Princess Amalia of Sweden

Princess Amalia of Sweden 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." Her body was transported to Oldenburg and buried there in the ducal mausoleum.