Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina von Baden ¹

  General Notes:

Fredrika Dorotea Vihelmina of Baden

Fredrika was the daughter of hereditary prince Karl Ludvig of Baden and Amalia Fredrika of Hessen-Darmstadt. 1797 she married Gustav IV Adolf par procuration in Stralsund. The relationship between man and wife was to begin with rather chilly. But after a trip abroad between 1803 and 1805 it's said to have lightened up considerably.

After her husbands dethroning she shared his imprisonment and she followed him in exile. In 1812 the marriage was dissolved. The rumour that Fredrika the same year had married in a so called 'morganatiskt' marriage with a Swiss with the name de Polier is not confirmed.

Lovisa died during a trip to Italy. ²

  Noted events in her life were:

• She was employed. Princess

Frederica married Gustavus IV Adolphus Holstein-Gottorp, son of Gustaf III of Sweden of Holstein-Gottorp and Sophia Magdalena Oldenburg, on 31 Oct 1797. The marriage ended in divorce in 1812. (Gustavus IV Adolphus Holstein-Gottorp was born in Nov 1778 and died on 7 Feb 1837.)