Victoria of Baden

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Victoria of Baden (August 7, 1862 - April 4, 1930) was the Queen consort of King Gustav V of Sweden. Her parents were Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden and his wife, Princess Louise of Prussia, who was in turn the daughter of German Emperor Wilhelm I and Augusta of Saxe-Weimar. Victoria was also great-granddaughter (by her paternal grandmother) of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden.

She was born at the castle in Karlsruhe in Germany, and married Gustav, then Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway, on September 20, 1881. She became Queen of Sweden at her father-in-law's death on September 8, 1907. The couple had three children:

King Gustav VI Adolf (1882-1973)
Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Sudermannia (1884-1965)
Prince Erik, Duke of Westmannia (1889-1918)

Queen Victoria had substantial political influence over her husband, who was often considered Pro-German. She and her husband were brought together by their royal families, and their marriage are reported not to have been such a happy one. They both had affairs outside of the marriage, but the marriage produced three children. Queen Victoria suffered from a very poor health, and she were often abroad on trips to make her health better. As Crown Princess these trips were very common, but when she became Queen she devoted her time to her duties as Queen Consort. At the end of her life however, her poor health showed itself again, and she moved to Italy. Her last visit to Sweden were on her husbands 70th birthday in 1928. She died on the 4th of April 1930 in her home Villa Svezia, 67 years old.

She was also devoted to various kinds of charity.

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