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Gustav IV Adolf von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp\ Oldenburg, King of Sweden 1778–1837 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Nov 1778

Birth Location: Stockholm, Stockholmer Schloss, Provinz Stockholms Län, Uppland, Södermanland, Hauptstadt, Schweden

Death Date: 7 Feb 1837

Death Location: St. Gallen, Wirtshaus Zum Weissen Rössli, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland

Father: Gustav Sweden

Mother: Sophia Denmark

Spouse(s): Frederica Bavaria

Children(s): Sophia Baden, Crown Vasa, Carl Småland, Cecilia Sweden, Amalia Sweden

Gustav IV Adolf von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp\ Oldenburg, King of Sweden was born in 1778 in Stockholm, Stockholmer Schloss, Provinz Stockholms Län, Uppland, Södermanland, Hauptstadt, Schweden, the child of Gustav Iii Of Oldenburg Holstein Gottorp King Of Sweden And Sophia Magdalene Oldenburg Princess Of Denmark. Gustav IV Adolf von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp\ Oldenburg, King of Sweden married Frederica Dorothea Wilhemina Von Baden Queen Consort Of Sweden Queen Karoline Of Bavaria, and had children including Amalia Maria Charlotta Holstein Gottorp Princess Of Sweden, Carl Gustaf Prince Of Sweden Grand Duke Of Finland Duke Of Smaland, Cecilia Holstein Gottorp Princess Of Sweden, Crown Prince Gustav Von Schleswig Holstein Gottorp Oldenburg Of Sweden Prince Of Vasa, Sophia Wilhelmina Catharina Maria Louise Charlotte Anna Von Schleswig Holstein Gottorf Van Oldenburg Princess Of Sweden Grand Duchess Of Baden. Gustav IV Adolf von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp\ Oldenburg, King of Sweden passed away in 1837 in St. Gallen, Wirtshaus Zum Weissen Rössli, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland.

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  • Gustav IV Adolf von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp\ Oldenburg, King of Sweden was born in 1778 in Stockholm, Stockholmer Schloss, Provinz Stockholms Län, Uppland, Södermanland, Hauptstadt, Schweden, the child of Gustav Iii Of Oldenburg Holstein Gottorp King Of Sweden And Sophia Magdalene Oldenburg Princess Of Denmark.
  • Gustav IV Adolf von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp\ Oldenburg, King of Sweden married Frederica Dorothea Wilhemina Von Baden Queen Consort Of Sweden Queen Karoline Of Bavaria, and had children including Amalia Maria Charlotta Holstein Gottorp Princess Of Sweden, Carl Gustaf Prince Of Sweden Grand Duke Of Finland Duke Of Smaland, Cecilia Holstein Gottorp Princess Of Sweden, Crown Prince Gustav Von Schleswig Holstein Gottorp Oldenburg Of Sweden Prince Of Vasa, Sophia Wilhelmina Catharina Maria Louise Charlotte Anna Von Schleswig Holstein Gottorf Van Oldenburg Princess Of Sweden Grand Duchess Of Baden.
  • Gustav IV Adolf von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp\ Oldenburg, King of Sweden passed away in 1837 in St. Gallen, Wirtshaus Zum Weissen Rössli, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland.

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Gustav Sweden's Ancestors

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Gustav Sweden
1778–1837
Birth Place: Stockholm, Stockholmer Schloss, Provinz Stockholms Län, Uppland, Södermanland, Hauptstadt, Schweden
Parents
Gustav III of Oldenburg-Holstein-Gottorp, King of Sweden
1746–1792
Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Sophia (Magdalene Oldenburg Princess of) Denmark
1746–1813
Copenhagen, Kobenhavns Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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Gustav Sweden's Descendants

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Gustav (IV Adolf von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp\ Oldenburg, King of) Sweden (1 Nov 1778–7 Feb 1837) m. Frederica (Dorothea Wilhemina von Baden, Queen consort of Sweden, Queen Karoline of) Bavaria (12 March 1781–25 September 1826)
  1. 1. Sophia (Wilhelmina Catharina Maria Louise Charlotte Anna (von schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf) van Oldenburg, Princess of Sweden, Grand Duchess of) Baden 1801–1865 m. Leopold (I Karl Friedrich, von Zahringen, IV Grand Duke of) Baden 1790–1852
    1. 1. Alexandrine (Louise Amalia Frederike Elisabeth Sophia Princess von Baden, Duchess of) Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1820–1904
    2. 2. Princess (Cecilie Auguste von Baden, Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna) Romanov 1839–1891
    3. 3. Ludwig (Wilhelm August Zeringue, Prince of) Baden 1829–1897
    4. 4. Ludwig (II, 5th Grand Duke of) Baden 1824–1858
    5. 5. Friedrich (I Wilhelm Ludwig Zeringue, 6th Grand Duke of) Baden 1826–1907 m. Luise (Marie Elizabeth von Hohenzollern of Prussia, Grand Duchess of) Baden 1838–1923
      1. 1. Sophia (Maria Victoria Zähringen Princess of Baden, Queen consort of) Sweden 1862–1930 m. Oscar (Carl August Bernadotte , Prince of Sweden, Duke of Gotland, Count of) Wisborg 1859–1953
        1. 1. H (R H Crown Prince Oscar Fredrik Vilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf Bernadotte King Gustaf VI Adolf of) Sweden 1882–1973 m. Louise (Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten Princess of) Battenberg 1889–1965 m. HRH (Princess Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Scania Princess Margaret of) Connaught 1882–1920
      2. 2. Frederick (II, 7th (and last) Grand Duke of) Baden 1857–1928 m. Hilda (Charlotte Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg Grand) Duchess 1864–1952
      3. 3. Prince (Ludwig Wilhelm Karl Friedrich Berthold von) Baden 1865–1888
      4. 4. Luise (Margarete Alexandra Viktoria Agnes Zeringue of Prussia, Duchess of) Connaught 1860–1917
      5. 5. Maximilian (Prince Zeringue of) Baden 1867–1929
  2. 2. Crown (Prince Gustav von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp\ Oldenburg of Sweden, Prince of) Vasa 1799–1877 m. Louise (van) Baden 1811–1854
    1. 1. Karolina (Fredrika Franciska Stefania Amalia Cecilia "Carola" Holstein-Gottorp-Oldenburg, Princess of Vasa,) Sweden 1833–1907
    2. 2. Louis (Xavier Marie Guillaume von) Wasa-Holstein-Gottorp 1832–1832
  3. 3. Carl (Gustaf, Prince of Sweden Grand Duke of Finland, Duke of) Småland 1802–1805
  4. 4. Cecilia (Holstein-Gottorp Princess of) Sweden 1807–1844
  5. 5. Amalia (Maria Charlotta Holstein-Gottorp Princess of) Sweden 1805–1853

Gustav Sweden's Timeline

2 Records

1778
1 Nov 1778
Birth of Gustav IV Adolf von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp\ Oldenburg, King of Sweden in Stockholm, Stockholmer Schloss, Provinz Stockholms Län, Uppland, Södermanland, Hauptstadt, Schweden
Stockholm, Stockholmer Schloss, Provinz Stockholms Län, Uppland, Södermanland, Hauptstadt, Schweden
1837
7 Feb 1837
Age 59
Death of Gustav IV Adolf von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp\ Oldenburg, King of Sweden in St. Gallen, Wirtshaus Zum Weissen Rössli, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland
St. Gallen, Wirtshaus Zum Weissen Rössli, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Nov 1778
    Event Place: Stockholm, Stockholmer Schloss, Provinz Stockholms Län, Uppland, Södermanland, Hauptstadt, Schweden

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Feb 1837
    Event Place: St. Gallen, Wirtshaus Zum Weissen Rössli, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland

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