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Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (Gustaf Adolf Oscar Fredrik Arthur Edmund; 22 April 1906 – 26 January 1947) was a Swedish prince who for most of his life was second in the line of succession to the Swedish throne.
Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf; 11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death in 1973. He was the eldest son of Gustaf V and his wife, Victoria of Baden.
Prince Carl Gustaf was also given the title of the Duke of Jämtland. His father, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, was killed in an airplane crash on 26 January 1947 at Copenhagen Airport. His father's death had left the nine-month-old prince second in line for the throne, behind his grandfather, then Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf.
Death Notes Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten: 22 April 1906: 26 January 1947: Father of the current King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. Prince Sigvard, Duke of Uppland: 7 June 1907: 4 February 2002: Later Sigvard Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg. Princess Ingrid: 28 March 1910: 7 November 2000: Later queen consort of Denmark.
His father was a son of Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. After the death of his uncle Ernst in 1941, Georg succeeded to the headship of the House of Saxe-Meiningen and assumed the title of Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and style Georg III. Prince Georg died in the Russian prisoner of war camp near Cherepovets in Northern Russia, in 1946.
She became a Swedish princess when she married Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten in 1932. She thus had the prospect of one day becoming queen, but the prince was killed in an airplane crash in 1947 and did not live to ascend the Swedish throne. Her son became king the year after her death.
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (1912–1997) Prince Carl Johan, Duke of Dalarna (1916–2012) Queen Ingrid of Denmark (1910–2000), Princess of Sweden; Prince Wilhelm of Sweden and Norway (1884–1965), Duke of Södermanland Prince Lennart, Duke of Småland (1909–2004) Prince Erik of Sweden and Norway (1889–1918), Duke of Västmanland
Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland: Title lost upon divorce Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha [11] Sibylla 18 January 1908 19 October 1932 28 November 1972 Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten: Mother of Carl XVI Gustaf: Lilian Davies [12] Lilian 30 August 1915 7 December 1976 10 March 2013 Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland: Sofia ...