Princess Amalia of Sweden (Amalia Maria Charlotta; 22 February 180531 August 1853) was a Swedish princess, daughter of King
Gustav IV Adolf
Gustav IV Adolf or Gustav IV Adolph (1 November 1778 – 7 February 1837) was King of Sweden from 1792 until he was deposed in a coup in 1809. He was also the last Swedish monarch to be the ruler of Finland.
The occupation of Finland in 1808–09 ...
of Sweden and
Frederica of Baden
Princess Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden (12 March 1781 – 25 September 1826) was Queen of Sweden from 1797 to 1809 as the consort of King Gustav IV Adolf.
Life Early life
Frederica of Baden was born in Karlsruhe in the Grand Duchy of Ba ...
.
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
The Coup of 1809 ( sv, Statskuppen 1809) also referred to as the Revolution of 1809 (Swedish: ''Revolutionen 1809'') was a Swedish coup d'état by a group of noblemen led by Georg Adlersparre. The coup resulted in the deposition of King Gustav I ...
and was raised in her mother's native country of
Baden.
She was interested in music and was a friend of
Jenny Lind. She was afflicted with
rickets
Rickets is a condition that results in weak or soft bones in children, and is caused by either dietary deficiency or genetic causes. Symptoms include bowed legs, stunted growth, bone pain, large forehead, and trouble sleeping. Complications ma ...
and died unmarried and childless in
Oldenburg.
Ancestry
References
1805 births
1853 deaths
Swedish princesses
Disinherited European royalty
House of Holstein-Gottorp
People from Stockholm
People from Baden
Daughters of kings
Burials at the Ducal Mausoleum, Gertrudenfriedhof (Oldenburg)
Royal reburials
Royalty and nobility with disabilities
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