#Queen josefina of Sweden

[monarchies-history]

I got to see the Swedish Cameo Parure in person this week. It is on display at the Vasa to Bernadotte, 1523 -1973 - 2023, exhibition at The Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Queen Josefina of Sweden and Norway by Sophie Adlersparre (oil on canvas, 1856)

Joséphine Maximiliana Eugenia Napoleona of Leuchtenberg was born in March 1807 in Milan, the daughter of a French general.

On 23 August 1822, Crown Prince Oskar came on a visit to Eichstätt in Bavaria, where he met Joséphine. The Crown Prince fell in love with her, and asked for her hand in marriage a few days later.

On 19 June 1823, her Swedish marriage ceremony took place at Stockholm Cathedral. Her official name became Josefina.

Josefina contributed towards the construction of the first Catholic church in Stockholm in 1837, and towards establishing the Catholic congregations in Gothenburg and Kristiania. She established and supported many philanthropic associations, including the Josephinahemmet home in Blackeberg, Stockholm, and she worked hard to help poor mothers and widows with children.

When Oskar ascended to the throne in 1844, Josefina gained increased political influence. She was the king's only truly loyal advisor.

Photo: royalpalaces.se

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Royal Tiara Highlights: Swedish Sapphire Tiara

This tiara is apart of a parure that also includes a necklace, a pair of earrings, a brooch, and a set of hair ornaments. The tiara features diamond floral motifs topped by eleven sapphires and is extremely flexible - the tiara can be laid completely flat and the sapphires can be removed. 

 The set initially belong to Princess Augusta of Bavaria, the wife of Eugène de Beauharnais, the only son of Empress Joséphine of France. The parure was given to Augusta as a wedding present in 1806, possibly by Napoleon Bonaparte -  Empress Joséphine’s husband. The set is believed to have been made by Marie-Étienne Nitot, Napoleon’s court jeweler. Eugène and Augusta’s oldest daughter,  Joséphine, married the future King Oscar I of Sweden, eventually becoming Queen Josefina of Sweden. The parure has been in the Swedish vaults ever since. 

via The Court Jeweller

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Some 1820s dresses (from top to bottom) -

1824 Young elegant lady by Eduard Friedrich Leybold (Christie's - Live Auction 2975 Lot 360). Fixed tears, edges, spots, and smudges w Pshop 3342X4205 @150 2.5Mj.

1826 Josefina Maximiliana Eugenia Napoleana, Queen of Sweden with her son by Frederic Westin (location ?). From tumblr.com/roehenstart 1280X1898 @72 587kj.

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The unique gold, pearl, and cameo tiara from the Swedish royal vaults is packed with history and symbolism, from its initial creation story in Napoleonic France to the tales told by the individual cameos in the piece. Today, we’re unpacking both, with some fantastic close-up views of the parure.

The Cameo Parure, now owned by the Bernadottes of Sweden, was originally given by Napoleon I to Empress Josephine in 1809. The set includes a tiara, a necklace, a bracelet, and a pair of earrings. Today, the parure also includes a brooch, which is believed to be a slightly later addition to the suite. Above, Queen Silvia wears the entire parure—tiara, earrings, necklace, brooch, and bracelet (on her right wrist)—for the Nobel Prize ceremony in 2005.

The tiara made its way from imperial France to royal Sweden by a slightly circuitous route. It was inherited by Josephine’s son, Eugene de Beauharnais, and then passed on to his daughter, Queen Josefina of Sweden and Norway. She bequeathed the cameos to her daughter, Princess Eugenie; she bequeathed it to her nephew, Prince Eugen. He gave the set to Princess Sibylla, mother of the present king, as a wedding gift in 1932, and it has remained with the Bernadottes in Stockholm ever since.

With a central cameo depicting two gods of love, and a shape resembling traditional Scandinavian bridal crowns, it’s no surprise that this fragile, delicate heirloom has become the Bernadotte family bridal tiara. It’s been worn by two of the king’s sisters, Princess Birgitta and Princess Desiree, on their wedding days. It was also worn by his wife, Queen Silvia, at their wedding in 1976, and by their elder daughter, Crown Princess Victoria, at her wedding in 2010.

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Holidays 10.23

Holidays

Aviator’s Day (Brazil)

Broken Diamond (Elder Scrolls)

Chulalongkorn Day (Rama V Day; Thailand)

Claire & Henry’s Wedding Day (Time Traveler’s Wife)

Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle

Doctor’s Day (Mexico)

Event Organizers Day

Frost Descends (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)

iPod Day

Liberation Day (Libya)

Mole Day (Chemists)

Mother of Pearl Sunday [Sunday of Last Full Week]

National Aviation Day (Mexico)

National Croc Day

National One United Race Day

National Slap Your Irritating Co-Worker Day

Nemzeti ünnep (Hungary)

Paralegal Day

Paris Peace Agreement Day (Cambodia)

Peniamina Gospel Day (Niue)

Spam Jam (Hawaii)

Swallows Leave Capistrano Day

TV Talk Show Host Day

Ueno Tenjin Matsuri (Parade of Demons; Japan)

Vote Early Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Boston Cream Pie Day

Canning Day (a.k.a. Canned Food Day)

National Canned Food Day (a.k.a. National Canning Day)

4th Sunday in October

Mother-In-Law Day [4th Sunday]

National Tight Ends Day [4th Sunday]

Pumpkin Day [Sunday before 31st]

World Mission Sunday [4th Sunday]

Feast Days

Allucio of Campugliano (Christian; Saint)

Amon of Toul (Diocese of Toul; Christian; Saint)

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (Christian; Saint)

Bobby London Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Christmas (a.k.a. Feast of Señor Noemi, the Child Jesus; Apostolic Catholic Church)

Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer (Christian)

Festival of Forgotten Gods

Fontenelle (Positivist; Saint)

Giovanni da Capistrano (Christian; Saint)

Ignatios of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Island Heads (Muppetism)

James the Just (a.k.a. James, brother of Jesus; Lutheran, Episcopal Church (USA), Eastern Orthodox)

John Capistran (Christian; Saint)

Joséphine Leroux (Christian; Saint)

Navami [9th Day of Dashain]

Peter Pascual (Christian; Saint)

Romain (a.k.a. Romanus) of Rouen (Christian; Saint)

Servandus and Cermanus (Christian; Saint)

Severin of Cologne (Christian; Saint)

Strip for Your Lover Day (Pastafarian)

Surin (Christian; Saint)

Theodoret (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

Almost Blue, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1981)

The Black Parade, by My Chemical Romance (Album; 2006)

Dictionary of the Khazars, by Milorad Pavić (Novel, English Translation; 1989)

Dumbo (Animated Disney Film; 1941)

Elizabeth (Film; 1998)

Hello, by Adele (Song; 2015)

I Will Survive, by Gloria Gaynor (Song; 1978)

Life Is Beautiful (Film; 1998)

Live a Little, Love a Little (Film; 1968) [Elvis Presley #28]

Pleasantville (Film; 1998)

The Queen’s Gambit (TV Mini-Series; 2020)

Rehab, by Amy Winehouse (Song; 2006)

The Times They Are-A-Changin’, recorded by Bob Dylan (Song; 1963)

Trespass, by Genesis (Album; 1970)

Today’s Name Days

Oda (Austria)

Borislav, Ivan, Severin, Teodor (Croatia)

Teodor (Czech Republic)

Søren (Denmark)

Leevi, Liivi, Liivia, Liivika (Estonia)

Severi (Finland)

Jean, Simon (France)

Johannes, Severin, Uta (Germany)

Iakovos, Jacob (Greece)

Gyöngyi (Hungary)

Giovanni (Italy)

Daina, Dainis, Severins (Latvia)

Odilija, Ramvydė, Sanginas (Lithuania)

Severin, Sørene (Norway)

Iga, Ignacja, Ignacy, Jan, Marlena, Odilla, Roman, Seweryn, Teodor, Włościsław, Żegota (Poland)

Alojzia (Slovakia)

Juan (Spain)

Severin, Sören (Sweden)

Fifi, Josefina, Josepha, Josephina, Josephine, Josie, Pepita (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 296 of 2022; 69 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 42 of 2022

Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 23 of 28]

Chinese: Month 9 (Júyuè), Day 28 (Ji-You)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 28 Tishri 5783

Islamic: 27 Rabi I 1444

J Cal: 26 Shù; Foursday [26 of 30]

Julian: 10 October 2022

Moon: 3%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 16 Descartes (11th Month) [Fontenelle]

Runic Half Month: Wyn (Joy) [Day 13 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 31 of 90)

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 1 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Scorpio (The Scorpion) begins [Zodiac Sign 8; thru 11.22]

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Holidays 10.23

Holidays

Aviator’s Day (Brazil)

Broken Diamond (Elder Scrolls)

Chulalongkorn Day (Rama V Day; Thailand)

Claire & Henry’s Wedding Day (Time Traveler’s Wife)

Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle

Doctor’s Day (Mexico)

Event Organizers Day

Frost Descends (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)

iPod Day

Liberation Day (Libya)

Mole Day (Chemists)

Mother of Pearl Sunday [Sunday of Last Full Week]

National Aviation Day (Mexico)

National Croc Day

National One United Race Day

National Slap Your Irritating Co-Worker Day

Nemzeti ünnep (Hungary)

Paralegal Day

Paris Peace Agreement Day (Cambodia)

Peniamina Gospel Day (Niue)

Spam Jam (Hawaii)

Swallows Leave Capistrano Day

TV Talk Show Host Day

Ueno Tenjin Matsuri (Parade of Demons; Japan)

Vote Early Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Boston Cream Pie Day

Canning Day (a.k.a. Canned Food Day)

National Canned Food Day (a.k.a. National Canning Day)

4th Sunday in October

Mother-In-Law Day [4th Sunday]

National Tight Ends Day [4th Sunday]

Pumpkin Day [Sunday before 31st]

World Mission Sunday [4th Sunday]

Feast Days

Allucio of Campugliano (Christian; Saint)

Amon of Toul (Diocese of Toul; Christian; Saint)

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (Christian; Saint)

Bobby London Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Christmas (a.k.a. Feast of Señor Noemi, the Child Jesus; Apostolic Catholic Church)

Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer (Christian)

Festival of Forgotten Gods

Fontenelle (Positivist; Saint)

Giovanni da Capistrano (Christian; Saint)

Ignatios of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Island Heads (Muppetism)

James the Just (a.k.a. James, brother of Jesus; Lutheran, Episcopal Church (USA), Eastern Orthodox)

John Capistran (Christian; Saint)

Joséphine Leroux (Christian; Saint)

Navami [9th Day of Dashain]

Peter Pascual (Christian; Saint)

Romain (a.k.a. Romanus) of Rouen (Christian; Saint)

Servandus and Cermanus (Christian; Saint)

Severin of Cologne (Christian; Saint)

Strip for Your Lover Day (Pastafarian)

Surin (Christian; Saint)

Theodoret (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

Almost Blue, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1981)

The Black Parade, by My Chemical Romance (Album; 2006)

Dictionary of the Khazars, by Milorad Pavić (Novel, English Translation; 1989)

Dumbo (Animated Disney Film; 1941)

Elizabeth (Film; 1998)

Hello, by Adele (Song; 2015)

I Will Survive, by Gloria Gaynor (Song; 1978)

Life Is Beautiful (Film; 1998)

Live a Little, Love a Little (Film; 1968) [Elvis Presley #28]

Pleasantville (Film; 1998)

The Queen’s Gambit (TV Mini-Series; 2020)

Rehab, by Amy Winehouse (Song; 2006)

The Times They Are-A-Changin’, recorded by Bob Dylan (Song; 1963)

Trespass, by Genesis (Album; 1970)

Today’s Name Days

Oda (Austria)

Borislav, Ivan, Severin, Teodor (Croatia)

Teodor (Czech Republic)

Søren (Denmark)

Leevi, Liivi, Liivia, Liivika (Estonia)

Severi (Finland)

Jean, Simon (France)

Johannes, Severin, Uta (Germany)

Iakovos, Jacob (Greece)

Gyöngyi (Hungary)

Giovanni (Italy)

Daina, Dainis, Severins (Latvia)

Odilija, Ramvydė, Sanginas (Lithuania)

Severin, Sørene (Norway)

Iga, Ignacja, Ignacy, Jan, Marlena, Odilla, Roman, Seweryn, Teodor, Włościsław, Żegota (Poland)

Alojzia (Slovakia)

Juan (Spain)

Severin, Sören (Sweden)

Fifi, Josefina, Josepha, Josephina, Josephine, Josie, Pepita (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 296 of 2022; 69 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 42 of 2022

Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 23 of 28]

Chinese: Month 9 (Júyuè), Day 28 (Ji-You)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 28 Tishri 5783

Islamic: 27 Rabi I 1444

J Cal: 26 Shù; Foursday [26 of 30]

Julian: 10 October 2022

Moon: 3%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 16 Descartes (11th Month) [Fontenelle]

Runic Half Month: Wyn (Joy) [Day 13 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 31 of 90)

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 1 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Scorpio (The Scorpion) begins [Zodiac Sign 8; thru 11.22]

[heavyarethecrowns]

People that have married in the Royal Families since 1800

Sweden

Joséphine of Leuchtenberg or Joséphine de Beauharnais (14 March 1807 - 7 June 1876)

[omgthatdress]

Danish Ruby Tiara

Made in 1804 for Désirée Clary to wear to Napoléon’s coronation. In 1910, her husband, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, was elected Crown Prince of Sweden, and he eventually became King Carl XIV Johan of Sweden. She passed it down to her daughter-in-law, who became Queen Josefina of Sweden, who then gave it to her granddaughter, Princess Lovisa, when she married Crown Prince Fredrik of Denmark. Since then, it has remained in the Danish royal family.

[theodcr]

             INTRODUCING ... THE PRINCESS OF SWEDEN

THE BASICS.

NAME: josefina katrin emelina iris oldenburg GENDER & PRONOUNS: female, she / her AGE: twenty - eight FC: kristine froseth, elizabeth lail, elizabeth olsen, any fitting female fc TITLES: princess of sweden; duchess of östergötland; member of the royal order of the seraphim; 2019 winner of the nobel peace prize

SWEDEN’S GOLDEN CHILD.

for josefina and theodor, the pressure has always been on. as children of the crown prince, and then as children of the king, they were raised under a microscope unlike any other. frederik and emelina did what they could for their children, trying to keep them out of the paparazzi’s eye as much as possible, but only so much could be done for the young prince and princess. especially when their grandfather died and left the crown to his son, all eyes were on the young royals. josefina has always worked very well under pressure, perhaps due to all the attention in her youth; one slip-up could result in mass scrutiny of herself and her family, so she learned how to always keep a smile, a calm manner, and a keen mind.

she was in a unique position as her parents’ spare – though she was never made to feel like the spare, and she was loved just the same as her brother – she had somewhat more freedom in her hobbies and how she spent her time, but she still had to be ready to rule should misfortune strike. she was tutored in history, politics, and law, just like her brother. and while she never grasped it quite as well as he did, she has a firm enough understanding to skirt by should she need to.

when their father died, josefina leaned heavily on theodor for support. the two became inseparable, even more than they had been before, and it was as much for theodor’s benefit as her own. she spent her days looking after her brother, making sure he ate and slept. in her adulthood, spent as it has been in hospitals and on military bases, her impeccable bedside manner and way of gentle, measured persuasion has been remarked upon more than once by her superiors. she attributes this to dealing with her brother, stubborn as he is, throughout their youth.

the oldenburgs have always been a military family, but theodor’s enlistment still blindsided josefina. she was only fourteen, and in fourteen years, she had not raised her voice at theodor. she had never needed to. but this was the one agreement they could not reach, the one compromise they couldn’t find. he was dead set on enlisting, and she was dead set against it. he went to war, and josefinia could do nothing to stop him. in his absence, she found her passion for medicine. it stemmed from deep fears that her brother would not return in one piece, some effort to have control of an uncontrollable situation. when he came home with a gunshot wound in his hip, josefina was glad for the connections she’d already forged, even at the tender age of eighteen. she was instrumental in helping him to walk again; without her there to encourage him, he’d never have managed.

in 2016, josefina enlisted in the military as a nurse. she traveled the world, gaining hands-on experience. the optics were good, and the fulfillment was even better. she gained great joy from helping those who needed it. throughout three years of service, she focused on protecting civilians, particularly children. she saved countless lives, and in 2019, her service was rewarded with a nobel peace prize.

josefina’s military service ended only last year, when she returned home to sweden to focus on internal affairs and to . now, she’s joining the other royals in the program at theodor’s request. he needs from his sister what she is always able to provide (at least, in his mind): a smile, a calm manner, and a keen mind.

TL;DR

josefina is the princess of sweden, the second daughter of the late king frederik iv and dowager queen emelina, and younger sister of crown prince theodor. she cares deeply for her people and family. she was in the public eye from a young age, and is beloved by her people. in 2019, she was awarded the nobel peace prize for her service as a military nurse. while she has not been as active in the international community as her brother, she is still a well-known name, and has worked as a diplomat and ambassador for sweden in the past. overall, she is gentle, unflappable, and clever, with a strong sense of duty, a loyalty to her people, and a desire to do what’s right.

MORE INFO

other connections in the rp: @catherinestuart​ (sister-in-law); @lucadansembourg​ & @wcndv​ (maternal first cousins); @ebbv​, @vstridb​, & @frejaedb​ (paternal second cousins)

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The Princess Dona Maria Amélia Foundation

The Princess Dona Maria Amélia Foundation is a foundation under Portuguese law, established on March 23rd, 1877 by decision of the Swedish Crown after the Princess Dona Maria Amélia Hospice, an institution founded in 1853 for the treatment of pulmonary patients, was bequeathed by Empress D Amélia de Leuchtenberg, widow of Emperor D. Pedro I of Brazil (King D. Pedro IV of Portugal), to his sister D. Josefina, Queen of Sweden and Norway. The Foundation was created with the initial purpose of preserving and managing this historical legacy, perpetuating the work of Empress D. Amélia and the memory of her daughter, Princess D. Maria Amélia, in Madeira and Portugal.

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Royal Tiara Highlights: The Cameo Parure

The parure was created in 1804 for Empress Joséphine of France, probably made by Napoleon’s court jeweler Marie-Étienne Nitot. The set featured a grand tiara, a necklace, a bracelet and a pair of earrings.

Exactly what happened to the parure after Joséphine’s death is unclear. It is believed that the jewels ended up in the possession of her son Eugène as his daughter Joséphine of Leuchtenberg - future Queen Josefina of Sweden and Norway - was painted wearing the tiara multiple times. The set remains in the Swedish Royal Family and the tiara is constantly worn by the Bernadotte women on their wedding days.

via The Court Jeweller

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Lovisa Josefina Eugenia, Queen of Sweden, Amalia Lindegren

[heavyarethecrowns]

People that have married in the Royal Families since 1800

Sweden

Joséphine of Leuchtenberg or Joséphine de Beauharnais (14 March 1807 - 7 June 1876)

[theodcr]

TASK 011 : FAMILY

THE CAST:

king frederik iv of sweden ( hugh laurie ) dowager queen emelina of sweden ( anna chancellor ) prince regent elliot of sweden ( mark ruffalo ) princess linnea of sweden ( aj cook ) crown prince theodor of sweden ( bill skarsgard ) princess josefina of sweden ( kristine froseth ) princess evelina of sweden ( daisy ridley ) princess eleonora of sweden ( katherine langford ) princess elsa of sweden ( kathryn newton )

not pictured / distant family: king alexander i of sweden queen consort olivia of sweden the royal family of switzerland count ronald stolberg countess marguerite stolberg the royal family of luxembourg

I. THE PAST ( not pictured ) king alexander i & queen consort olivia of sweden

born within mere days of each other, both brought into the world in the frigid swedish winter of 1927, alexander and olivia were seemingly star-crossed. olivia’s parents were low on the totem pole of swedish nobility, but fortune had allowed them this: a generations-old friendship with the royal family. there was no need for social climbing where olivia’s family were concerned. in title they fell at the bottom of the heap, but in esteem they sat prettily next to his majesty the king. so alexander and olivia were introduced as soon as possible, in the hopes of ensuring the friendship between the two families would live to see another day. and much to their parents’ delight, alexander and olivia did them all one better: they fell in love and were married in stockholm in 1945, just after the end of the second world war. they were shortly thereafter crowned king and queen consort of sweden. they’d been married fourteen years before their first child was born: a boy, frederik. elliot and linnea followed after, and alexander passed in 1994, leaving the crown to frederik, his pride and joy. olivia, grief stricken at the loss of her husband, feeling alexander’s absence like one might feel the absence of a lost limb, passed shortly thereafter, within just a few frigid winter days.

issue: ✗ king frederik iv of sweden ✗ prince regent elliot of sweden ✗ princess linnea of sweden

count ronald & countess marguerite stolberg

ronald and marguerite stolberg were a case of little more than luck. or, as they’ve told their children and grandchildren, fate. a count and his wife from western germany, the two could hardly even call themselves nobility. still, what they lacked in titles they made up for in wealth and, moreover, in love. ronald never wanted power, and so was content to take his title and his fortune and to live out the rest of his days never attempting to climb the social ladder. he met marguerite dupont at the free university of berlin. she wasn’t of the nobility; in fact, she wasn’t even particularly wealthy. but she was whip-smart and exceedingly kind, not to mention beautiful, and there was nothing to do but fall in love. ronald’s parents objected to his marrying someone so well beneath their status, but marguerite was, to ronald, the only woman in the world. he couldn’t possibly leave her just in the name of money or power, so he married her in secret, not caring for the approval of his parents. his parents were angry at his disobedience and even angrier at his lack of vision, so they turned him away and planned to make his younger brother their heir.

ronald, out of a county but still very much in love, was more than fine with this arrangement. the way he saw it, he’d escaped a lifetime of stuffy suits and crowded high society functions. he and marguerite settled in a townhome in berlin and were, for a time, incandescently happy. they brought a daughter into the world, adélaïde, who was to be raised without the pressures ronald’s parents had put on him. but when ronald’s father fell ill and a fatal car accident spelled his brother’s end, ronald’s mother was left begging him to come home. he was ready to deny her, to reject her the way she’d rejected him, but marguerite convinced him to return home and reclaim the title that was rightfully his, to make amends with his dying father, and ronald had never been able to deny her. so they returned to the world ronald so hated, and they welcomed another daughter, emelina, into their family.

issue: ✗ dowager queen adélaïde of luxembourg ✗ dowager queen emelina of sweden

II. THE PRESENT king frederik iv of sweden & dowager queen emelina of sweden ( hugh laurie & anna chancellor )

frederik and emelina met in college. frederik was in his first year at stockholm university following two years in the military, and emelina was studying abroad in stockholm for the spring semester. the two hit it off immediately, spending some time as friends before they began dating. study sessions in the library soon migrated to study sessions in frederik’s dorm, and when the end of the semester came, emelina was loathe to go home to germany. until emelina graduated, the two wrote letters back and forth; phone calls were an option, but the love letters were far more romantic ( and, for emelina, far less expensive ). when she graduated college a year later, she didn’t hesitate to move to an apartment in stockholm, where they could date a little more officially. and the rest was history: they fell in love and were married, and for just under twenty years, they were happy.

when frederik got sick, emelina began to shut down. her temper shortened. her relationships suffered, but none more than the ones she had with her children. emelina shut everyone out, especially after frederik passed. she felt she had lost half of herself. sweden saw her standing at her husband’s funeral, and for many years after that, they did not see her at all. she never left the grounds of drottningholm. for nearly a year after the loss, she hardly left her rooms. things changed after theodor came home from the army wounded and nearly dead; it was as if emelina came back to the world of the living. the near-loss worked wonders for waking emelina up to the things around her. she finally began to move on. she left her rooms more frequently, she laughed and smiled, softly at first, and soon with full force. she helped linnea with planning and, eventually, hosting dinners and charity events. in recent years, sweden has regained their dowager queen. and more than that, theodor and josefina have regained their mother.

issue: ✗ crown prince theodor of sweden ✗ princess josefina of sweden

prince regent elliot of sweden, duke of skåne ( mark ruffalo )

read the story !

princess linnea of sweden ( aj cook )

as both the youngest child and the only princess, linnea was doted on not only by her family but also by her people. she has been beloved in sweden from the day she was born, especially before josefina’s birth and the births of linnea’s daughters. but being the baby hardly made linnea frivolous or idle. her people loved her, and she, in turn, loved them. she devoted her life to charity work and diplomacy. for many years, she has been sweden’s matriarch; when emelina retreated into the palace following frederik’s death, linnea took up many of the duties that should have fallen to the dowager queen. to encourage international relations, she pursued a relationship with gunnar ragnarsson, an important businessman from iceland, and had three daughters with him. ( read their stories here ! )

issue: ✗ princess evelina of sweden ✗ princess elonora of sweden ✗ princess elsa of sweden

III. COUSINS OF HOUSE OLDENBURG ( not pictured ) the royal family of switzerland

king alexander’s younger sister married the king of switzerland. the two went on to have vera and ingrid bernadotte, who became queen of switzerland and duchess of guyenne, respectively. their children, in turn, are second cousins to theodor, josefina, evelina, eleonora, and elsa.

the royal family of luxembourg

emelina married frederik of sweden, and her older sister adélaïde married emile of luxembourg. the two went on to have four children, all of whom are first cousins to theodor and josefina.

IV. MORE INFORMATION

since tumblr is so fucky about links, click the source link for a page that leads to the family tree / page & a timeline of swedish succession !!

[heavyarethecrowns]

People that have married in the Royal Families since 1800

Sweden

Joséphine of Leuchtenberg or Joséphine de Beauharnais (14 March 1807 - 7 June 1876)