Princess Amalia of Sweden

Princess Amalia

Princess Amalia Maria Charlotta of Sweden

Born

22 February 1805
Stockholm

Died

31 August 1853 (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.

Amalia left Sweden with her family upon her father's deposition after the Coup of 1809 and was raised in Baden. She was afflicted with rickets and died unmarried and childless. She was interested in music and was a friend of Jenny Lind.

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Swedish princesses by birth

The generations indicate descent form 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.

1st generation	Princess Catharina, Countess of Ostfriesland Cecilia, Margravine of Baden-Rodemachern Princess Anna Maria, Countess Palatine of Veldenz Princess Sophia, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Gadebusch

2nd generation	Princess Isabella Princess Sigrid Princess Anna Princess Margareta Elizabeth Princess Elizabeth Sabina Princess Catharina, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken Princess Maria Princess Christina Princess Maria Elizabeth, Duchess of Östergötland* Princess Christina

3rd generation	Princess Anna Maria^ Princess Catharina^ Princess Catharina^ Princess Anna Constance^ Anna Catharina Constance, Hereditary Countess Palatine of Neuburg^ Princess Christina Queen Christina Maria Eufrosyne, Countess Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie

4th generation	Princess Maria Anna Isabella^ Princess Maria Anna Theresa^

5th generation	Hedvig Sophia, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp Queen Ulrika Eleonora

6th generation	None

7th generation	Sophia Albertina, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg

8th generation	Princess Louisa Hedwig

9th generation	Sophie Wilhelmine, Grand Duchess of Baden Princess Amelia Cecilia, Grand Duchess of Oldenburg

10th generation	Carola, Queen of Saxony Princess Eugenie**

11th generation	Louise, Queen of Denmark**

12th generation	Margaretha, Princess Axel of Denmark Märtha, Crown Princess of Norway Astrid, Queen of the Belgians

13th generation	Ingrid, Queen of Denmark

14th generation	Princess Margaretha, Mrs. John Ambler Princess Birgitta, Princess Johann Georg of Hohenzollern Princess Désirée, Baroness Nils August Silfverschiöld Princess Christina, Mrs. Tord Magnuson

15th generation	Crown Princess Victoria, Duchess of Västergötland Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland

16th generation	Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland Princess Leonore, Duchess of Gotland

* also a princess of Sweden by marriage ^also a princess of Poland and Lithuania by birth ** also a princess of Norway

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