Princess Amalia of Sweden

Princess Amalia
Princess Amalia Maria Charlotta of Sweden
Born(1805-02-22)22 February 1805
Stockholm
Died31 August 1853(1853-08-31) (aged 48)
Oldenburg
Names
Amalia Maria Charlotta
HouseHolstein-Gottorp
FatherGustav IV Adolf of Sweden
MotherFrederica of Baden

Princess Amalia of Sweden (Amalia Maria Charlotta; 22 February 1805 – 31 August 1853) was a Swedish princess, daughter of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Frederica of Baden.

Life

Amalia was born in Stockholm and raised under the supervision of the royal governess Charlotte Stierneld. Amalia left Sweden with her family upon her father's deposition after the Coup of 1809 and was raised in her mother's native country of Baden.

She was interested in music and was a friend of Jenny Lind.[1] She was afflicted with rickets and died unmarried and childless in Oldenburg.[2]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Amalia of Sweden
16. Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin
8. Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden
17. Margravine Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach
4. Gustav III of Sweden
18. Frederick William I of Prussia
9. Louisa Ulrika of Prussia
19. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
2. Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
20. Christian VI of Denmark
10. Frederick V of Denmark
21. Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
5. Sophia Magdalena of Denmark
22. George II of Great Britain
11. Louise of Great Britain
23. Caroline of Ansbach
1. Princess Amalia of Sweden
24. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach
12. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
25. Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz
6. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden
26. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
13. Landgravine Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt
27. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg
3. Frederica of Baden
28. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 26)
14. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
29. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg (= 27)
7. Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
30. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
15. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
31. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken

References

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  1. ^ Ulf Sundberg (2004). Kungliga släktband. Historiska Media. p. 187. ISBN 91-85057-48-7.
  2. ^ Amalia Charlotta i Wilhelmina Stålberg (1864). Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor.
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The generations indicate descent from Gustav I, from the House of Vasa, and continues through the Houses of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, Holstein-Gottorp; and the Bernadotte, the adoptive heirs of the House of Holstein-Gottorp, who were adoptive heir of the Palatinate-Zweibrückens.
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