Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland

Prince Erik of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Västmanland ("Erik Gustav Ludvig Albert Bernadotte") (20 April, 1889 – 20 September, 1918), Duke of Västmanland, was the third and youngest son of King Gustav V of Sweden and his wife, Queen Victoria.Prince Erik suffered from epilepsy and mental retardation. Because of his conditions, he was seldom seen in public, and led a quiet life away from the public eye, similar to the life of Prince John of the United Kingdom. In 1904 Prince Erik was appointed a Knight of the Norwegian lion by King Oscar II. He died of the Spanish flu just before the end of World War I.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland
2= 2. Gustav V of Sweden
3= 3. Victoria of Baden
4= 4. Oscar II of Sweden
5= 5. Sofia of Nassau
6= 6. Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden
7= 7. Princess Louise of Prussia
8= 8. Oscar I of Sweden
9= 9. Josephine of Leuchtenberg
10= 10. William, Duke of Nassau
11= 11. Princess Pauline of Württemberg
12= 12. Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
13= 13. Sophie of Sweden
14= 14. William I, German Emperor
15= 15. Augusta of Saxe-Weimar
16= 16. Charles XIV John of Sweden
17= 17. Désirée Clary
18= 18. Eugène de Beauharnais
19= 19. Princess Augusta of Bavaria
20= 20. Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
21= 21. Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg
22= 22. Prince Paul of Württemberg
23= 23. Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen
24= 24. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
25= 25. Luise Karoline Geyer von Geyersberg
26= 26. Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
27= 27. Frederica of Baden
28= 28. Frederick William III of Prussia
29= 29. Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
30= 30. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
31= 31. Maria Pavlovna of Russia