
Carola of Vasa – The last Queen of Saxony (Part one)
Carola of Vasa was born on 5 August 1833 as the daughter of the former Crown Prince of Sweden, Gustav, Prince of Vasa, and his wife Princess Louise Amelie of Baden. Her grandfather, King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, had been deposed in 1809. As such, Carola was born in exile at Schönbrunn Palace in [read more]