Last Years
After the dissolution of Qudlinburg Abbey, Sophia Albertina stayed in Sweden permanently. She was not close to the elected heir, Charles August of Augustenburg, because he did not like the company of women. He did, however, offer her the position of Abbess at the Danish Vallo Convent, after the 1809 government had cancelled her pension and the allowance from Quedlinburg had became irregular, but she declined the offer. During the reign of her brother Charles XIII, she seldom appeared at court, because he did not like Lolotte Forssberg, whose influence over Sophia Albertina was said to dominate her last years.
Sophia Albertina was not close to the new Bernadotte dynasty, but during her last years, she spent much time with the Crown Prince couple. She was well aware of her position as the last member of the former dynasty. She participated in the ceremonies of the royal court until her: at the wedding of the Crown Prince in Stockholm in 1823, she placed the bridal crown on the head of Josephine of Leuchtenberg, and in 1826, she was a witness of the birth of the future king Charles XV of Sweden, and had the task to inform the King of the birth and the gender of the newborn.
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