Person:Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (1)

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Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp
b.22 Mar 1759 Eutin, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
d.20 Jun 1818 Stockholms, Stockholm, Sweden
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  1. William _____, Duke of Oldenburg1754 - 1823
  2. Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp1759 - 1818
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Name Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp
Gender Female
Birth[1] 22 Mar 1759 Eutin, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Marriage to Charles XIII of Sweden
Death[1] 20 Jun 1818 Stockholms, Stockholm, Sweden
Reference Number? Q236208?


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Hedwig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (; 22 March 1759 – 20 June 1818) was Queen of Sweden and Norway as the consort of King Charles XIII and II. She was also a famed diarist, memoirist and wit. She is known by her full pen name (above), though her official name as queen was Charlotte (Charlotta).

She was born in Eutin the daughter of Duke Frederick August I of Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel. She grew up in Eutin and married her cousin Charles, Duke of Södermanland, in Stockholm on 7 July 1774 when she was fifteen years old. The marriage was arranged by King Gustav III to provide the throne of Sweden with an heir. The King had not consummated his marriage and had decided to give the task of providing an heir to the throne to his brother.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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