Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
For other Swedish Princes with the name Carl, please refer to the list at Prince Carl of SwedenPrince 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.
On
August 27,
1897, he married Princess
Ingeborg of
Denmark. They had four children:
# Princess
Margaretha (
1899-
1977)# Princess
Märtha, later Crown princess of Norway (
1901-
1954)# Princess
Astrid, later Queen of the
Belgians (
1905-
1935)# Prince
Carl, Duke of
Ostrogothia, known as
Carl Jr, later
Prince Bernadotte (a Belgian title) (
1911-
2003)
Prince Carl was once considered a candidate to the Norwegian crown during
Norway's fight for independence from
Sweden in
1905. To elect a prince from Sweden was considered to be a less radical way out of the union, and hence a more peaceful approach. However, King
Oscar II of Sweden never approved on this, as he saw the whole "riot" as a betrayal against his rights as King of Norway. Hence Prince Carl never became King of Norway in 1905, instead a Danish prince was elected (
Haakon VII) after some diplomatic turbulence. As history turned out however, Prince Carl's daughter, Princess Märtha, married Haakon VII's son, the later King
Olav V. The present King
Harald V of Norway is hence a grandchild of Prince Carl, Duke of Westrogothia.
Other descendants from Prince Carl include the royal families of
Belgium and
Luxembourg (the lines goes via his daughter Princess
Astrid, later Queen of the Belgians.)
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*Bomann-Larsen, Tor:
Folket - Haakon & Maud II (2004; in Norwegian)
