Re: Victoria of Baden, Queen of Sweden

[LouisFerdinand]

Queen Victoria sent a gift to every Swede who volunteered to go and fight in the German Imperial Army.

[Curryong]

^ Right from the earliest years the Bernadottes weren't keen on the British. (Napoleon's General and all that!)  In the 19th century their princes and princesses tended (like the rest of European royalty) to choose spouses from German Royal houses.

That made it awkward for Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden (Daisy of Connaught) during the First World War. She tried to be as strictly neutral in her public life as possible and helped relatives of both sides keep in touch etc., but her in laws were pro-German. (Crown Prince Gustav and Margaret had met in Egypt in 1905 and fell in love at first sight.)

After Daisy's early death Gustav would regularly take his children to see their British relatives. His second wife was Louise, the sister of Lord Louis Mountbatten.

[LouisFerdinand]

Victoria of Baden was called "The Vasa Princess" because of her descent from the Vasa dynasty. She received a very elaborate welcome on the official cortege into Stockholm October 1, 1881.

[LouisFerdinand]

Queen Victoria, who came to inspect her regiment, accepted the homage of her officers in Stettin in 1909.
Queen  Victoria of Sweden, who came to inspect her regiment, accepts Stock Photo: 49920438 - Alamy

[LouisFerdinand]

In 1889 Crown Princess Victoria had pneumonia. She was formally ordered by the doctors to spend the cold Swedish winters in a southern climate. King Oscar II and Queen Sophia did not like their daughter-in-law's expensive stays aboard.     
 

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[LouisFerdinand]

Queen Victoria and King Gustav V met with Swedish Boy Scout Troops that were volunteers at the Olympic Games in 1912.     
Olympic Games - Stockholm 1912 Stock Photo: 106151819 - Alamy