximilian of Baden (Max von Baden) (1 July 1867–6 November 1929) was the cousin and heir of Grand Duke Frederick II of Baden, and succeeded Frederick as head of the Grand Ducal House in 1928. ... Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia (October 13, 1832 - December 18, 1909) was the fourth son and seventh child of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia. ... Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia (October 13, 1832 - December 18, 1909) was the fourth son and seventh child of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia. ...



 

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