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Her maternal grandfather was Prince Paul Heinrich Karl Friedrich Augustus of Württemberg. The Prince was a son of Frederick I Of Württemberg and his consort Augusta Caroline Fredericka Luise of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern ( 1764 - 1788 ). Augusta was a daughter of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke Of Brunswick-Luneburg and Princess Augusta Charlotte Of Wales . The senior Augusta was the first-born daughter of Frederick, Prince Of Wales and Augusta Of Saxe-Gotha . She was also an older sister of (among others) George III Of The United Kingdom , Prince Edward Augustus, Duke Of York And Albany , Prince William Henry, Duke Of Gloucester And Edinburgh , Prince Henry Frederick, Duke Of Cumberland And Strathearn and Caroline Matilda Of Wales , Queen consort of Christian VII Of Denmark . Sofia married King Oscar II Of Sweden on June 6 , 1857 at the castle in Wiesbaden-Biebrich . She became Queen consort of Sweden on May 12 , 1873 . Their children were: # King Gustav V ( 1858 - 1950 ) # Prince Oscar , Duke of Gotland , later Count Oscar Bernadotte Af Wisborg ( 1859 - 1953 ) # Prince Carl , Duke of Västergötland ( 1861 - 1951 ) # Prince Eugén , Duke of Närke ( 1865 - 1947 ) Sofia is the half-sister of Grand Duke Adolphe , who created the title Count Of Wisborg in the Luxembourg nobility for Sofia's son Oscar, who lost his succession rights and titles by marrying without the King's consent. |