HM Queen Josefina of Sweden and Norway

Queen consort of Sweden and Norway


Date & place of birth March 14, 1807 Leuchtenberg Palace, Milan
Born as Princess of Bologna
Names Josephine Maximiliane Eugenie Napoleon de Beauharnais

Father Eugene de Beauharnais, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg
Mother Princess Augusta of Bavaria





Royal house Beauharnais (born) Bernadotte (marriage)
Consort Crown Princess of Sweden and Norway June 19, 1823-March 8, 1844
Queen consort March 8, 1844-July 8, 1859
Crowned September 28, 1844 Storkyrkan, Stockholm
Tenure 13 years 283 days
Predecessor Desiree Clary
Successor Princess Louise of the Netherlands





Siblings (6)
Eldest of seven children (2 brothers, 4 sisters)
Princess Eugenie de Beauharnais
Auguste de Beauharnais, Prince of Leuchtenberg (2nd Duke of Leuchtenberg)
Amelie de Beauharnais, Princess of Leuchtenberg (Empress Amelie of Brazil)
Thedoline de Beauharnais, Princess of Leuchtenberg (Countess Wilhelm of Wurttemberg)
Maximilian de Beauharnais, Prince of Leuchtenberg (3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg)
Carolina de Beauharnais, Princess of Leuchtenberg





Married June 19, 1823 Storkyrkan, Stockholm
Spouse King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (then Crown Prince Oscar of Sweden and Norway)





Issue (5)
(4 sons, 1 daughter)
Crown Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway (King Carl XV of Sweden and Norway)
Prince Gustaf of Sweden, Duke of Uppland
Prince Oscar of Sweden and Norway (King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway)
Princess Eugenie of Sweden and Norway
Prince August of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Dalarna





Grandchildren (6)
(5 grandsons, 1 granddaughter)
Princess Lovisa of Sweden (Queen Louise of Denmark)
Prince Carl Oscar of Sweden, Duke of Sodermanland
Crown Prince Gustaf of Sweden (King Gustaf V of Sweden)
Prince Oscar of Sweden, Duke of Gotland
Prince Eugen of Sweden, Duke of Narke
Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Vastergotland





Died June 7, 1876 Royal Palace, Stockholm(age 69)
Place of burial Riddarholm Church, Stockholm





Titles
Princess of Bologna
Princess of Bologna, Duchess of Galliera (from December 29, 1807)
HRH Crown Princess of Sweden and Norway, Duchess of Sodermanland
HM Queen of Sweden and Norway
HM Queen Josefina, the queen dowager





Paternal grandparents
Viscount Alexandre de Beauharnais
Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie

Paternal great-grandparents
Francois de Bauharnais de la Ferte-Beauharnais
Marie Anne de Pyvart de Chastulle
Joseph-Gaspard Tascher de La Pagerie
Rose-Claire des Vergers de Sannois





Maternal grandparents
King Maximilian I of Bavaria
Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt

Maternal great-grandparents
Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrucken
Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach
Landgrave Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt
Countess Marie Luise of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim