Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
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Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Västergötland (Stockholm, 27 February 1861 – Stockholm, 24 October 1951), was the third son of King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway and Sophia of Nassau.
History
On 27 August 1897 in Copenhagen, he married Princess Ingeborg of Denmark. They had four children:
- HRH Princess Margaretha of Sweden (1899–1977).
- HRH Princess Märtha of Sweden, later Crown Princess of Norway (1901–1954).
- HRH Princess Astrid of Sweden, later Queen of the Belgians (1905–1935).
- HRH Prince Carl, Duke of Östergötland, known as Carl Jr., later Prince Bernadotte, a Belgian title (1911–2003).
Prince Carl was once considered a candidate to the Norwegian crown during Norway's fight for independence from Sweden in 1905. To elect a prince from Sweden was considered to be a less radical way out of the union, and hence a more peaceful approach. However, King Oscar II of Sweden never approved on this, as he saw the whole "riot" as a betrayal against his rights as King of Norway. Hence, Prince Carl never became King of Norway in 1905. Instead, a Danish prince, Haakon VII, was elected after some diplomatic turbulence. As history turned out however, Prince Carl's daughter, Princess Märtha, married Haakon VII's son, the later King Olav V. The present King Harald V of Norway is hence a grandchild of Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland.
In 1904 Prince Carl was appointed a Knight of the Norwegian Lion by Oscar II.
Other descendants of Prince Carl include the royal families of Belgium and Luxembourg (via his daughter, Princess Astrid, later Queen of the Belgians).
Prince Carl has the distinction of being the grandfather of three reigning European monarchs: King Harald V of Norway (son of his daughter, Princess Märtha), the late King Baudouin of the Belgians and his brother King Albert II of the Belgians (sons of his daughter, Princess Astrid of Sweden). He is also the great-grandfather of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg.
Ancestry
References
- Bomann-Larsen, Tor: Folket - Haakon & Maud II (2004; in Norwegian)
External links
| Styles of Prince Carl of Sweden | |
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| Reference style | His Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
- Swedish princes
- Swedish people of French descent
- Norwegian princes
- Dukes of Swedish Provinces
- House of Bernadotte
- Recipients of the Order of the Black Eagle
- 1861 births
- 1951 deaths
- Knights of the Order of the Norwegian Lion
- Burials at Kungliga begravningsplatsen
- Recipients of King Haakon VII's Cross of Liberty
- Knights of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
- People from Stockholm
- Swedish Lutherans