Viktoria Sophie Marie (Zähringen) Bernadotte (1862-1930)

Viktoria Sophie Marie (Viktoria) Bernadotte formerly Zähringen aka av Baden

Born 7 Aug 1862 in Karlsruhe, Großherzogtum Baden, Deutscher Bund

Ancestors

Daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Zähringen and Luise Marie Elisabeth Hohenzollern

Sister of Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leopold August Zähringen

Wife of Oscar Gustaf Adolf (Bernadotte) av Sverige — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Descendants

Mother of Oskar Fredrik Wilhelm Olof Gustaf Adolf (Bernadotte) av Sverige, Carl Wilhelm Ludvig (Bernadotte) av Sverige och Norge and Erik Gustaf Ludvig Albert (Bernadotte) av Sverige

Died 4 Apr 1930 at age 67 in Villa Svezia, Roma, Lazio, Italia

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Biography

Viktoria Zähringen was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

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Origin

Victoria was born August 7, 1862, at the castle in Karlsruhe as the daughter of Grand Duke Friedrich and Luise of Preussen. Her maternal grandfather was Keiser Wilhelm I and her paternal grandmother was princess Sofia Wilhelmina, daughter of king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden.^[1]

Family

In 1879 she met her future husband, the crown prince of Sweden Gustaf, for the fist time. He was attending a fall military exercise in Strassburg. March 12, 1881, they got engaged and September 20 the same year they got married in Karlsruhe. Together they had three sons.^[1]

Gustav Adolf (1882 - 1973), king of Sweden
Vilhelm (1884 - 1965), duke of Södermanland
Erik (1889 - 1918), duke of Västmanland

1884 jun 17 Catl WIlhelm Ludvig born Tullgarns Slott, Södertälje, Sweden^[2]

Picture from Arkiv Digital of Hovförsamlingen CI:6 (1861-1886) Image 127 (AID: v85366.b127, NAD: SE/SSA/0007)

Picture from Arkiv Digital of Hovförsamlingen CI:6 (1861-1886)
Birth record Hans Kungliga Höghet Hertigen af Södermanland Catl WIlhelm Ludvig born Tullgarns Slott

1889 apr 20 son [[Bernadotte-20|Erik Gustaf Ludvig Albert born^[3]

Health

Victoria's health was weak so she spent some time in Egypt in 1890 - 1891. She wrote about her trip in the book "Vom Nil, Tagelblätter" (1892).^[1]

Queen of Sweden

December 8, 1907, she became the queen of Sweden. She had lost the title of crown princess of Norway in 1905.^[1]

First World War

The first world war broke out in 1914 and Victoria formed the Queens Central commité and was in charge of Föreningen Sveriges Flotta. The castle of Karlsruhe was bombed in 1915 while the queen was there. She was forced to flee the city in 1918 due to the German revolution. First she went to Odenwald, then to Langenstein Castle in the southern parts of Baden, and finally to Mainau. She was not able to return to Sweden until 1919.^[1]

Summer Recidence

In 1903 Victoria had started building a summer recidense at Borgholm on the island of Öland which came to be called Solliden. Since 1906 she had spent her summers there but from 1919 she spent them on Capri instead.^[1]

Death

In 1926 she moved to Villa Svezia in Rome, Italy, and she died there in 1931.^[1]

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Ohlmarks, Åke (1976) Alla Sveriges Drottningar Almqvist & Wiksell Förlag AB, Stockholm
↑ Hovförsamlingen CI:6 (1861-1886) Image 127 (AID: v85366.b127, NAD: SE/SSA/0007)
↑ Hovförsamlingen CI:7 (1887-1894) Image 15 (AID: v85367.b15, NAD: SE/SSA/0007)

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Viktoria by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Viktoria: