- Became Queen of Sweden and Queen of Norway upon the death of her brother-in-law, King Charles XV. [September 18, 1872].
- Mother of King Gustaf V.
- Her granddaughter, Princess Astrid Sophie Louise Bernadotte of Sweden, married King Leopold III. Through Astrid Sophie, Sophia is the great-grandmother of Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg, King Baudouin, and King Albert II, and the great-great-grandmother of Grand Duke Henri de Luxembourg, and King Philippe.
- Great-grandmother of Dronning Ingrid, Prince Sigvard Bernadotte, Bertil Gustaf Oskar Carl Eugén, and Lennart Bernadotte.
- Great-great grandmother of King Carl XVI Gustaf, H.M. Queen Margrethe of Denmark, Prinsesse Benedikte, and Queen Anne-Marie.
- Grandmother of King Gustaf VI Adolf, Prince Vilhelm of Sweden, and Prince Erik.
- Great-great-great-great grandmother of Carl Prinz von Hohenzollern, Hubertus von Hohenzollern, Kronprinsessan Victoria, Prins Carl Philip, and Prinsessan Madeleine.
- Her half-brother, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, was the father of Princess Hilda of Nassau, who married Grand Duke of Baden Frederick II, the brother of Sophia's daughter-in-law, Queen Victoria of Baden. Sophia and Frederick shared the same birthday, July 9th.
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