Biography of Queen Sophia of Sweden 1746-1813

On 11th December 1743 [her father] Frederick V King of Denmark and Norway [aged 20] and [her mother] Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. She the daughter of [her grandfather] King George II of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 60] and [her grandmother] Caroline Hohenzollern Queen Consort England. He the son of Christian VI King of Denmark and Norway [aged 44]. They were third cousin once removed.

On 3rd July 1746 Queen Sophia of Sweden was born to Frederick V King of Denmark and Norway [aged 23] and Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 21]. She a granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 6th August 1746 [her grandfather] Christian VI King of Denmark and Norway [aged 46] died. His son [her father] Frederick [aged 23] succeeded V King of Denmark and Norway.

On 19th December 1751 [her mother] Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 27] died.

On 8th July 1752 [her father] Frederick V King of Denmark and Norway [aged 29] and [her step-mother] Juliana Maria Welf Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. He the son of [her grandfather] Christian VI King of Denmark and Norway.

On 1st September 1764 [her brother-in-law] William Elector of Hesse [aged 21] and [her sister] Electress Wilhelmina Caroline Oldenburg [aged 17] were married at Christiansborg Castle. She the daughter of [her father] Frederick V King of Denmark and Norway [aged 41] and [her mother] Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. He the son of Frederick Hesse-Kassel [aged 44] and [her aunt] Mary Hanover [aged 41]. They were first cousins. He a grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 1st October 1766 Gustav III King Sweden [aged 20] and Queen Sophia of Sweden [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of Frederick V King of Denmark and Norway and Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. He the son of Adolph Frederick King Sweden [aged 56] and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia Queen Consort of Sweden [aged 46]. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland. She a granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 8th November 1766 [her brother] Christian VII King of Denmark and Norway [aged 17] and [her sister-in-law] Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 15] were married at Christiansborg Castle. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. She the daughter of [her uncle] Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales and Augusta Saxe Coburg Altenburg [aged 46]. He the son of [her father] Frederick V King of Denmark and Norway and [her mother] Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. They were first cousins. He a grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 12th May 1771 [her father-in-law] Adolph Frederick King Sweden [aged 60] died in Stockholm apparently after having consumed a large meal, consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers and champagne, topped off with 14 servings of his favourite dessert: hetvägg, made of semla pastries served in bowls of hot milk.

[her husband] Gustav III King Sweden [aged 25] succeeded King Sweden. Queen Sophia of Sweden [aged 24] by marriage Queen Sweden.

On 29th May 1772 [her husband] Gustav III King Sweden [aged 26] and Queen Sophia of Sweden [aged 25] were crowned King and Queen of Sweden.

On 1st November 1778 [her son] King Gustav IV of Sweden was born to [her husband] Gustav III King Sweden [aged 32] and Queen Sophia of Sweden [aged 32]. He a great grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.73%. He married (1) 1797 his fifth cousin once removed Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina.

On 25th August 1782 [her son] Prince Carl Gustav Duke of Småland was born to [her husband] Gustav III King Sweden [aged 36] and Queen Sophia of Sweden [aged 36]. He a great grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. Coefficient of inbreeding 2.73%. He died aged less than one years old.

On 23rd March 1783 [her son] Prince Carl Gustav Duke of Småland died.

On 31st October 1785 Frederick Hesse-Kassel [aged 65] died. His son [her brother-in-law] William [aged 42] succeeded IX Landgrave Hesse Kassel. [her sister] Electress Wilhelmina Caroline Oldenburg [aged 38] by marriage Landgravine Hesse Kassel.

In 1797 King Gustav IV of Sweden [aged 18] and Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Queen Sweden. He the son of Gustav III King Sweden [aged 50] and Queen Sophia of Sweden [aged 50]. They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

In 1803 [her brother-in-law] William Elector of Hesse [aged 59] was appointed Elector Hesse. [her sister] Electress Wilhelmina Caroline Oldenburg [aged 55] by marriage Electress Hesse.

On 13th March 1808 [her brother] Christian VII King of Denmark and Norway [aged 59] died. His son [her nephew] Frederick [aged 40] succeeded VI King of Denmark and Norway. Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 40] by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway.

In 1811 [her son] King Gustav IV of Sweden [aged 32] and [her daughter-in-law] Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [aged 29] were divorced.

On 21st August 1813 Queen Sophia of Sweden [aged 67] died.