Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland
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- For the present-day Prince Carl Philip, see Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland. For other Swedish Princes with the name Carl, see the list at Prince Carl of Sweden.
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| Gustav I |
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| Parents |
| Erik Johansson, Cecilia Månsdotter |
| Children |
| Eric XIV, John III, Catherine, Cecilia, Magnus, Anna Maria, Sophia, Elizabeth, Charles IX |
| Eric XIV |
| Children |
| Sigrid, Gustav |
| John III |
| Children |
| Sigismund, Anna, John |
| Sigismund |
| Children |
| Władysław IV, John II Casimir, John Albert, Charles Ferdinand, Alexander Charles, Anna Catherine Constance |
| Charles IX |
| Children |
| Catherine, Gustav II Adolf, Maria Elizabeth, Christina, Charles Philip |
| Grandson |
| Charles X Gustav |
| Gustav II Adolf |
| Children |
| Christina |
| Christina |
Prince Charles Philip of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland, (Swedish: Carl Philip) (Reval, 22 April 1601–Narva, 25 January 1622) was a Swedish Prince, Duke of Södermanland and Värmland. Charles Philip was the second surviving son of King Charles IX of Sweden and his second spouse, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp.
[edit] Biography
He was born in Reval in Estonia during his parents visit in Swedish Estonia in 1601. Like his brother, he was raised under the lead of Johan Skytte. He was formally made Duke in 1609. In 1611, during the Time of Troublesin Russia, Jakob de la Gardie had made Novgorod and North Western Russia to elect a Swedish prince to Tsar. Shortly afterward, his father died; his mother refused to let him leave for Russia, and his brother, the new king, did not think the Russians was serious. When Charles IX died in 1611, his older son Gustavus Adolphus became King, while Carl Philip had his father's old duchy, centered at Nyköping, at his disposal. During his minority, the duchy was administered by his mother, Queen Mother Christina of Holstein-Gottorp. In 1613, he left for Viborg, were he was to discuss the terms with the Russians, but he left after Russia had appointed another czar. Charles Philip was a favourite of his mother, who defended his interest against his brother: at the coronation of 1617, she forced his brother to agree to his Ducal rights. In 1617, he visited Denmark, Germany and France. His brother felt genuine affection for him, a sit was said, for his "many excellent qualities and his noble character". Carl Philip joined the army and died from disease at Narva, Estonia. In 1621, he accompanied his brother on his war toward Livonia, and distiguished himself in the siege of Narva. However, he became sick and his brother had to leave him there, were he died; it was said that his brother deeply mourned him. When he died in 1622, he was the last ruling Duke in Sweden. When Gustav III reintroduced the title in 1772, it was a mere honorary title.
[edit] Family
In 1620, Charles Philip married the noble Elisabet Ribbing (1596-1662) in a secret ceremony; the marriage was discovered after his death, when his spouse gave birth to a phostumous daughter, Elisabet Gyllenhielm (1622-1682). His daughter was taken to the household of the Queen Dowager; she was married to the nobles Axel Turesson Natt och Dag (1645) and Baltasar Marskalk, and lady-in-waiting of the Queens Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp.
[edit] References
- http://runeberg.org/nfbm/0532.html (in Swedish)
