Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg

Sophia Albertina
Portrait by Alexander Roslin, c. 1775
Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
Reign1787–1803
PredecessorAnna Amalia
Born(1753-10-08)8 October 1753
Stockholm, Sweden
Died17 March 1829(1829-03-17) (aged 75)
Stockholm
Burial
IssueUlla Möllersvärd (rumored)
Names
Sophia Maria Lovisa Fredrika Albertina
HouseHolstein-Gottorp
FatherAdolf Frederick of Sweden
MotherLouisa Ulrika of Prussia
ReligionLutheran
Coronet (left) created for Sophia Albertina and worn at her brother Gustav's coronation in 1772.

Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden (Sophia Maria Lovisa Fredrika Albertina; 8 October 1753 – 17 March 1829) was the last Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg Abbey, and as such reigned as vassal monarch of the Holy Roman Empire.

Sophia Albertina was the daughter of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. She was thus a princess of Sweden, a princess of Holstein-Gottorp and a sister to Gustav III of Sweden. She was a member of the Accademia di San Luca. When her brother Charles XIII of Sweden and the rest of the royal family also became Norwegian royalty in 1814, that did not include Sophia Albertina who then officially was called Royal Princess (of no country).[1]

She was given her two names in honour of her two grandmothers: the Prussian Queen Sophia Dorothea of Hanover and Margravine Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach.

  1. ^ Swedish government's official publication Statskalendern of 1815 p. 1