Swedish-German princess. She was a Princess of Sweden of the Oldenburg Dynasty, one of the two famous daughters of King Gustav IV Adolph and Queen Frederica and the youngest of their five children. She was exiled from Sweden in 1810 with her family after her father was removed from the Swedish throne, and she was brought up in the Grand Duchy of Baden, where her mother was born, in Germany. Her parents were divorced when she was five years old in 1812 and she was then taken care of by her widowed grandmother Princess Amalie in Bruchsal. She became Grand Duchess of Oldenburg after meeting Grand Duke Augustus in 1830 and marrying him the next year. Their wedding in Vienna was attended by Emperor Francis II of Austria. She lived in Oldenburg City and was deeply involved in local culture, though not personally well known among the residents because of court privacy requiring that she remain rather secluded. She did the music for a hymn for Oldenburg which eventually was given lyrics by Theodor von Kobbe and called Heil dir, o Oldenburg. The town's first theater was founded in 1833 with her support and is still in business (2022) as Oldenburgisches Staatstheater. Several Oldenburg locations were named in her honor, as well as the village of Cäciliengroden (later a part of in Frisian Sande). When her third child Elimar had been born, she died within a few days.
Swedish-German princess. She was a Princess of Sweden of the Oldenburg Dynasty, one of the two famous daughters of King Gustav IV Adolph and Queen Frederica and the youngest of their five children. She was exiled from Sweden in 1810 with her family after her father was removed from the Swedish throne, and she was brought up in the Grand Duchy of Baden, where her mother was born, in Germany. Her parents were divorced when she was five years old in 1812 and she was then taken care of by her widowed grandmother Princess Amalie in Bruchsal. She became Grand Duchess of Oldenburg after meeting Grand Duke Augustus in 1830 and marrying him the next year. Their wedding in Vienna was attended by Emperor Francis II of Austria. She lived in Oldenburg City and was deeply involved in local culture, though not personally well known among the residents because of court privacy requiring that she remain rather secluded. She did the music for a hymn for Oldenburg which eventually was given lyrics by Theodor von Kobbe and called Heil dir, o Oldenburg. The town's first theater was founded in 1833 with her support and is still in business (2022) as Oldenburgisches Staatstheater. Several Oldenburg locations were named in her honor, as well as the village of Cäciliengroden (later a part of in Frisian Sande). When her third child Elimar had been born, she died within a few days.
Bio by: Count Demitz
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