Sophia of Nassau
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Sophia of Nassau, also Sofia, was Queen of Sweden and Norway as the wife of King Oscar II. She was Queen of Sweden for 35 years, longer than anyone before her, and the longest-serving queen until 2011
Formal portrait, c. 1884
Prince Oscar and Princess Sophia at the time of their marriage in 1857
A photograph of Crown Princess Sofia of Sweden with her husband, Crown Prince Oscar and their sons (Gustaf, Oscar Bernadotte, Carl and Eugén), 1865.
Sofia at Oscar's and her coronation, wearing the Queen's Crown
Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Västergötland was a Swedish prince. Through his daughters Märtha and Astrid, for whom he arranged dynastic marriages, he is an ancestor of current members of
Sophia of Nassau
…she dined at a public restaurant: this was unusual for a royal woman at this time, and it was also the only time she ever did that. In 1885, her son Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland fell sick in Istanbul, and she and Oscar II visited the Ottoman Empire, where they were received by Sultan Abdul Hamid II and Sophia was given permission…
Photograph of Prince Carl, c. 1930
Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway as a child, 1869
King Oscar II of Sweden and his son Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, 1879
Equestrian portrait of the Duke of Västergötland by Jules David, 1894