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Biography of Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway 1796-1881

Paternal Family Tree: Oldenburg

Maternal Family Tree: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt-Zerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg

In 1786 [her father] Frederick Christian Oldenburg II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 20) and [her mother] Louise Auguste Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 14) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Christian VII King of Denmark and Norway (age 36) and [her grandmother] Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. He the son of [her grandfather] Frederick Christian Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 64) and [her grandmother] Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine Unknown Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg.

On 28th September 1796 Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway was born to [her father] Frederick Christian Oldenburg II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 31) and [her mother] Louise Auguste Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 25) at Copenhagen. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 21st June 1806 [her future husband] King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark (age 19) and Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 21) were married. They were first cousins.

In 1810 [her future husband] King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark (age 23) and Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 25) were divorced after her alleged affair with her singing teacher Édouard Du Puy. She was exiled; she never saw her one year old son again.

In 1814 [her future husband] King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark (age 27) succeeded I King Norway.

On 14th June 1814 [her father] Frederick Christian Oldenburg II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 48) died at Augustenborg, Als Island. His son [her brother] Christian (age 15) succeeded Aug II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg.

In 1815 King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark (age 28) and Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Norway. She the daughter of Frederick Christian Oldenburg II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg and Louise Auguste Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 43). They were half first cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

In 1820 [her brother] Christian August Oldenburg II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 21) and [her sister-in-law] Louise Sophie Danneskiold Samsøe Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg were married. She by marriage Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg. He the son of [her father] Frederick Christian Oldenburg II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg and [her mother] Louise Auguste Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 48).

In 1839 [her husband] King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark (age 52) succeeded VIII King of Denmark. Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway (age 42) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark.

On 13th January 1843 [her mother] Louise Auguste Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 71) died.

On 20th January 1848 [her husband] King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark (age 61) died. His son [her step-son] Frederick (age 39) succeeded VII King of Denmark.

On 11th March 1869 [her brother] Christian August Oldenburg II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg (age 70) died. His son [her nephew] Frederick (age 39) succeeded II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg.

On 9th March 1881 Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway (age 84) died.

Royal Ancestors of Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway

Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 2 Grand Daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg 12 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ernest Günther Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg 13 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea Schwarzburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg

Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick William Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg 14 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Oldenburg 12 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandmother: Auguste Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg 13 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 1 Grandfather: Christian August Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg 15 x Great Grand Son of

GrandFather: Frederick Christian Oldenburg I Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg 16 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Unknown Count Langeland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frederikke Louise Unknown Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg

Father: Frederick Christian Oldenburg II Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg 17 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick Charles Unknown Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Plön

GrandMother: Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine Unknown Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg

Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway 2 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian V King of Denmark and Norway 14 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick IV King of Denmark and Norway 11 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway 10 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 2 Grandfather: Christian VI King of Denmark and Norway 11 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke Gustav Adolph of Mecklenburg-Güstrow 13 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandmother: Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway 10 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein Gottorp 9 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick V King of Denmark and Norway 12 x Great Grand Son of

GrandFather: Christian VII King of Denmark and Norway Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg 13 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: King George I Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern Grand Daughter of

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

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 13 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Dorothea of Celle 14 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleonore Esmier D'Olbreuse Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg

Great x 1 Grandmother: Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Hohenzollern 13 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Frederick Hohenzollern 14 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 2 Grandmother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of

Mother: Louise Auguste Oldenburg Duchess Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest Augustus Hanover Elector Brunswick-Lüneburg 13 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: King George I Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Electress Sophia Palatinate Simmern Grand Daughter of

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

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Wilhelm Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg 13 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia Dorothea of Celle 14 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleonore Esmier D'Olbreuse Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg

Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Hohenzollern 13 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Frederick Hohenzollern 14 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 2 Grandmother: Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England 15 x Great Grand Daughter of

GrandMother: Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha 13 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg I Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 10 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha 9 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg II Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 10 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Augustus Duke of Saxe Weissenfels 8 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandmother: Duchess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe Gotha Altenburg 9 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 13 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 1 Grandmother: Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg 11 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 2 Grandmother: Magdalena Augusta Anhalt-Zerbst Duchess Saxe Gotha Altenburg