Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden

Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden (November 9, 1799 at Stockholm – August 5, 1877 at Pillnitz), later Gustaf Gustafsson von Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Vasa) was the son of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Frederica of Baden.

When he was ten years old, his father was deposed by military coup and the family was forced into exile. The Gustavian party tried to get him accepted as crown prince in 1809 and 1810, but were unsuccessful.

In 1816, he assumed the title of Count of Itterburg. Gustaf also served as an officer to the Habsburgs of Austria, and in 1829, Emperor Francis II of Austria created him Prince of Vasa. He was made a Fieldmarshall-Lieutenant in the Austrian army in 1836

In 1828, he became engaged to Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, but political pressure forced an end to any wedding plans. On 9 November, 1830, he married his first cousin, Princess Luise Amelie Stephanie of Baden. A son, Louis, was born in 1832, but died shortly after birth. Their daughter, Princess Carola, married the Catholic King Albert I of Saxony, but they had no issue.

Gustaf died on 5 August, 1877. In 1884, his (and his infant son's) remains were moved to Stockholm, to be buried beside his father.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden
2= 2. Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
3= 3. Frederica of Baden
4= 4. Gustav III of Sweden
5= 5. Sophia Magdalena of Denmark
6= 6. Margrave Charles Louis of Baden
7= 7. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
8= 8. Adolf Frederick of Sweden
9= 9. Louisa Ulrika of Prussia
10= 10. Frederick V of Denmark
11= 11. Louise of Great Britain
12= 12. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
13= 13. Karoline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt
14= 14. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
15= 15. Caroline of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
16= 16. Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin
17= 17. Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach
18= 18. Frederick William I of Prussia
19= 19. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
20= 20. Christian VI of Denmark
21= 21. Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
22= 22. George II of Great Britain
23= 23. Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach
24= 24. Friedrich of Baden-Durlach
25= 25. Amelia of Nassau-Dietz
26= 26. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
27= 27. Charlotte Christine of Hanau-Lichtenberg
28= 28. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 26)
29= 29. Charlotte Christine of Hanau-Lichtenberg (= 27)
30= 30. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
31= 31. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken