Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp | |
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Queen consort of Sweden | |
Tenure | 5 June 1809 – 5 February 1818 |
Coronation | 29 June 1809 |
Queen consort of Norway | |
Tenure | 4 November 1814 – 5 February 1818 |
Born | Eutin, Prince-bishopric of Lübeck (now Germany) | 22 March 1759
Died | 20 June 1818 Stockholm, Sweden | (aged 59)
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Spouse | |
Issue | Princess Louise Hedvig Prince Carl Adolf, Duke of Värmland |
House | Holstein-Gottorp |
Father | Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg |
Mother | Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel |
Religion | Lutheranism |
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Hedwig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (Swedish: Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta; 22 March 1759 – 20 June 1818) was the queen consort of Charles XIII of Sweden and II of Norway. She was also a famed diarist, memoirist and wit. She is known as Hedwig Elisabeth Charlotte, 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.