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Biography of Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina 1781-1826

Maternal Family Tree: Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken 1721-1774

On 15th July 1774 [her father] Prince Charles Louis of Baden (age 19) and [her mother] Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (age 20) were married. They were half first cousins.

On 12th March 1781 Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina was born to Prince Charles Louis of Baden (age 26) and Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (age 26).

In 1797 King Gustav IV of Sweden (age 18) and Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina (age 15) were married. She by marriage Queen Sweden. He the son of Gustav III King Sweden (age 50) and Queen Sophia of Sweden (age 50). They were half sixth cousins. He a great grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 16th December 1801 [her father] Prince Charles Louis of Baden (age 46) died.

In 1811 King Gustav IV of Sweden (age 32) and Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina (age 29) were divorced.

On 25th June 1819 Leopold Grand Duke of Baden (age 28) and [her step-daughter] Princess Sophie of Sweden (age 18) were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] King Gustav IV of Sweden (age 40).

1826. Joseph Karl Stieler (age 44). Portrait of Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina (age 44).

On 25th September 1826 Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina (age 45) died.

On 7th February 1837 [her former husband] King Gustav IV of Sweden (age 58) died.

Royal Ancestors of Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina 1781-1826

Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 18 Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina 1781-1826

GrandFather: Grand Duke Charles Frederick of Baden

Father: Prince Charles Louis of Baden 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis VI Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Landgrave Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandMother: Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina 18 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis VI Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Landgrave Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandFather: Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt 16 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Mother: Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt 17 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Count Palatine Christian III of Zweibrücken

GrandMother: Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken