HM Queen Victoria of Sweden

Queen consort of Sweden


Date & place of birth August 7, 1862 Karlsruhe Castle, Karlsruhe
Born as HGDH Princess of Baden
Names Sophie Marie Viktoria

Father Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden
Mother Princess Luise of Prussia





Royal house Zahringen (born) Bernadotte (marriage)
Consort Crown Princess of Sweden and Norway September 20, 1881-June 7, 1905
Consort Crown Princess of Sweden September 20, 1881-December 8, 1907
Queen consort December 8, 1907-April 4, 1930
Tenure 21 years 117 days
Predecessor Princess Sophie of Nassau
Successor Lady Louise Mountbatten





Siblings
Second of three children (2 brothers)
Grand Duke Frederick II of Baden
Prince Louis of Baden





Married September 20, 1881 Royal chapel, Karlsruhe Palace, Karlsruhe
Spouse King Gustaf V of Sweden (then Crown Prince Gustaf of Sweden and Norway)





Issue
(3 sons)
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden (King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden)
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden
Prince Erik of Sweden





Grandchildren (6)
(5 grandsons, 1 granddaughter)
Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Vasterbotten
Prince Sigvard of Sweden, Duke of Uppland
Prince Lennart of Sweden (Count of Rosenborg)
Princess Ingrid of Sweden (Queen Ingrid of Denmark)
Prince Bertil of Sweden, Duke of Halland
Prince Johan of Sweden, Duke of Dalarna





Died April 4, 1930 Villa Svezia, Rome (age 67)
Place of burial Riddarholm Church, Stockholm





Titles
HGDH Princess of Baden
HRH Crown Princess of Sweden and Norway, Duchess of Varmland
HRH Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Varmland (June 7, 1905-December 8,1907)
HM Queen of Sweden

HGDH=Her Grand Ducal Highness





Paternal grandparents
Grand Duke Leopold of Baden
Princess Sofia of Sweden

Paternal great-grandparents
Grand Duke Karl Frederick of Baden
Luise Karoline von Geyersberg
King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
Princess Frederica of Baden





Maternal grandparents
German Emperor Wilhelm I, King of Prussia
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar (German Empress Augusta, Princess consort of Prussia)

Maternal great-grandparents
King Frederich Wilhelm III of Prussia
Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Grand Duke Charles Frederick of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia