HM King Carl XV of Sweden and Norway

Date & place of birth May 3, 1826 Royal Palace, Stockholm
Born as HRH Prince of Sweden and Norway
Names Carl Ludvik Eugen Bernadotte

Father King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (then Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway)
Mother Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg (Queen Josefina of Sweden)





Royal house Bernadotte
Heir apparent Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway March 8, 1844-July 8, 1859
Reign July 8, 1859-September 18, 1872
Tenure 11 years 73 days
Crowned May 6, 1860 Storkyrkan, Stockholm / August 5, 1860 Nidaros Domkirke, Trondheim, Norway
Predecessor King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway (father)
Successor King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (brother)





Siblings
Eldest of five children (3 brothers, 1 sister)
Prince Gustaf of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Upland
King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway
Princess Eugenie of Sweden and Norway
Prince August of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Dalarna





Married June 19, 1850 Storkyrkan, Stockholm
Spouse Princess Louise of the Netherlands





Issue (2)
(1 son, 1 daughter)
Princess Lovisa of Sweden and Norway (Queen Louise of Denmark)
Prince Carl Oscar of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Sodermanland





Grandchildren (8)
(4 grandsons, 4 granddaughters)
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (King Frederik VIII of Denmark)
Prince Carl of Denmark (King Haakon VII of Norway)
Princess Louise of Denmark
Prince Harald of Denmark
Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
Princess Thyra of Denmark
Prince Gustav of Denmark
Princess Dagmar of Denmark





Died September 18, 1872 Malmo, Skane, Sweden (age 46)
Place of burial Riddarholm Cathedral, Stockholm





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





Paternal grandparents
King Carl XIV of Sweden and Norway
Desiree Clary (Queen Desideria of Sweden and Norway)

Paternal great-grandparents
Jean Henri Bernadotte
Jean de St. Vincent
Francois Clary
Francoise Rose Somis





Maternal grandparents
Eugene de Beauharnais, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg
Princess Augusta of Bavaria

Maternal great-grandparents
Viscount Alexandre de Beauharnais
Josephine Tascher de La Pagerie
King Maximilian I of Bavaria
Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt