HRH Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden

Eldest child of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden


Date & place of birth April 22, 1906 Royal Palace, Stockholm
Born as HRH Prince of Sweden
Names Gustaf Adolf Oscar Frederik Arthur Edmund Bernadotte

Father King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (then Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden)
Mother Princess Margaret of Connaught and Strathearn (Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden)





Royal house Bernadotte
Heir presumptive April 22, 1906-Janury 26, 1947

*Succeeded as heir by his nine month old son Carl Gustaf (later King Gustaf Adolf XVI of Sweden)





Siblings (4)
Eldest of five children (three brothers, one sister)
Prince Sigvard of Sweden (Sigvard Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg)
Princess Ingrid of Sweden (Queen Ingrid of Denmark)
Prince Bertil of Sweden, Duke of Halland
Prince Carl of Sweden (Carl Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg)





Married October 19, 1932 Coburg
Spouse Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha





Issue (5)
(1 son, 4 daughters)
Princess Margaretha of Sweden (Mrs Amber)
Princess Birgitta of Sweden (Princess Johan of Hohenzollern)
Princess Desiree of Sweden (Baroness Silverschiold)
Princess Christina of Sweden (Mrs. Magnuson)
Prince Carl Gustaf of Sweden (King Carl Gustaf XVI of Sweden)





Grandchildren (15)
(9 grandsons, 6 granddaughters)
Prince Carl Christian of Hohenzollern
Princess Desiree of Hohenzollern
Baron Carl Otto Silfverschiold
Sibylla Ambler
Prince Hubertus of Hohenzollern
Charles Ambler
Baroness Kristina-Lousia Silverschiold
James Ambler
Baroness Helene Silverschiold
Gustaf Magnuson
Oscar Magnuson
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
Prince Carl Philip of Sweden
Victor Magnuson
Princess Madeleine of Sweden





Died January 26, 1947, Kastrup Airfield, Copenhagen (age 40)
Place of burial ????

*Killed in a plane crash





Titles
HRH Prince of Sweden, Duke of Vasterbotten





Paternal grandparents
King Gustaf V of Sweden
Princess Victoria of Baden (Queen Victoria of Sweden)

Paternal great-grandparents
King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway
Princess Sophia of Nassau (Queen Sofia of Sweden and Norway)
Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden
Princess Luise of Prussia





Maternal grandparents
Prince Arthur of the United Kingdom, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Princess Luise of Prussia (Princess Louise, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn)

Maternal great-grandparents
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau