Alice Sommerlath
| Alice Sommerlath | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Alice Soares de Toledo 25 May 1906 São Manuel, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Died | 9 March 1997 (aged 90) Drottningholm Palace, Ekerö, Sweden |
| Spouse(s) | Walther Sommerlath |
| Children | Ralf Sommerlath Walther Ludwig Sommerlath Hans Jörg Sommerlath Queen Silvia of Sweden |
| Relatives | Artur Floriano de Toledo (father) Elisa Novais Soares (mother) |
Alice de Toledo Sommerlath (née Alice Soares de Toledo; 25 May 1906 – 9 March 1997) was the mother of Queen Silvia, consort of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
Sommerlath was born in the municipality of São Manuel in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, she was the youngest child and only daughter of Elisa Novais Soares (1881–1928) and her husband Arthur Floriano de Toledo (1873–1935).
On 10 December 1925, Alice Soares de Toledo married at Santa Cecília, São Paulo to German entrepreneur Walther Sommerlath (1901–1990), eventually moving to Germany with him. There, the couple had four children:
From 1947 to 1957, the family lived in São Paulo, where Sommerlath's husband held positions such as president of the Brazilian subsidiary of Swedish company Uddeholm AB. In 1957, the Sommerlaths returned to Heidelberg.
Sommerlath was widowed in October 1990. She suffered from heart trouble and senile dementia and died at Drottningholm Palace in Ekerö Municipality, west of in 1997. Her remains were buried in Heidelberg beside her husband's.
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