Gustav, Prince of Vasa

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Gustav
Prince Vasa
File:Gustav of Sweden (1799) c 1830.jpg
Born (1799-11-09)9 November 1799
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Burial Riddarholmen Church
Spouse Louise Amelie of Baden
Issue Louis, Prince of Vasa
Carola, Queen of Saxony
House Holstein-Gottorp
Father Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
Mother Frederica of Baden

Gustav, Prince Vasa (9 November 1799 at Stockholm – 4 August/5 August 1877 at Pillnitz), born Crown Prince of Sweden and later called Gustaf Gustafsson von Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Vasa) was the son of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Queen Frederica. His Austrian title from 1829 was actually spelled Wasa.

Biography

After his birth, he was placed under the supervision of Hedvig Ulrika De la Gardie, who acted as the governess of the court of the royal children from 1799 until 1803.

When he was ten years old, his father was deposed by the Coup of 1809 and the family was forced into exile. The Gustavian party tried to get him accepted as crown prince in 1809 and 1810, but were unsuccessful. Queen Charlotte, wife of the new king, was one of the leading figures of the Gustavian Party, and often visited ex-queen Frederica in her house arrest and worked for prince Gustav to be acknowledged as heir to the throne. She wrote of this issue in her diaries: during a dinner, General Georg Adlersparre told her that Jean Baptiste Bernadotte had asked whether she had any issue, and was interested when he found she had not. She said that the throne already had an heir in the deposed King's son. Adlersparre became upset and expressed the opinion of his party, that no one of the instigators of the coup would accept this, as they feared that the boy would revenge against them when he became King, and that they would go as far as take up the old rumour that the deposed King was in fact illegitimate and the son of Queen Sophia Magdalena and Count Adolf Fredrik Munck af Fulkila to prevent this.[1][page needed]

Between the time after the coup and before the royal family left Sweden, they were held under house arrest. During that period, Queen Charlotte described him in her famous diary as an obedient and dutiful child with a great ability to learn. He was not haughty as his younger sister Princess Sophie, but humble. Rather, he seemed too quiet and too careful for his age. When Princess Sophie asked him why their father was no longer King, he told her that it was best not to talk about it. He asked no questions and did not appear to miss his father. After he was told that his father had been deposed, he acted embarrassed towards his mother. However, when she told him that he too had lost his position as heir, he cried and embraced her without a word. The announcement gave him much relief and happiness.[1][page needed]

In 1816, he assumed the title of Count of Itterburg. Gustaf also served as an officer to the Habsburgs of Austria, and in 1829, Emperor Francis II created him Prince of Vasa. He was made a Field Marshal-Lieutenant in the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1836.

In 1828, he became engaged to Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, but political pressure forced an end to any wedding plans. On 9 November 1830, he married in Karlsruhe his first cousin, Princess Louise Amelie of Baden (Schwetzingen, 5 June 1811 – Karlsruhe, 19 July 1854). They divorced in 1843. A son, Louis, was born in 1832, but died shortly after birth. Their daughter, Princess Carola, married the Catholic King Albert I of Saxony, but they had no issue.

Gustaf died on 5 August 1877. In 1884, his (and his infant son's) remains were moved to Stockholm, to be buried beside his father.

Ancestry

Family of Gustav, Prince of Vasa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Adolf Frederick of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Gustav III of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Frederick William I of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Louisa Ulrika of Prussia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Christian VI of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Frederick V of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Sophia Magdalena of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. George II of Great Britain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Louise of Great Britain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Margrave Charles Louis of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Landgravine Karoline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Frederica of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (= 26)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg (= 27)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Caroline of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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