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Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen consort of Norway and Sweden 1759–1818 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Mar 1759

Birth Location: Eutin Castle, Eutin, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany

Death Date: 20 Jun 1818

Death Location: Rosersberg Palace, Stockholm, Sweden

Father: Frederick Oldenburg

Mother: Princess Oldenburg

Spouse(s): Charles Sweden

Children(s): Princess Sweden, Prince Värmland

In 1759, Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen consort of Norway and Sweden entered the world in Eutin Castle, Eutin, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany, born to Frederick August I Of Holstein Gottorp Duke Of Oldenburg And Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine Of Hesse Kassel Duchess Consort Of Oldenburg. Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen consort of Norway and Sweden married Charles Ii Xiii King Of Norway And Sweden, and had children including Prince Carl Adolf Of Sweden Duke Of Varmland, Princess Louisa Hedvig Of Sweden. Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen consort of Norway and Sweden passed away in 1818 in Rosersberg Palace, Stockholm, Sweden.

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  • In 1759, Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen consort of Norway and Sweden entered the world in Eutin Castle, Eutin, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany, born to Frederick August I Of Holstein Gottorp Duke Of Oldenburg And Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine Of Hesse Kassel Duchess Consort Of Oldenburg.
  • Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen consort of Norway and Sweden married Charles Ii Xiii King Of Norway And Sweden, and had children including Prince Carl Adolf Of Sweden Duke Of Varmland, Princess Louisa Hedvig Of Sweden.
  • Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen consort of Norway and Sweden passed away in 1818 in Rosersberg Palace, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Hedwig Sweden's Ancestors

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Hedwig Sweden
1759–1818
Birth Place: Eutin Castle, Eutin, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
Parents
Frederick August I of Holstein-Gottorp, Duke of Oldenburg
1711–1785
Gottorf Castle, Gottorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Princess (Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel, Duchess consort of) Oldenburg
1722–1787
Kassel Castle, Kassel, Stadt Kassel, Hessen, Germany
Grandparents
Maximilian (Hesse) Cassel
1689–1753
Marburg, Giessen, Hessen, Germany
Friederike (Charlotte Hesse) Darmstadt
1698–1777
Hesse, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Charles Hesse-Kassel
1654–1730
Marie Courland
1653–1711
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Kassel
1629–1663
Hedwig Cassel
1623–1683

Hedwig Sweden's Descendants

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Hedwig (Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen consort of Norway and) Sweden (22 Mar 1759–20 Jun 1818) m. Charles (II\XIII, King of Norway and) Sweden (7 Oct 1748–5 Feb 1818)
  1. 1. Princess (Louisa Hedvig of) Sweden 1797–1797
  2. 2. Prince (Carl Adolf of Sweden, Duke of) Värmland 1798–1798

Hedwig Sweden's Timeline

2 Records

1759
22 Mar 1759
Birth of Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen consort of Norway and Sweden in Eutin Castle, Eutin, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
Eutin Castle, Eutin, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
1818
20 Jun 1818
Age 59
Death of Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen consort of Norway and Sweden in Rosersberg Palace, Stockholm, Sweden
Rosersberg Palace, Stockholm, Sweden

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Mar 1759
    Event Place: Eutin Castle, Eutin, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Jun 1818
    Event Place: Rosersberg Palace, Stockholm, Sweden

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