Friederike von Baden
Princess Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmine von Baden (born March 12, 1781 in Karlsruhe , † September 25, 1826 in Lausanne ) was Queen of Sweden from 1797 to 1809 as the wife of the Swedish King Gustav IV Adolf .
Life
Friederike was the daughter of Hereditary Prince Karl Ludwig von Baden and Amalie von Hessen-Darmstadt (the “in-laws of Europe”). She was a younger sister of Queen Karoline of Bavaria and the Russian Tsarina Elisabeth Alexejewna . Her father, the Hereditary Prince of Baden and son of Margrave Karl Friedrich , was killed in an accident in Sweden in 1801 when he was on his way home after visiting his daughter.
In 1797 she married King Gustav IV Adolf in Stockholm and thus became queen. She and her husband were overthrown in 1809. The family lived in Baden from then on. However, since her husband did not want to stay there, the couple divorced in 1812.
The places Fredrika (1799), Dorotea (1799) and Vilhelmina (1804) in the historical province of Lapland were named in her honor.
progeny
Friederike and Gustav IV Adolf had the following children:
- Gustav von Wasa (1799–1877), Crown Prince of Sweden, later bore the title “Prince von Wasa” after the fall of his father ⚭ 1830 Luise von Baden (1811–1854) (granddaughter of Karl Ludwig)
- Sophie Wilhelmine (1801–1865) ⚭ 1819 Grand Duke Leopold of Baden (half-brother of Karl Ludwig)
- Karl Gustav (1802–1805), Grand Duke of Finland
- Amalie Marie (1805-1853), Princess of Sweden
- Cäcilie (1807–1844) ⚭ 1831 Grand Duke August of Oldenburg
ancestors
| Friedrich Hereditary Prince of Baden (1703–1732) | |||||||||||||
| Karl Friedrich Grand Duke of Baden (1728–1811) | |||||||||||||
| Anna of Nassau-Dietz-Oranien (1710–1777) | |||||||||||||
| Karl Ludwig von Baden (1755–1801) | |||||||||||||
| Ludwig VIII Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691–1768) | |||||||||||||
| Karoline Luise of Hessen-Darmstadt (1723–1783) | |||||||||||||
| Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg (1700–1726) | |||||||||||||
| Friederike von Baden | |||||||||||||
| Ludwig VIII Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1691–1768) | |||||||||||||
| Louis IX Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1719–1790) | |||||||||||||
| Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg (1700–1726) | |||||||||||||
| Amalie of Hessen-Darmstadt (1754–1832) | |||||||||||||
| Christian III of Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1674–1735) | |||||||||||||
| Caroline of Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1721–1774) | |||||||||||||
| Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1704–1774) | |||||||||||||
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Note: Due to inter-family marriages, Landgrave Ludwig VIII of Hessen-Darmstadt and his wife Charlotte are two-time great-grandparents of Friederike.
literature
- Arthur Kleinschmidt : Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmine . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, p. 68 f.
- Fräulein von Scharnhorst: Queen Friederike of Sweden, born Princess of Baden , Frankfurt am Main in 1856 in the google book search
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| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Sophie Magdalene of Denmark |
Queen of Sweden 1797–1809 |
Hedwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Friederike von Baden |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmine of Baden |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Queen of Sweden |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1781 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 1826 |
| Place of death | Lausanne |