Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp

Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp

1759 1818

Queen consort of Sweden and Norway (1759–1818)

Hedwig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp was the queen consort of Charles XIII of Sweden and II of Norway. She was also a famed diarist, memoirist and wit. She is known as Hedwig Elisabeth Charlotte, though her official name as queen was Charlotte (Charlotta).

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