Princess Amalia of Sweden (Amalia Maria Charlotta; 22 February 180531 August 1853) was a Swedish princess, daughter of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Frederica of Baden.
Life Amalia was born in Stockholm and raised under the supervision of the royal governess Charlotte Stierneld. Amalia left Sweden with her family upon her father's deposition after the Coup of 1809 and was raised together with her siblings by their mother and grandmother at Bruchsal Palace in her mother's native country of Baden. As a child she was afflicted with rickets and remained unmarried and childless.
In 1830 she moved to Hacking near Vienna to live with her brother, Prince Gustav of Sweden who had purchased the there in 1832. She started going by the name “Amalia von Vasa” and usually socialized with her lady-in-waiting Sophie von Scharnhorst. She was interested in music and was a friend of Jenny Lind.
At the age of 48, she died on 31 August 1853 at 11:30 p.m. in Hacking Castle "as a result of a heart attack."Die Presse, Nr. 205 vom 2. September 1853, S. (Digitalisat)Wiener Zeitung, Nr. 211 vom 4. September 1853, Lokalblatt, S. 815: „Verstorbene zu Wien. In den Vorstädten. […] Außer den Linien. […] Den 31. August. Ihre königl. Hoheit Prinzessin Amalie von Schweden, alt 48 Jahr, starb im Schlosse zu Hacking an einem organischen Herzfehler.“ (Digitalisat) Her body was transported to Oldenburg and buried there in the ducal mausoleum.Die Presse, Nr. 206 vom 3. September 1853, S. (Digitalisat)
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