Gustaf VI. Adolf of Sweden
Born Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf, Prince of Sweden, Hertig (Duke) av Skåne. Succeeded as Gustaf VI. Adolf King of Sweden in 1950.
Son of Gustaf V. King of Sweden (1858-1950) and his wife Viktoria, Princess of Baden (1862-1930).
Born: Stockholm 11. Nov 1882
Married:
St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle 15. Jun 1905 Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882-1920), daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942) and Luise Margarethe, Princess of Prussia (1860-1917).
St. James’s Palace, London 3. Nov 1923 Lady Louise Mountbatten (1889-1965), daughter of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (1854-1921) and his first cousin once removed Viktoria, Princess of Hesse and by Rhine (1863-1950)
Issue of first marriage:
Gustaf Adolf, Hereditary Prince of Sweden, Hertig av Västerbotten (1906-1947) m. 1932 Sibylla, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908-1972)
Sigvard, Prince of Sweden, Hertig av Uppland, cr. Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg in 1951 (1907-2002) m. 1934 (div. 1943) Erica Patzek (1911); m. 1943 (div. 1961) Sonja Robbert (1909-2004); m. 1961 Marianne Lindberg (1924)
Ingrid, Princess of Sweden (1910-2000) m. 1935 Frederik IX. King of Denmark (1899-1972)
Bertil, Prince of Sweden, Hertig av Halland (1912-1997) m. 1976 Lilian Davies (1915)
Carl Johan, Prince of Sweden, Hertig av Dalarna, cr. Greve Bernadotte af Wisborg in 1951 (1916) m. 1946 Kerstin Wijkmark (1910-1987); m. 1988 Gunilla Grevinnan Wachtmeister af Johannishus (1923)
Died: Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg, Sweden 15. Sep 1973 from pneumonia
Buried: Karlsborg Island, Solna, Sweden
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