Princess Amalia of Sweden
Appearance
Princess Amalia | |||||
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Born | Stockholm | 22 February 1805||||
Died | 31 August 1853 Oldenburg | (aged 48)||||
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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
- ^ Amalia Charlotta i Wilhelmina Stålberg, Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor (1864)
- ^ Ulf Sundberg Kungliga släktband ISBN 91-85057-48-7 s. 187
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