Sophia of Nassau
Categories: 1836 births | 1913 deaths | Bernadotte | Swedish queens
Princess Sofia Wilhelmina Mariana Henrietta of Nassau, (Sophie in Sweden) (July 9, 1836 - December 30, 1913), was the daughter of George William Augustus Henry, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg and his wife Pauline Friederica Marie Princess of Württemberg.
Her maternal grandfather was Prince Paul Heinrich Karl Friedrich Augustus of Württemberg. The Prince was a son of Frederick I of Württemberg and his consort Augusta Caroline Fredericka Luise of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1764 - 1788). Augusta was a daughter of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg and Princess Augusta Charlotte, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttell.
The senior Augusta was the first-born daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. She was also an older sister of (among others) George III of the United Kingdom, Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Prince Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn and Caroline Matilda of Wales, Queen consort of Christian VII of Denmark.
Sofia married King Oscar II of Sweden on June 6, 1857 at the castle in Wiesbaden-Biebrich.
She became Queen consort of Sweden on May 12, 1873.nl:Sofie van Nassau-Weilburg nb:Sofia av Nassau sv:Sofia av Nassau