Sophie of Sweden
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Princess Sophie of Sweden (Swedish: Sofia Vilhelmina av Sverige, German: Sophie von Schweden), sometimes called Sofia Wilhelmina of Vasa (May 21, 1801 - July 6, 1865), was a consort Grand Duchess of Baden.
Sophie was born in Stockholm on May 21, 1801. She was the daughter of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Queen consort Frederica of Baden. On 25 July 1819, Sophie married her (half) great-uncle Leopold I of Baden. They became the paternal grandparents of the Swedish Queen consort Victoria of Baden.
Sophia and Leopold had the following children.
- Alexandrine (1820-1904), married Duke Ernest II of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1818-93), childless marriage due to which Ernest's later brother Albert's British issue succeeded in that duchy.
- Ludwig (1822-22)
- Ludwig II (1824-58), reigned as Grand Duke 1852-58, deemed mentally unfit to rule
- Friedrich I (1826-1907), Grand Duke 1858-1907, Regent 1852-58, father of Queen Victoria of Sweden.
- Wilhelm (Ludwig Wilhelm August) von Baden (1829-97), Prince, Prussian General, married Marie of Leuchtenberg, became ancestor of the younger line of princes of Baden and father of Prince Max of Baden, German Chancellor, and later the heir of Grand Duchy
- Karl (1832-1906), married Rosalie von Beust (morganatic)
- Marie (1834-99), married Prince Ernest of Leiningen (1830-1904)
- Cecilie (1839-91), known as Olga Fedorovna, married Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia (1832-1902), Governor General in Tbilisi
She died at Karlsruhe on July 6, 1865.
