Genealogy of the Royal Family of Sweden1, 2Genealogy of the Royal Family of Sweden1, 2
HM Carl
XIV Johan King of Sweden and Norway
(Born as: Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte)
(Since January 5th, 1805:) Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte
Prince of Ponte-Corvo
(Since August 21st, 1810:) HRH Carl Johan Crown Prince of
Sweden
(Since November 4th, 1814:) HRH Carl Johan Crown Prince of
Sweden and Norway
* Pau, Béarn, January 26th, 1763
† Royal Palace, Stockholm, March 8th, 1844
Created Prince of Ponte-Corvo, January 5th, 1805; Governor of
Hamburg, 1807-1809; Crown Prince of Sweden, August 21st, 1810;
Crown Prince of Norway, November 4th, 1814
King of Sweden and Norway, February 5th, 1818 (crowned:
Storkyrkan, Stockholm, May 11th, 1818 and Nidaros Domkirke,
Trondheim, September 7th, 1818)
Fieldmarshal of France, May 18th, 1804
Married:
Hotel Bonaparte, Rue de Rocher, Paris,
August 16th, 1798:
Bernardine Eugénie Desirée Clary
(In Sweden styled as Queen Desideria)
* Marseille, November 8th, 1777
† Royal Palace, Stockholm, December 17th, 1860
(Crowned: Stockholm, December 21st, 1829)
Child from this marriage:
HM Oscar I Joseph François Otto King of
Sweden and Norway
(Born as: Oscar Joseph François Otto Bernadotte)
(Since August 21st, 1810:) HRH Oscar Joseph François Otto
Prince of Sweden
(Since January 26th, 1811:) HRH Oscar Joseph François
Otto Prince of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland
(Since February 5th, 1818:) HRH Oscar Joseph François
Otto Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Södermanland
* Rue Monceau, Paris, July 4th, 1799
† Royal Palace, Stockholm, July 8th, 1859
Created Duke of Södermanland, January 26th, 1811; Crown Prince
of Sweden and Norway, February 5th, 1818; Viceroy of Norway,
February 12th - October 11th, 1824
King of Sweden and Norway, March 8th, 1844 (crowned: Storkyrkan,
Stockholm, September 28th, 1844)
Married:
(by proxy) Munich, May 22nd and (in person)
Storkyrkan, Stockholm, June 19th, 1823:
HSH Joséphine Maximilienne Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais Princess von Leuchtenberg
(Born as: Joséphine Maximilienne Eugénie Napoléone de
Beauharnais)
(Since December 29th, 1807:) Joséphine Maximilienne
Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais Princess di Bologna
(Since May 28th, 1813:) Joséphine Maximilienne Eugénie
Napoléone de Beauharnais Princess di Bologna, Duchess di
Galliera
(In Sweden styled as Queen Josefina)
* Leuchtenberg Palace, Milan, March 14th, 1807
† Royal Palace, Stockholm, June 7th, 1876
Created Princess di Bologna, December 29th, 1807; created Duchess
di Galliera, May 28th, 1813
Children
from this marriage:
Married:
Storkyrkan, Stockholm, June 19th,
1850:
HRH Wilhelmina Frederica Alexandrine Anna Louise Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of
Orange-Nassau
(In Sweden styled as Queen Lovisa)
* Palace at the Korte Voorhout, The Hague, August 5th,
1828
† Royal Palace, Stockholm, March 30th, 1871
Children from this marriage:
Married:
Chapel, Royal Palace,
Stockholm, July 28th, 1869:
HM Frederik VIII King of Denmark
("Freddy")
(Born as: HSH Christian Frederik Vilhelm
Carl Prince zu
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
(Since July 31st, 1853:) HH Christian Frederik
Vilhelm Carl Prince of Denmark
(Since December 21st, 1858:) HRH Christian Frederik
Vilhelm Carl Prince of Denmark
(Since November 15th, 1863:) HRH Christian Frederik
Vilhelm Carl Crown Prince of Denmark
* Yellow Palace, Amaliegade, Copenhagen, June
3rd, 1843
† (on the street during a walk, declared
deceased in hospital) Hamburg, May 14th, 1912
Crown Prince of Denmark, November 15th, 1863
King of Denmark, January 29th, 1906 (proclaimed:
Amalienborg, Copenhagen, January 30th, 1906)
Married:
Altenburg, April 16th, 1864:
HH Therese Amalie Karoline Josephine Antoinette
Princess of Saxe-Altenburg, Duchess of Saxony
(In Sweden styled as Princess Theresia)
* Frisdorf, December 21st, 1836
† Haga Palace, Stockholm, November 9th, 1914
HM Oscar
II Fredrik King of Sweden and Norway
(Since June 7th, 1905:) HM Oscar II Fredrik King of Sweden
(Born as: HRH Oscar Fredrik Prince of Sweden, Duke of
Östergötland)
* Royal Palace, Stockholm, January 21st, 1829
† Royal Palace, Stockholm, December 8th, 1907
Heir Pressumptive to the Throne, July 8th, 1859
King of Sweden and Norway, September 18th, 1872 (crowned:
Slotkyrkan, Stockholm, May 12th, 1873 and Nidaros Domkirke,
Trondheim, July 18th, 1873; deposed as King of Norway by Act of
Parliament: June 7th, 1905; abdicated as King of Norway: October
26th, 1905)
Married:
Schloß Biebrich near Wiesbaden, June 6th,
1857:
HDSH Sophie
Wilhelmina Marianne Henriette
Princess von Nassau
(Since August 22nd, 1844:) HH Sophie Wilhelmina Marianne
Henriette Princess von Nassau
(In Sweden styled as Queen Sofia)
* Schloß Biebrich near Wiesbaden, July 9th, 1836
† Royal Palace, Stockholm, December 30th, 1913
Children
from this marriage:
HM Gustaf
V King of Sweden
(Born as: HRH Oscar Gustaf Adolf Prince of Sweden, Duke of
Värmland)
(Since September 18th, 1872:) HRH Oscar Gustaf Adolf Crown
Prince of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Värmland
(Since June 7th, 1905:) HRH Oscar Gustaf Adolf Crown
Prince of Sweden, Duke of Värmland
* Drottningholm Palace near Stockholm, June 16th, 1858
† Drottningholm Palace near Stockholm, October 29th, 1950
Crown Prince of Sweden, September 18th, 1872; Crown Prince of
Norway, September 18th, 1872 - June 7th, 1905
King of Sweden, December 8th, 1907
(Was a well known tennis player, at tournements he used the name
"Mr. G.")
Married:
Royal Chapel, Schloß Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe,
September 20th, 1881:
HGDH Sophie Marie Viktoria Grand-Ducal Princess and Margravine von Baden
* Schloß Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, August 7th, 1862
† Villa Svezia, Rome, April 4th, 1930
Children
from this marriage:
HM Gustaf
VI Adolf King of Sweden
(Born as: HRH Oscar Fredrik Vilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf
Prince of Sweden, Duke of Skåne)
(Since December 8th, 1907:) HRH Oscar Fredrik Vilhelm Olaf Gustaf
Adolf Crown Prince of Sweden, Duke of Skåne
* Royal Palace, Stockholm, November 11th, 1882
† Hospital, Helsingborg, September 15th, 1973
Crown Prince of Sweden, December 8th, 1907
King of Sweden, October 29th, 1950
Married:
Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London,
November 3rd, 1923: 
Children from the first marriage:
Married:
Storkyrkan, Stockholm, May 24th,
1935:
HM Frederik IX King of Denmark ("Rico")
(Born as: HRH Christian Frederik Franz Michael
Carl Valdemar Georg Prince of Denmark)
(Since May 14th, 1912:) HRH Christian Frederik
Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg Crown Prince of Denmark
* Sorgenfri Castle, Lyngby near Copenhagen, March 11th,
1899
† Kommunehospitalet, Copenhagen, January 14th, 1972
Crown Prince of Denmark, May 14th, 1912
King of Denmark, April 20th, 1947 (proclaimed:
Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, April 21st, 1947)
HRH Bertil Gustaf Oscar Carl Eugen
Prince of Sweden, Duke of Halland ("Nappe")
Married:
Chapel, Drottningholm Palace near
Stockholm, December 7th, 1976:
Lilian May Davies
* 3 Garden Street, Swansea, August 30th, 1915
Child from the second marriage:
HRH Gustaf Adolf Oscar Fredrik Arthur Edmund
Prince of Sweden, Duke of Västerbotten
* Royal Palace, Stockholm, April 22nd, 1906
† (plane crash) Kastrup near Copenhagen, January 26th, 1947
Married:
(civil) Veste, Coburg, October 19th and
(religious) Sankt Moritz Kirche, Coburg, October 20th, 1932:
HH Sibylla
Calma Marie Alice Bathildis Feodora
Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony, Princess of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
(Since November 30th, 1917:) HH Sibylla Calma Marie Alice
Bathildis Feodora Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of
Saxony
* Schloß Friedenstein, Gotha, January 18th, 1908
† Royal Palace, Stockholm, November 28th, 1972
Children from this marriage:
Married:
Chapel, Royal Palace, Stockholm,
June 15th, 1974:
Tord Gösta Magnuson
* Stockholm, April 7th, 1941
Children from this marriage:
HM Carl XVI Gustaf Folke Hubertus
King of Sweden
Married:
Storkyrkan, Stockholm, June 19th,
1976:
Silvia Renate Sommerlath
* Private Women Clinic "Dr. Erna Gläsmer",
Heidelberg, December 23rd, 1943
Children from this marriage:
HRH Carl
Philip Edmund Bertil Crown Prince of Sweden,
Duke of Värmland
HRH Madeleine
Thérèse Amélie Joséphine Princess of Sweden, Duchess of
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Last updated: July 15th, 2002.