HM King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

Date & place of birth November 11, 1882 Royal Palace, Stockholm
Born as HRH Prince of Sweden
Names Oscar Frederik Vilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf

Father King Gustaf V of Sweden (then Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway)
Mother Princess Victoria of Baden (Queen Victoria of Sweden)





Royal house Bernadotte
Heir apparent Crown Prince of Sweden December 8, 1907-October 29, 1950
Reign October 29, 1950-September 15, 1973
Tenure 21 years 321 days
Predecessor King Gustav V Adolf of Sweden (father)
Successor King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (grandson)





Siblings
Eldest of three children (2 brothers)
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden, Duke of Sodermanland (Count of Wisborg)
Prince Erik of Sweden, Duke of Vastermanland





Married June 15, 1905 St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor
Spouse Princess Margaret of Connaught

Married November 3, 1923 Royal chapel, St. James's Palace, London
Spouse Lady Louise Mountbatten





Issue (5)
(4 sons, 1 daughter)
Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden
Prince Sigvard of Sweden (Count of Wisborg)
Princess Ingrid of Sweden (Queen Ingrid of Denmark)
Prince Bertil of Sweden
Prince Carl Johan of Sweden

*Children are from first marriage





Grandchildren (11)
(3 grandsons, 8 granddaughters)
Princess Margareta of Sweden
Princess Birgitta of Sweden
Princess Desiree of Sweden
Princess Margrethe of Denmark (Queen Margrethe II of Denmark)
Princess Christina of Sweden
Princess Benedikte of Denmark
Michael Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg
Crown Prince Carl Gustaf of Sweden (King Carl XVI of Sweden)
Princess Anne Marie (Queen Anne Marie, former Queen consort of Greece)
Monica Bernadotte
Christian Bernadotte





Died September 15, 1973 Helsingborg Hospital, Helsingborg (age 90)
Place of burial Royal Haga Cemetery, Stockholm





Titles
HRH Prince of Sweden, Duke of Skane
HRH Crown Prince of Sweden, Duke of Skane
HM King of Sweden





Paternal grandparents
King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway
Princess Sophie of Nassau (Queen Sofia of Sweden and Norway)

Paternal great-grandparents
King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway
Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg (Queen Josefina of Sweden and Norway)
Duke Willem of Nassau
Princess Pauline of Wurttemberg





Maternal grandparents
Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden
Princess Luise of Prussia

Maternal great-grandparents
Grand Duke Leopold of Baden
Princess Sofia of Sweden
Wilhelm I, German Emperor
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar