Prince August, Duke of Dalarna

Prince August Duke of Dalarna Prince August of Sweden and Norway Spouse Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg Full name Nikolaus August House House of Bernadotte Father Oscar I of Sweden Mother Josephine of Leuchtenberg Born (1831-08-24)24 August 1831 Drottningholm Palace, Ekerö, Sweden Died 4 March 1873(1873-03-04) (aged 41) Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden

Swedish Royalty House of Bernadotte Charles XIV John Children    Oscar I Oscar I Children    Charles XV    Gustaf, Duke of Upland    Oscar II    Princess Eugenie    August, Duke of Dalarna Charles XV Children    Lovisa, Queen of Denmark    Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland Oscar II Children    Gustaf V    Oscar, Duke of Gotland    Eugén, Duke of Närke    Carl, Duke of Västergötland Grandchildren    Princess Margaretha    Märtha, Crown Princess of Norway    Astrid, Queen of Belgium    Carl, Duke of Östergötland Gustaf V Children    Gustaf VI Adolf    Vilhelm, Duke of Södermanland    Erik, Duke of Västmanland Gustaf VI Adolf Children    Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten    Sigvard, Duke of Uppland    Ingrid, Queen of Denmark    Bertil, Duke of Halland    Carl Johan, Duke of Dalarna Grandchildren    Princess Margaretha    Princess Birgitta    Princess Désirée    Princess Christina    Carl XVI Gustaf Carl XVI Gustaf Children    Crown Princess Victoria    Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland    Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland Grandchildren    Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland

Prince Nikolaus August, Duke of Dalarna (24 August 1831 – 4 March 1873) was the youngest of the five children of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg.

Biography

Early life

Born in Drottningholm Palace in Ekerö, Stockholm County, his eldest sibling was King Carl XV of Sweden.

During parts of 1849-1853, he was a student at Uppsala University. On 10 December 1851, he was made an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Marriage

On 16 April 1864 in Altenburg, the Duke married Princess Therese Amalie of Saxe-Altenburg (Ansbach, 21 December 1836 - Haga Palace, Stockholm, 9 November 1914), Duchess of Saxony, eldest daughter of Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg. The marriage did not produce issue. In Sweden, his wife was styled Princess Teresia.

The Prince was very interested in trains and locomotives, and a locomotive was named after him. Since it was commonly known the Prince was not so very bright this led to the expression "dummare än tåget" (literally translated "more stupid than the train"), an expression still in use in the Swedish language, although it is not very commonly known anymore that it is actually derived from a Prince of the Royal House in the 19th century.^{[citation needed]}

Prince August died at the age of 41 of pneumonia at the Royal Palace of Stockholm, Stockholm.

Ancestry

16. Jean Bernadotte

8. Jean Henri Bernadotte

17. Marie du Pucheu

4. Charles XIV John of Sweden

18. Jean de Saint Vincent

9. Jeanne de Saint Vincent

19. Marie d'Abbadie de Sireix

2. Oscar I of Sweden

20. Joseph Clary

10. François Clary

21. Françoise Agnes Ammoric

5. Désirée Clary

22. Joseph Ignace Somis

11. Françoise Rose Somis

23. Catherine Rose Soucheiron

1. Prince August, Duke of Dalarna

24. François de Beauharnais, Marquess de la La Ferté-Beauharnais

12. Alexandre, vicomte de Beauharnais

25. Marie Anne Henriette Françoise Pyvart de Chastulle

6. Eugène de Beauharnais

26. Joseph-Gaspard de Tascher

13. Joséphine de Tascher de La Pagerie

27. Rose-Claire des Vergers de Sanois

3. Duchess Josephine of Leuchtenberg

28. Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken

14. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria

29. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach

7. Princess Augusta of Bavaria

30. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt

15. Landgravine Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt

31. Countess Marie Luise of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim

External links

• Royal House of Sweden and Royal House of Norway
• Ducal House of Saxe-Altenburg

Prince August, Duke of Dalarna House of Bernadotte Born: 24 August 1831 Died: 4 March 1873
Swedish royalty
Preceded by None	Duke of Dalarna	Succeeded by Carl Johan Bernadotte