Hedvig Sophia of Sweden

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Charlotte von Siebold

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Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark

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Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Calenberg

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Princess Elizabeth of Sweden

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Maria Golitzyna

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Sigrid Sparre

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Josephine of Leuchtenberg

Joséphine of Leuchtenberg or Joséphine de Beauharnais was Queen of Sweden and Norway as the wife of King Oscar I. She was also Princess of Bologna from birth and Duchess of Galliera from 1813. She was regarded as politically active during the reign of

Maria Buynosova-Rostovskaya

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Helena Pedersdatter Strange

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Maximiliano de la Cruz

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