Ancestry of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

This table sets out (in a format known as an "Ahnentafel") the ancestry of Carl XVI Gustaf, the present King of Sweden, for five generations.

1. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

Parents

2. Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
3. Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Grandparents

4. Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (father of 2.)
5. Princess Margaret of Connaught (mother of 2.)
6. Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father of 3.)
7. Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (mother of 3.)

Great-Grandparents

8. Gustav V of Sweden (father of 4.)
9. Victoria of Baden (mother of 4.)
10. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (father of 5.)
11. Princess Luise Margarete of Prussia (mother of 5.)
12. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (father of 6.)
13. Princess Helena of Waldeck (mother of 6.)
14. Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Glücksburg, then the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (father of 7.)
15. Caroline Mathilde of Augustenborg (mother of 7.)

Great-Great-Grandparents

16. Oscar II of Sweden (father of 8.)
17. Sofia of Nassau (mother of 8.)
18. Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden (father of 9.)
19. Princess Louise of Prussia (mother of 9.)
20. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father of 10.)
21. Victoria of the United Kingdom (mother of 10.)
22. Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (father of 11.)
23. Maria Anna of Anhalt (mother of 11.)
24. = 20. (father of 12.)
25. = 21. (mother of 12.)
26. George Victor, Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont (father of 13.)
27. Helene of Nassau (mother of 13.), sister of Sofia of Nassau, number 17.
28. Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (father of 14.)
29. Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe (mother of 14.)
30. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (father of 15.)
31. Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (mother of 15.)

Great-Great-Great-Grandparents

32. Oscar I of Sweden (father of 16.)
33. Josephine of Leuchtenberg (mother of 16.), descendant of Charles IX of Sweden and Christian II of Sweden
34. William, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg (father of 17.), descendant of John II of Sweden
35. Princess Pauline Friederica Marie of Württemberg (mother of 17.), descendant of Charles IX of Sweden and John II of Sweden
36. Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden (father of 18.), descendant of Charles IX of Sweden and John II of Sweden
37. Sophie of Sweden (mother of 18.), daughter of Gustav IV Adolf and descendant of Christian I of Sweden and John II of Sweden
38. Wilhelm I of Germany (father of 19.)
39. Augusta of Saxe-Weimar (mother of 19.), descendant of Charles XI of Sweden
40. Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father of 20.)
41. Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (mother of 20.)
42. Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (father of 21.)
43. Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (mother of 21. and 63.)
44. Karl of Prussia (father of 22.)
45. Marie Louise of Saxe-Weimar (mother of 22.), descendant of Charles XI of Sweden
48. = 40. (father of 24.)
49. = 41. (mother of 24.)
50. = 42. (father of 25.)
51. = 43. (mother of 25.)
52. George, Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont (father of 26.)
53. Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg (mother of 26.)
54. William, Duke of Nassau (father of 27.) = 34.
55. Pauline of Wurttemberg (mother of 27.) = 35.
56. Wilhelm, Duke of Glücksburg (father of 28.), descendant of Christian I of Sweden and descendant of medieval Oxenstierna
57. Louise Caroline of Hesse (mother of 28.), descendant of Christian I of Sweden
58. Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (father of 29.)
59. Ida of Waldeck-Pyrmont (mother of 29.)
60. Christian, Duke of Augustenborg (father of 30.), descendant of Christian I of Sweden and Gustav I of Sweden
61. Louise-Sophie, Grevinde of Danneskiold-Samsoe (mother of 30.), bastard-line descendant of Christian I of Sweden
62. Prince Ernest of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (father of 31.)
63. Feodora of Leiningen (mother of 31.), daughter of 43.

ee also

*Swedish Royal Family
*Swedish monarchs family tree
*House of Mecklenburg