Princess Amalia of Sweden

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Princess Amalia
Amalia of Sweden c 1840 by Josef Kriehuber.jpg
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
House Holstein-Gottorp
Father Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
Mother Frederica 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.

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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

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References

  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.