Prince Eugén, Duke of Närke

Prince Eugén Napoleon Nicolaus of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Närke (August 1, 1865 [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10341.htm#i103410 thePeerage.com - Person Page 10341 ] ] – August 17, 1947) was the youngest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway. He was a famous painter, art collector and patron of artists. His residence, Waldemarsudde, on Djurgården in Stockholm, is now an art museum [ [http://www.stockholmmuseum.com/museums/art-and-design/prins-eugens-waldemarsudde50.htm Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde | Prins Eugen Art Museum Stockholm ] ] . On 1904-01-21 Prince Eugen was appointed a Knight of the Norwegian lion by King Oscar II. [ [http://www.kongehuset.no/c32999/artikkel/vis.html?tid=33000 kongehuset.no - The Order of the Norwegian Lion ] ]

Ancestry

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1= 1. Prince Eugén, Duke of Närke
2= 2. Oscar II of Sweden
3= 3. Sofia of Nassau
4= 4. Oscar I of Sweden
5= 5. Josephine of Leuchtenberg
6= 6. William, Duke of Nassau
7= 7. Princess Pauline of Württemberg
8= 8. Charles XIV John of Sweden
9= 9. Désirée Clary
10= 10. Eugène de Beauharnais
11= 11. Princess Augusta of Bavaria
12= 12. Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
13= 13. Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg
14= 14. Prince Paul of Württemberg
15= 15. Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen
16= 16. Jean Henri Bernadotte
17= 17. Jeanne de Saint Vincent
18= 18. François Clary
19= 19. Françoise Rose Somis
20= 20. Alexandre, vicomte de Beauharnais
21= 21. Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie
22= 22. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
23= 23. Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt
24= 24. Karl Christian of Nassau-Weilburg
25= 25. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau
26= 26. Wilhelm Georg, Burgrave of Kirchberg
27= 27. Princess Isabella Auguste of Reuss
28= 28. Frederick I of Württemberg
29= 29. Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
30= 30. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
31= 31. Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

References

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NAME = Eugén, Duke of Närke, Prince
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Bernadotte, Eugén Napoleon Nicolaus
SHORT DESCRIPTION = painter and prince of Sweden
DATE OF BIRTH = 1 August 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH =
DATE OF DEATH = 17 August 1947
PLACE OF DEATH =