Maternal Family Tree: Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken 1721-1774
On 15th July 1774 [her father] Prince Charles Louis of Baden [aged 19] and [her mother] Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt [aged 20] were married. They were half first cousins.
On 12th March 1781 Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina was born to Prince Charles Louis of Baden [aged 26] and Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt [aged 26]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%.
On 29th March 1792 Gustav III King Sweden [aged 46] was assassinated. [her future husband] King Gustav IV of Sweden [aged 13] succeeded King Sweden.
The assassination of the king was enacted on the 16th of March 1792 at a masked ball at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm at midnight. Gustav had arrived earlier that evening to enjoy a dinner in the company of friends. During dinner, he received an anonymous letter that described a threat to his life written by the colonel of the Life Guards Carl Pontus Lilliehorn. After dinner the King continued through a corridor leading from the foyer towards the opera stage where the dancing took place. Anckarström took out the pistol from his left inner pocket, then either he or Ribbing pulled the trigger with the gun in Anckarström's hand. The king was carried back to his quarters, and the exits of the Opera were sealed. Anckarström was arrested the following morning and immediately confessed to the murder. The king had not been shot dead; he was alive and continued to function as head of state. However, the wound became infected, and on 29 March 1792. Gustav's funeral took place on 14 May 1792 at Riddarholmskyrkan.
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.
On 16th December 1801 [her father] Prince Charles Louis of Baden [aged 46] died.
On 19th June 1804 [her brother-in-law] Louis Hesse Darmstadt II Grand Duke [aged 26] and [her sister] Princess Wilhelmine Baden [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine. They were first cousins.
In 1811 King Gustav IV of Sweden [aged 32] and Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [aged 29] were divorced.
On 25th June 1819 Leopold Grand Duke of Baden [aged 28] and [her step-daughter] Princess Sophie of Sweden [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] King Gustav IV of Sweden [aged 40].
1826. Joseph Karl Stieler [aged 44]. Portrait of Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [aged 44].
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On 25th September 1826 Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [aged 45] died.
On 7th February 1837 [her former husband] King Gustav IV of Sweden [aged 58] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 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 14 Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of King John "The Good" II of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon
Grandfather: Grand Duke Charles Frederick of Baden
father: Prince Charles Louis of Baden 10 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt 10 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis VI Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt 6 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophie Eleonore of Saxony 5 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Landgrave Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt 7 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt 8 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Grandmother: Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt 9 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina 11 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt 10 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis VI Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt 6 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophie Eleonore of Saxony 5 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Landgrave Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt 7 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Landgrave Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt 8 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Grandfather: Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt 9 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
mother: Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt 10 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Count Palatine Christian III of Zweibrücken
Grandmother: Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken