Josephine of Leuchtenberg

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Josephine of Leuchtenberg was a Bavarian-born princess who became Queen consort of Sweden and Norway as the wife of King Oscar I and played a significant cultural and charitable role in both kingdoms.

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Joséphine de Beauharnais (Queen of Sweden) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
princess
queen consort
birthName Joséphine de Beauharnais NERFINISHED
burialPlace Riddarholmen Church NERFINISHED
Stockholm NERFINISHED
child Charles XV of Sweden NERFINISHED
Oscar II of Sweden NERFINISHED
Prince August, Duke of Dalarna NERFINISHED
Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland NERFINISHED
Princess Eugenie of Sweden and Norway NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Bavaria NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1807-03-14
dateOfDeath 1876-06-07
father Eugène de Beauharnais NERFINISHED
fullName Joséphine Maximiliane Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais NERFINISHED
givenName Joséphine NERFINISHED
grandmother Empress Joséphine NERFINISHED
honor namesake of various institutions and charities in Sweden
house House of Beauharnais NERFINISHED
House of Bernadotte NERFINISHED
languageSpoken French
German
Swedish
mother Princess Augusta of Bavaria NERFINISHED
nobleFamily House of Beauharnais NERFINISHED
House of Bernadotte NERFINISHED
notableFor charitable work in Norway
charitable work in Sweden
maintaining Roman Catholic institutions in a predominantly Lutheran country
promotion of culture and the arts
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) NERFINISHED
Milan NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Stockholm NERFINISHED
Sweden NERFINISHED
positionHeld Queen consort of Norway
Queen consort of Sweden
reign 1844-1848 (as Queen consort of Norway)
1844-1859 (as Queen consort of Sweden)
relative Napoleon I (by marriage through the Beauharnais family) NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Royal Palace in Oslo (as queen consort) NERFINISHED
Stockholm Palace NERFINISHED
spouse Oscar I of Sweden NERFINISHED
title Duchess of Leuchtenberg NERFINISHED
Princess of Leuchtenberg NERFINISHED
Queen consort of Norway
Queen consort of Sweden

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Charles XV of Sweden mother Josephine of Leuchtenberg
Oscar II of Sweden mother Josephine of Leuchtenberg
Louise of Sweden notableRelative Josephine of Leuchtenberg
Amélie of Leuchtenberg sibling Josephine of Leuchtenberg
this entity surface form: Joséphine de Beauharnais (Queen of Sweden)
Auguste de Beauharnais sibling Josephine of Leuchtenberg
Oscar I of Norway and Sweden spouse Josephine of Leuchtenberg