Quem se casou com Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden?

Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden, reigning since 1973. Having reigned for 52 years, he is the longest-reigning monarch in Swedish history.

Carl Gustaf was born during the reign of his paternal great-grandfather, King Gustaf V, as the youngest child and only son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. His father died in an airplane crash in Denmark in January 1947, when Carl Gustaf was nine months old. Carl Gustaf became crown prince and heir apparent to the Swedish throne at the age of four when his grandfather Gustaf VI Adolf acceded to the throne in 1950.

Carl Gustaf acceded to the throne upon his grandfather's death on 15 September 1973. Shortly after he became king, the new 1974 Instrument of Government took effect, formally stripping the monarchy of its remaining executive powers. As a result, Carl Gustaf no longer performs many of the duties normally accorded to a head of state in parliamentary regimes, such as the formal appointment of the prime minister, signing legislation into law, and being commander-in-chief of the nation's military. The new instrument explicitly limited the king to ceremonial and representative functions, while he retained the right to be regularly informed of affairs of state. As head of the House of Bernadotte, Carl Gustaf has also been able to make a number of decisions about the titles and positions of its members.

In June 1976, Carl Gustaf married Silvia Sommerlath. They have three children: Victoria, Carl Philip, and Madeleine. The king's heir apparent, after passage on 1 January 1980 of a new law establishing absolute primogeniture, is his eldest child, Crown Princess Victoria. Victoria's younger brother, Carl Philip, was briefly the heir apparent from his birth in May 1979 until the application of said law.

Sílvia (Sílvia Renata Sommerlath; Heidelberg, 23 de dezembro de 1943) é a esposa e consorte real do rei Carlos XVI Gustavo e Rainha Consorte da Suécia desde 1976. Ela é a primeira rainha consorte sueca de origem não real. Ela é filha de Walther Sommerlath e Alice Soares de Toledo. Sílvia passou parte da sua infância no Brasil, onde estudou no Colégio Visconde de Porto Seguro em Pindamonhangaba. Ela retornou à Alemanha em 1957 e se formou em interpretação na Universidade de Munique em 1969. Ela trabalhou como intérprete da delegação argentina nos Jogos Olímpicos de Munique em 1972, onde conheceu o então príncipe herdeiro Carlos Gustavo. Eles iniciaram um namoro à distância e se casaram em 19 de junho de 1976, três anos após Carlos Gustavo se tornar rei.

Como rainha, Sílvia tem se dedicado a diversas causas sociais e humanitárias, especialmente relacionadas à infância, à saúde e ao meio ambiente. Ela é fundadora e presidente honorária da World Childhood Foundation, uma organização que apoia crianças vítimas de abuso e exploração. Ela também é patrona de várias instituições culturais e científicas na Suécia e no exterior. Sílvia é mãe de três filhos: Vitória, Princesa Herdeira, Carlos Filipe, Duque de Varmlândia e Madalena, Duquesa da Helsíngia e Gestrícia.