Princess Amalia of Sweden

Princess Amalia
Princess Amalia Maria Charlotta of Sweden
Born (1805-02-22)22 February 1805
Stockholm
Died 31 August 1853(1853-08-31) (aged 48)
Oldenburg
Full name
Amalia Maria Charlotta
House Holstein-Gottorp
Father Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
Mother Frederica of Baden

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

Life

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

Ancestry

References

  1. ↑ Amalia Charlotta i Wilhelmina Stålberg, Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor (1864)
  2. ↑ Ulf Sundberg Kungliga släktband ISBN 91-85057-48-7 s. 187

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