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Biography of Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway 1836-1913

Paternal Family Tree: Nassau-Weilburg

On 23rd April 1829 [her father] Duke William of Nassau (age 36) and [her mother] Princess Pauline of Württemberg (age 19) were married. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 9th July 1836 Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway was born to [her father] Duke William of Nassau (age 44) and [her mother] Princess Pauline of Württemberg (age 26). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 20 or 30th August 1839 [her father] Duke William of Nassau (age 47) died.

On 7th July 1856 [her mother] Princess Pauline of Württemberg (age 46) died.

On 6th June 1857 King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 28) and Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 20) were married.

On 16th June 1858 [her son] Gustav V King Sweden was born to [her husband] King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 29) and Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 21).

On 27th February 1861 [her son] Prince Carl Duke of Västergötland was born to [her husband] King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 32) and Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 24).

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Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses

Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.

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On 18th September 1872 [her brother-in-law] Charles XV King Sweden IV King Norway (age 46) died. His brother [her husband] Oscar (age 43) succeeded King Sweden and King Norway. Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 36) by marriage Queen Sweden and Queen Norway.

On 8th December 1907 [her husband] King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (age 78) died. His son [her son] Gustav (age 49) succeeded V King Sweden.

On 30th December 1913 Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway (age 77) died.

Royal Ancestors of Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway

Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Gustav V King Sweden [1]

Ancestors of Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Christian Nassau Weilburg

GrandFather: Frederick William Nassau Weilburg Great Grand Son of

Great x 2 Grandfather: Willam Karel Hendrik Friso Orange Nassau 11 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles I Landgrave Hesse-Kassel 10 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Louise Hesse-Kassel Princess Nassau Dietz 10 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria Amalia of Courland Landgravine Hesse-Kassel 9 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 1 Grandmother: Carolina Orange Nassau Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: King George I Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: King George II of Great Britain and Ireland 2 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Dorothea of Celle 14 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 2 Grandmother: Princess Anne Hanover Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Frederick Hohenzollern 14 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandmother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of

Father: Duke William of Nassau 2 x Great Grand Son of

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway 3 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Eugene Württemberg Duke Württemberg

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Frederick Wilhelm Karl Württemberg 5 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Hohenzollern 10 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: Friedrich Wilhelm Hohenzollern 11 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 2 Grandmother: Friederike Sophie Dorothea Hohenzollern 4 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick William "Soldier King" I King Prussia 2 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Dorothea Hohenzollern 3 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia 2 x Great Grand Daughter of

GrandFather: Prince Paul Heinrich Württemberg 2 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert II Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 14 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles I Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 15 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 15 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles William Ferdinand Brunswick Bevern 16 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 1 Grandmother: Augusta Caroline Brunswick Bevern Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: King George II of Great Britain and Ireland 2 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales Son of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 2 Grandmother: Princess Augusta Charlotte Hanover Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 10 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandmother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 11 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt-Zerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg

Mother: Princess Pauline of Württemberg 3 x Great Grand Daughter of