Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
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Duke of Västergötland | |||||
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| Born | 27 February 1861 Arvfurstens palats, Stockholm, Sweden | ||||
| Died | 24 October 1951 (aged 90) Stockholm, Sweden | ||||
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Oscar II of Sweden | |||||
| Mother | Sophia of Nassau | ||||
Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Belgian royal family and Norwegian royal family.
Early life
Oscar II of Sweden
and his son Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, 1879Prince Carl was born on 27 February 1861 at his parent's residence in the
Wilhelm, Duke of Nassau
. Upon the death of Charles XV on 18 September 1872, Carl's father ascended the Swedish and Norwegian thrones as King Oscar II.
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Carl was known as "the Blue Prince" (Blå Prinsen) because he often wore the blue-coloured uniform of the Life Regiment, to which he belonged in a ceremonial manner.[1]
Marriage and children
In May 1897, Prince Carl was engaged at the age of 36 to the 17 year old
King Frederik VIII of Denmark. Ingeborg's mother, Louise of Sweden, was a first cousin of Prince Carl, and they were, therefore, first cousins once-removed. The engagement was arranged
, and in 1947, on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary, Carl admitted that their marriage had been completely arranged by their respective fathers, and Ingeborg herself added : "I married a complete stranger!"
The couple were married on 27 August 1897 at the
. The couple had four children:- Margaretha (1899–1977), who married Prince Axel of Denmark
- Harald V of Norway
- Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte of Luxembourg.
- Carl, Duke of Östergötland, known as Carl Jr., later Prince Bernadotte(1911–2003).
All of Carl's children grew up to be healthy adults. While all three daughters made dynastic marriages that were encouraged by their parents, and became the matriarchs of their own successful families, the couple's only son gave up his (highly improbable) chance of succeeding to the throne to marry a noblewoman.
Candidate for the Norwegian throne
In 1905, during the political struggle in which
Harald V of Norway
, is a grandchild of the duke.
Descendants
Prince Carl has the distinction of being a grandfather of three reigning European monarchs: King
Philippe of the Belgians and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
.
Honours
- National honours[2]
- Knight and Commander of the Seraphim, 27 February 1861
- Knight of the Order of Charles XIII, 27 February 1861
- Commander Grand Cross of the Sword, 27 February 1861
- Commander Grand Cross of the Polar Star, 27 February 1861
- Commander Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa, 28 April 1892[3]
- Honorary Member of the Johanniter Order[4]
- Foreign honours[4]
Norway:
- Grand Cross of St. Olav, with Collar, 27 February 1861[2]
- Knight of the Norwegian Lion, 21 January 1904[5]
- King Haakon VII Freedom Cross
Austria: Grand Cross of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold- Grand Cross of St. Alexander, 1921[6]
Estonia: Order of the Red Cross, 1st Class
Finland: Grand Cross of the Cross of Liberty, 1 October 1918[7]
France: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour- Greek Royal Family: Grand Cross of the Redeemer
- Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, 1885[8]
Italian Royal Family: Knight of the Annunciation, 5 July 1913[9]
Denmark:[10]
- Knight of the Elephant, 31 August 1883
- Commemorative Medal for the Golden Wedding of King Christian IX and Queen Louise, 1892
- Cross of Honour of the Order of the Dannebrog, 27 August 1897
- King Christian IX Centenary Medal, 1918
- King Frederik VIII Centenary Medal, 1943
- Red Cross Badge of Honor
German Imperial and Royal Family:
- Knight of the Black Eagle
- Grand Cross of the Red Eagle
Baden Grand Ducal Family:[11]
- Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1881
- Knight of the Order of Berthold the First, 1881
Nassau Ducal Family: Knight of the Gold Lion of Nassau
Saxe-Weimar Grand Ducal Family: Grand Cross of the White Falcon, 1881[12]
Latvia: Commander Grand Cross of the Three Stars
Grand Cross of St. Charles, 5 August 1884[13]
Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion- Turkish Imperial Family: Order of Osmanieh, 1st Class
Poland: Grand Cross of Polonia Restituta- Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword
- Romanian Royal Family: Grand Cross of the Star of Romania
- Russian Imperial Family:
- Knight of St. Andrew
- Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky
- Knight of the White Eagle
- Knight of St. Anna, 1st Class
- Knight of St. Stanislaus, 1st Class
- Siam: Knight of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri, 13 July 1897[14]
United Kingdom: Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 18 April 1904[15]
Arms
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Arms as Prince of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Västergötland 1861 to 1905 -
Arms as Prince of Sweden and Duke of Västergötland after 1907
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Ancestry
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References
Citations
- ^ "Blå prinsen" [Blue Prince]. Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish).
- ^ a b Sveriges statskalender (in Swedish), 1876, p. 472, retrieved 2018-01-06 – via runeberg.org
- ^ Sveriges statskalender (in Swedish), 1925, p. 935, retrieved 2018-01-06 – via runeberg.org
- ^ a b Sveriges statskalender (in Swedish), vol. 2, 1950, p. 6, retrieved 2018-01-06 – via runeberg.org
- ^ "The Order of the Norwegian Lion", The Royal House of Norway. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Български: Азбучник на ордена "Свети Александър", 1912-1935 г., XIII том".
- ISBN 951-0-22037-X.
- ^ "A Szent István Rend tagjai" Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Italy. Ministero dell'interno (1920). Calendario generale del regno d'Italia. p. 58.
- ^ Bille-Hansen, A. C.; Holck, Harald, eds. (1944) [1st pub.:1801]. Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1944 [State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1944] (PDF). Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri. p. 16. Retrieved 4 May 2020 – via da:DIS Danmark.
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1896), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 62, 76
- ^ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach Archived 2020-09-06 at the Wayback Machine (1900), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 16
- ^ Sovereign Ordonnance of 5 August 1884
- Royal Thai Government Gazette (9 March 1898). "พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ ทีประเทศยุโรป" (PDF) (in Thai). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2019-05-08.)
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help - ^ The London Gazette, issue 27669, p. 2581
Bibliography
- Bomann-Larsen, Tor: Folket – Haakon & Maud II (2004; in Norwegian)
- Bramsen, Bo (1992). Huset Glücksborg. Europas svigerfader og hans efterslægt [The House of Glücksburg. The Father-in-law of Europe and his descendants] (in Danish) (2nd ed.). Copenhagen: Forlaget Forum. ISBN 87-553-1843-6.
External links
- Newspaper clippings about Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
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