Carola of Vasa

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  Swedish Royalty
  House of Holstein-Gottorp

Adolf Frederick Children    Gustav III    Charles XIII    Prince Frederick Adolf    Princess Sophia Albertine Gustav III Children    Gustav IV Adolf    Carl Gustav, Duke of Småland Gustav IV Adolf Children    Gustav, Prince of Vasa    Carl Gustav, Grand Duke of Finland    Sofia Wilhelmina, Grand Duchess of Baden    Princess Amalia Maria Charlotta    Princess Cecilia Grandchildren include:    Princess Carola Charles XIII

Princess Carola of Sweden or of Vasa (Caroline Friederike Franziska Stephanie Amelie Cecilie) (5 August 1833 at Schonbrunn – 15 December 1907 at Dresden) was a princess of Sweden and queen consort of Saxony. She was the daughter of the former Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden and Princess Luise Amelie Stephanie of Baden, and a granddaughter of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden who had been deposed in 1809.

In the early 1850s, she was considered one of the most beautiful royal princesses of Europe. Suitors were not lacking, and there had been plans for her to marry Napoléon III, Emperor of the French. She was a cousin of the Emperor's through her maternal grandmother Stéphanie de Beauharnais. Her father was against the marriage due to the volatile political situation in France and his dynasty's historical dispute with the Napoleon monarchy. 20 years later, when Napoleon III fell from power, her father is quoted as saying, "I foresaw that correctly!"

In 1852, against her father's wishes, Carola converted to Catholicism. On 18 June 1853, Carola married Crown Prince Albert of Saxony, who later succeeded his father as King Albert I. Their marriage was childless. Her closest heirs were: in paternal side, Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857-1928), son of her first cousin; and her first cousin King Carol I of Romania (1839-1914) in maternal side.

[edit] Ancestry

16. Adolf Frederick of Sweden

8. Gustav III of Sweden

17. Louisa Ulrika of Prussia

4. Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden

18. Frederick V of Denmark

9. Sophia Magdalena of Denmark

19. Louise of Great Britain

2. Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden

20. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden

10. Margrave Charles Louis of Baden

21. Karoline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt

5. Frederica of Baden

22. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

11. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

23. Caroline of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

1. Princess Carola of Sweden

24. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (= 20)

12. Margrave Charles Louis of Baden (= 10)

25. Karoline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 21)

6. Karl, Grand Duke of Baden

26. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 22)

13. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 11)

27. Caroline of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (= 23)

3. Princess Luise Amelie Stephanie of Baden

14. Claude de Beauharnais, 2nd Count of Roches-Baritaud

7. Stéphanie de Beauharnais

15. Claude Françoise de Lezay

German royalty
Preceded by Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria	Queen Consort of Saxony 29 October 1873 – 19 June 1902	Succeeded by None monarchy abolished in 1918

[edit] Bibliography

• Schimpff, George von. Aus dem Leben der Königin Carola von Sachsen: zur fünfundzwanzigjährigen Regierungs-Jubelfeier Seiner Majestät des Königs und Ihrer Majestät der Königin. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1898.