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[[Image:Sophia Magdalena.jpg|thumb|right|Queen Sophia Magdalena of Sweden]] |
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| name =Sophia Magdalena of Denmark |
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| title =Queen consort of Sweden |
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| image =[[Image:Sophia Magdalena.jpg|200px]] |
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| reign =[[1771]] - [[March 29]], [[1792]] |
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| coronation =[[1772]] |
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| spouse =[[Gustav III of Sweden]] |
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| issue =[[Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden]]<br />Charles Gustaf |
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| royal house =[[Holstein-Gottorp|House of Holstein-Gottorp]]<br />[[Oldenburg|House of Oldenburg]] |
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| father =[[Frederick V of Denmark]] |
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| mother =[[Louise of Great Britain]] |
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| date of birth =[[July 3]], [[1743]] |
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| place of birth =[[Christiansborg Palace]], [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]] |
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| date of death =[[August 21]], [[1813]] |
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| place of death =[[Ulriksdal Palace]], [[Sweden]] |
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'''Sofia Magdalena of [[Denmark]] and [[Norway]]''' ([[Christiansborg Palace]], [[Denmark]], [[3 July]] [[1743]] - [[Ulriksdal Palace]], [[Sweden]], [[21 August]] [[1813]]) was a [[Queen consort]] of [[Sweden]]. |
'''Sofia Magdalena of [[Denmark]] and [[Norway]]''' ([[Christiansborg Palace]], [[Denmark]], [[3 July]] [[1743]] - [[Ulriksdal Palace]], [[Sweden]], [[21 August]] [[1813]]) was a [[Queen consort]] of [[Sweden]]. |
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Revision as of 22:25, 18 February 2007
| Sophia Magdalena of Denmark | |
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| Queen consort of Sweden | |
| File:Sophia Magdalena.jpg | |
| Tenure | 1771 - March 29, 1792 |
| Coronation | 1772 |
| Spouse | Gustav III of Sweden |
| Issue | Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden Charles Gustaf |
| House | House of Holstein-Gottorp House of Oldenburg |
| Father | Frederick V of Denmark |
| Mother | Louise of Great Britain |
Sofia Magdalena of Denmark and Norway (Christiansborg Palace, Denmark, 3 July 1743 - Ulriksdal Palace, Sweden, 21 August 1813) was a Queen consort of Sweden.
She was eldest surviving child of King Frederick V of Denmark and Norway and Queen Louise. Her maternal grandparents were George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach.
At the age of five (1751), she was betrothed to the successor of the throne of Sweden, Gustav. In 1766 she was married to Gustav at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen. Her strict upbringing made it difficult for her to adjust to the environment of the Swedish court. After King Adolf Frederick of Sweden died in 1771, Gustav III became King of Sweden. The following year Sofia was crowned queen. The marriage was a typical arranged royal marriage of political convenience, and is described by her husband as cold as ice. In fact, it was not consummated until 1777, eleven years after the wedding, which was a topic of gossip and ridicule among the European courts; the king was a homosexual or sexually undeveloped and did in fact need instructions what to do.
In 1778, Sofia gave birth to Gustav Adolf, successor to the throne; and in 1782 she gave birth to a second son, Charles Gustaf who lived for only one year. It has been suggested that her children were fathered by someone else.
Widowed in 1792, after her husband was murdered, Sofia lived a withdrawn life and spent much effort on charity. Her brother-in-law, Duke Karl, became regent, and she eschewed a political role. She never had any political influence and in 1809, she was forced to witness the abdication of her son, King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, after Sweden lost Finland to Russia. He was sent into exile and replaced by his paternal uncle Charles XIII, but she remained in Sweden until her death.