Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp

Queen consort of Sweden and Norway

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1759

Place of Birth: Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Date of Death: 20-Jun-1818

Profession: writer

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Hedwig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (Swedish: Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta; 22 March 1759 – 20 June 1818) was Queen of Sweden and Norway as the wife of King Charles XIII and II.
She was also a famed diarist, memoirist and wit.
She is generally known in Sweden by her full pen name in Swedish (above), though her official name as queen was 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.



Description	Swedish painter
Date of birth/death	15 July 1718	5 July 1793
Location of birth/death	Malmö Sankt Petri församling	Paris
Work period	from 1740s date QS:P,+1740-00-00T00:00:00Z/8 until 1791
Work location	Bayreuth, Paris, Saint Petersburg
Authority control	: Q315102 VIAF: 76584639 ISNI: 0000 0001 2282 1043 ULAN: 500032508 LCCN: n96123864 NLA: 35656435 WorldCat