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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Prince Carl, Duke of Westrogothia
Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway, Oscar Carl Vilhelm, Duke of Westrogothia (February 27, 1861 - October 24, 1951), was the third son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway.
Prince Eugén Napoleon Nicolaus of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Nericia (August 1, 1865 - August 17, 1947) was the youngest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway.
Dukes of Swedish Provinces HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria, Victoria Ingrid Alice Desirée, (born July 14, 1977), Duchess of Westregothia, is the heir apparent of Sweden, being the first-born child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and his commoner Queen Silvia.
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 Bernadotte af Wisborg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, who lost the right to confer noble titles in the new constitution of 1974, does still retain the prerogative to restore royal titles, but has chosen not to do so in any of the five cases they were lost.
Prince Oscar's mother, Queen Sofia, was born Princess Sophie of Nassau and half-sister to Grand Duke Adolphe.
Carl Johan Bernadotte (born 1916), formerly Duke of Dalecarlia.
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 Oscar I of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On June 19, 1823 he married the princess Josephine, daughter of Eugène de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg, and granddaughter of the Empress Josephine.
In 1824 and 1833, the Crown Prince was briefly Viceroy of Norway.
His fear lest Russia should demand a stretch of coast along the Varanger Fjord induced him to remain neutral during the Crimean War, and, subsequently, to conclude an alliance with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Second French Empire (November 25, 1855) for preserving the territorial integrity of Scandinavia.
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 Yvonne's Royalty Home Page: Royal and Royal-related Governor Generals of Canada
Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Hereditary Prince of Sweden, Duke of Västerbotten (1906-1947)
Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Värmland (1979-)
Prince Pavlos of Greece, Crown Prince of Greece (1967-)
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 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Oscar I of Sweden
OSCAR I (July 4, 1799 - July 8, 1859), king of Sweden and Norway, was the son of General Bernadotte, afterwards King Charles XIV of Sweden, and his wife, Eugenie Desirée Clary, afterwards Queen Desideria[?].
When, in August 1810, Bernadotte was elected crown prince of Sweden, Oscar and his mother removed from Paris to Stockholm (June 1811).
Oscar I left four sons, of whom two, Carl (Charles XV of Sweden) and Oskar Fredrik (Oscar II of Sweden), succeeded him to the throne.
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 Science Fair Projects - Bernadotte
This was merely a temporary solution and in 1810 the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates chose the Marshal of France, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte as heir apparent to the Swedish throne.
As the Crown Prince of Sweden he assumed the name Charles (Karl Johan), acted officially as regent for the remainder of Charles XIII's reign and secured a union between Sweden and Norway in 1814.
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte reigned as King Charles XIV of Sweden and Carl III Johan of Norway from February 5, 1818 until his death on March 8, 1844.
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 Nordic FAQ - 7 of 7 - SWEDEN
The Duke becomes King Johan III and Erik, having been sent from one prison to another for nine years, is finally poisoned in 1577 after several death sentences by the National Council, however never executed due to fear of the public reaction.
Carl von Linné (1707-78), born Linnaeus and known in English by the latter name, is mainly famous for the systematic classification of plants, animals and minerals presented in the work Systema naturae.
Duke Karl becomes a sole regent while the young Crown Prince Gustav Adolf is underage and Armfelt is sent far away to Naples as ambassador, and 1794 in his absence sentenced as traitor to lose name, citizenship and possessions.
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 Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden
Princess Margaret was the daughter of HRH Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Britain.
He was succeeded on the throne by his 27-year-old grandson Carl XVI Gustaf, son of the late Prince Gustaf Adolf.
Prince Gustaf Adolf later married Lady Louise Mountbatten, on November 3, 1923.
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Prince Gustav Adolf, Duke of Westrobothnia (1906-1947), was killed in an aircraft crash in Copenhagen Airport.
Princess Ingrid of Sweden (1910-2000), later Queen of Denmark, wife of Frederick IX of Denmark.
He was succeeded on the throne by his grandson Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden, son of Prince Gustav Adolf, Duke of Westrobothnia.
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 Swedish Royal Family
See 18.21 - Oscar was the son of King Carl XIV Johan of Sweden (born Jean Baptiste Bernadotte) who was selected as the future King of Sweden in 1810, finally becoming King in 1818.
The change in the Constitution was retroactive enabling Carl XVI Gustaf's daughter Victoria to take the place of her younger brother Carl Philip as heir to the throne.
Carl assumed the surname Bernadotte and was created Prince Bernadotte (ad personam) in 1937 by his brother-in-law King Leopold III of Belgium (see note below).
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 Sweden - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Gota canal route, however, is used by many; the uplands of Dalecarlia (Dalarne) are frequented; and the railway through the Jemtland highlands to Trondhjem gives access to a beautiful region, where numerous sanatoria are in favour with the Swedes themselves.
Probably the division of feeling between Vestergotland and Upland in the matter of religion was the real cause of this war, but nothing is known of the details, though we hear that both kings as well as the chief men of the land fell in it.
A prince called Haakon the Red now appears as king of Sweden and is said to have occupied the throne for thirteen years.
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 Princess Margaret of Connaught   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Princess Margaret of Connaught Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah Wettin (January 15 1882 - May 1 1920) Crown Princess of Sweden was the daughter of Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught and his wife the Princess Luise of Prussia and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
She became the first wife of Prince Adolf of Sweden later Gustav VI Adolf on June 15 1905.
Prince Carl Johan Duke of Dalecarlia later Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg (1916 - 2003)
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 Carl Johan Bernadotte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Count Carl Johan Arthur Bernadotte af Wisborg, formerly HRH Carl Johan Arthur, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Dalarna (born October 31, 1916), is the son of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and Crown Princess Margaret of Connaught.
Carl Johan lost his succession rights and all titles in 1946 when he married a woman who was neither royal nor noble, Elin Kerstin Margaretha Wijkmark (1910-1987).
Christian Carl Henning Bernadotte (born December 3, 1949, adopted in 1950).
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 Bernadotte   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This was merely a solution and in 1810 the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates chose the Marshal of France Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte as heir apparent to the Swedish throne.
As the Crown Prince of Sweden he assumed the name (Karl Johan) acted officially as regent for the remainder of Charles XIII's and secured a union between Sweden and in 1814.
Prince Carl Philip Duke of Wermelandia (1979 -)
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 Dukes of Swedish Provinces - InformationBlast
It was later inherited by his younger son, Carl Philip, who died in 1622, the last holder of a Swedish duchy.
Ever since then, all Swedish princes have been created dukes of a province at birth (except for one, who became Grand Duke of Finland in stead, but died young).
Neither do the dukes ordinarily reside within their dukedoms, however they feel somewhat connected to them and make frequent visits, which can be a means of public relations for the County Administrative Boards in question and for local enterprises.
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 prince sigvard, duke of uplandia - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
In 1934 he married Erica Patzek, a commoner, and due not having acquired consent for the marriage from the monarch he lost his princely title and was excluded from the line of succession.
In 1983, Sigvard went to the European Court of Human Rights in an effort to restore his princely title.
He was successful in doing so, but King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden never obliged, nor inclined to accept such a decision.
www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Prince-Sigvard,-Duke-of-Uplandia   (146 words)

  
 Bernadotte   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This was merely a temporary solutionand in 1810 the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates chose the Marshalof France, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte as heir apparentto the Swedish throne.
Bernadotte, who was born in the town of Pau, in the province of Béarn, France, had through the tumultuous French Revolution risen to become not only one of Napoleon's generals, butalso a Marshal of France and Prince of Ponte Corvo, a town in northern Italy.
As the Crown Prince ofSweden he assumed the name Charles (Karl Johan), acted officially as regent for the remainder of Charles XIII's reign and secured a union between Sweden and Norway in 1814.
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 Biographical notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
He was one of the tutors of Carl Linnaeus the Younger.
Physician, studied natural history and medicine at Uppsala 1723-1734, accompanied Linnaeus on his tour in Dalecarlia in 1734 and on his Dutch journey, doctor of medicine at Leiden in 1735.
Director of the cabinet of natural history of the prince of Orange at the Hague.
www.c18.rutgers.edu /pr/lc/bio.html   (4614 words)

  
 History0-1914   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The only county left intact was Dalecarlia where many men were given dispensation from conscription if they worked in the copper mine at Falun, which was an important source of national income.
Silvia was born in Heidelberg in 1943, and is the daughter of Walther Sommerlath and Alice de Toledo, a Brasilian.
Johan Flygare was captain and Erik Stålberg, was the first lieutenant of the corps, both of them Swedes.
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 Gustav_VI_Adolf_of_Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In 1950, Prince Gustaf Adolf became king at age 67 upon the death of his father, King Gustav V.
He was succeeded on the throne by his 27-year-old grandson Carl XVI Gustaf, son of the late Prince Gustav Adolf.
King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden is the grandfather of both Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and his successor, King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden.
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 Princess_Margaret_of_Connaught   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Princess was batpised in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle on 11 March 1882 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archibald Tait and her godparents were: Queen Victoria, the Emperor and Empress of Germany, the Crown Princess of Germany, the Prince and Princess Friederich Karl of Prussia and the Prince of Wales.
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (1906-1947), father of the present King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
Prince Carl Johan, Duke of Dalarna, later Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg (born 1916)
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 prince carl johan, duke of dalecarlia - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
prince carl johan, duke of dalecarlia - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg, Duke of Dalecarlia (born October 31, 1916), is the son of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and Crown Princess Margaret of Connaught.
Carl Johan lost his succession rights in 1946 when he married a woman who was neither royal nor noble.
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 The History Of Sweden
Eric, who was slain by a Danish prince in 1160, became the patron saint of Sweden after his death.
Further persecution of Sture's adherents led to a rebellion in the province of Dalarna (Dalecarlia).
In 1523 Gustavus Vasa, the chosen leader of the insurgents, was elected king of an independent Sweden, and the Union of Kalmar was finally brought to an end.
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 Bernadotte af Wisborg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Four persons have been created Count Bernadotte af Wisborg in the Luxembourg nobility, all of whom were members of the Swedish Royal House of Bernadotte, to which the Grand Duke of Luxembourg is closely related.
The first such person was Prince Oscar Bernadotte (1859-1953), formerly Duke of Gotlandia.
He was created Count Bernadotte af Wisborg by Grand Duke Adolf on February 2, 1892.
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 Bernadotte - InformationBlast
Bernadotte, who was born in the town of Pau, in the province of Béarn, France, had through the tumultuous French Revolution risen to become not only one of Napoleon's generals, but also a Marshal of France and Prince of Ponte Corvo, a town in northern Italy.
Prince Carl Johan, Duke of Dalecarlia (1916-2003) (lost his succession rights in 1946)
Prince Lennart, Duke of Smalandia (1909-) (lost his succession rights in 1932)
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 Linnaeus: Biographical Notes
His herbarium collected in Virginia was published by Johan Frederik Gronovius and Linnaeus in Flora Virginica (1739, 1743).
Succeeded his father Johan van Gorter as the personal physician of empress Elisabeth of Russia.
Accompanied Carl Gustaf Tessin on his journey through Sweden and arranged Tessin’s collection of minerals.
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