Prince Gustav of Denmark
Prince Gustav | |
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Frederik VIII of Denmark | |
Mother | Louise of Sweden |
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Prince Gustav of Denmark (Christian Frederik Vilhelm Valdemar Gustav; 4 March 1887 – 5 October 1944) was a member of the
Queen Louise
.
Early life
Prince Gustav was born on 4 March 1887 at his parents' country residence, the
King Charles XV of Sweden and Norway and Louise of the Netherlands. He was baptised with the names Christian Frederik Wilhelm Valdemar Gustav, and was known as Prince Gustav.[1]
Prince Gustav was raised with his siblings in the royal household in Denmark and grew up between his parents' residence in
Amalienborg Palace complex, and their country retreat, the Charlottenlund Palace, located by the coastline of the Øresund strait
north of the city.
Prince Gustav remained unmarried and had no children.[1]
Later life
On 2 February 1935 in the
Royal Danish Life Guards and a leading figure of the Danish Waffen-SS unit Free Corps Denmark, Christian Frederik von Schalburg.[2]
Prince Gustav died on 5 October 1944 at his estate Egelund House north of Copenhagen in North Zealand, Denmark.[1]
Title, style and honours
Title and style
- 4 March 1887 – 5 October 1944: His Royal Highness Prince Gustav of Denmark
Honours
- Denmark:[3]
- Commemorative Medal for King Christian IX and Queen Louise's Golden Wedding Anniversary, 1892
- Knight of the Elephant, 4 March 1905
- Cross of Honour of the Order of the Dannebrog, 4 March 1905
- Commemorative Medal for King Christian IX's 100th Birthday, 1918
- Commemorative Medal for King Frederik VIII's 100th Birthday, 1943
- Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Royal Order of Leopold, 20 April 1928[4]
- France: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour[3]
- German Empire:[3]
- Knight of the Black Eagle
- Grand Cross of the Red Eagle
- Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order
- Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore
- Kingdom of Greece: Grand Cross of the Redeemer[3]
- Norway:[3]
- Grand Cross of St. Olav, with Collar, 6 October 1906[5]
- King Haakon VII Freedom Medal
- Sweden: Knight of the Seraphim, 11 September 1906[6]
- Thailand: Grand Cordon of the Order of Chula Chom Klao[3]
- United Kingdom: Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 23 April 1908[7]
Ancestry
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References
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Citations
- ^ U.K.: Burke's PeerageLtd. p. 71.
- Parish Register]. 1915-1945 (in Danish). Den Ortodokse Russiske Kirke i København. 1934. p. 14.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - ^ a b c d e f 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. pp. 15–16. Retrieved 3 September 2020 – via da:DIS Danmark.
- Royal Decreeof 20 April 1928
- ^ Norway (1908), "Den kongelige norske Sanct Olavs Orden", Norges Statskalender (in Norwegian), p. 869-870, retrieved 17 September 2021
- ^ Sveriges rikskalender (in Swedish), 1909, p. 613, retrieved 2020-09-03 – via runeberg.org
- ^ The London Gazette, issue 28132, p. 3135
Bibliography
- 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.