de Beauharnais, Stéphanie b. August 28, 1789 d. January 29, 1860 French Nobility, German royalty. Stephanie Louise Adrienne was the daughter of Claude de Beauharnais, 2nd Count of Roches-Baritaud and his second wife Claudine Françoise Adrienne Gabrielle de Lézay-Marnézia. When her uncle's widow, Josephine de Beauharnais, married Napoleon Bonaparte in 1796, the Beauharnais family came under Bonaparte's patronage. After Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of France, Stephanie enjoyed a life of luxury in the Tuileries Palace as a prominent member of the Bonaparte...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed) Schloss- & Stiftskirche (Palace & Diocese Church), Pforzheim, Pforzheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Frederica of Sweden (Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina of Baden) b. March 12, 1781 d. September 25, 1826 Queen of Sweden. She belonged to the Zähringen Dynasty and was the daughter of Hereditary Prince Carl Lewis of Baden and Princess Amelia Frederica, originally of Hesse-Darmstadt. She married King Gustav IV Adolph of Sweden in 1797, whom she bore five children. At first the young queen was full of teenage mischief and was known to use large silver trays as slide boards to zip down the big palace staircases. Above all, she was known as a remarkable beauty, though her health was frail and she...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz) Schloss- & Stiftskirche (Palace & Diocese Church), Pforzheim, Pforzheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
b. August 28, 1789 d. January 29, 1860