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Karl XV (Karl Ludvig Eugén) (May 3, 1826 – September 18, 1872) was King of Sweden and Norway (where he was known as Karl IV) from 1859 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Oscar I and Josephine of Leuchtenberg. On June 19, 1851 he married Louise of the Netherlands, granddaughter of William I of the Netherlands. Image File history File links Charles_XV_of_Sweden_2. ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Oscar I, born Joseph FranÃ§ois Oscar Bernadotte (July 4, 1799, Parisâ€“July 8, 1859, Stockholm), was King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death. ... Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik) (January 21, 1829 â€“ December 8, 1907) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1872 until his death. ... Princess Louise in 1859 Louise of the Netherlands, Vilhelmina Fredrika Alexandra Anna Lovisa, or Lovisa in Swedish, (The Hague, August 5, 1828 - March 30, 1871), was Queen of Sweden and Norway from 1859 and wife of Charles XV of Sweden from 1850. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The House of Bernadotte, the current Royal House of the Kingdom of Sweden, has reigned since 1818. ... Oscar I, born Joseph FranÃ§ois Oscar Bernadotte (July 4, 1799, Parisâ€“July 8, 1859, Stockholm), was King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death. ... Her Royal Highness Princess JosÃ©phine of Leuchtenberg (JosÃ©phine Maximiliane EugÃ©nie NapolÃ©one de Beauharnais, 14 March 1807 - 7 June 1876) was the Queen consort of Oscar I of Sweden and Norway. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... The oldest surviving photograph, NicÃ©phore NiÃ©pce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... The House of Bernadotte, the current Royal House of the Kingdom of Sweden, has reigned since 1818. ... Image File history File links Bernadotte_coa. ... Image File history File links Bernadotte_coa. ... Charles XIV John (Swedish: Carl XIV Johan), born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (January 26, 1763 â€“ March 8, 1844) was King of Sweden and Norway (where he was known as Carl III Johan) from 1818 until his death. ... Oscar I, born Joseph FranÃ§ois Oscar Bernadotte (July 4, 1799, Parisâ€“July 8, 1859, Stockholm), was King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death. ... Oscar I, born Joseph FranÃ§ois Oscar Bernadotte (July 4, 1799, Parisâ€“July 8, 1859, Stockholm), was King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death. ... Salam oualaykum. ... Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik) (January 21, 1829 â€“ December 8, 1907) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1872 until his death. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik) (January 21, 1829 â€“ December 8, 1907) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1872 until his death. ... Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf) (June 16, 1858 â€“ October 29, 1950) was King of Sweden from 1907 until his death. ... Prince Oscar of Sweden and Norway, Oscar Carl August (November 15, 1859 - October 4, 1953), Duke of Gotlandia, was the second son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway. ... Prince EugÃ©n Napoleon Nicolaus of Sweden and Norway, Duke of NÃ¤rke (August 1, 1865 - August 17, 1947) was the youngest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway. ... 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. ... For the present-day Princess Margaretha, please refer to Princess Margaretha, Mrs. ... MÃ¤rtha, Crown Princess of Norway, Princess of Sweden (March 28, 1901 in Stockholm â€“ April 5, 1954 in Oslo), full name, MÃ¤rtha Sofia Lovisa Dagmar Thyra was the first crown princess of Norway in modern times. ... Astrid of Sweden, Astrid Sofia Lovisa Thyra (November 17, 1905 - August 29, 1935) was the Queen consort of LÃ©opold III of the Belgians . ... Prince Carl of Sweden, Carl Gustaf Oscar Fredrik Christian (January 10, 1911 - July 23, 2003), Duke of Ã–stergÃ¶tland, was the youngest child of Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway, Duke of VÃ¤stergÃ¶tland and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark. ... Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf) (June 16, 1858 â€“ October 29, 1950) was King of Sweden from 1907 until his death. ... Gustaf VI Adolf (Oskar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf) (November 11, 1882 â€“ September 15, 1973) was King of Sweden from 1950 until his death. ... Prince Wilhelm of Sweden and Norway, Carl Wilhelm Ludwig (June 17, 1884 - June 5, 1965), Duke of Sudermannia, was the second son of King Gustav V of Sweden and his Queen consort Victoria of Baden. ... Prince Erik of Sweden (Erik Gustav Ludvig Albert Bernadotte) (20 April 1889 â€“ 20 September 1918), Duke of VÃ¤stmanland, was the third and youngest son of King Gustav V of Sweden and his wife, Princess Victoria of Baden. ... Gustaf VI Adolf (Oskar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf) (November 11, 1882 â€“ September 15, 1973) was King of Sweden from 1950 until his death. ... Gustaf Adolf, Gustaf Adolf Oscar Fredrik Arthur Edmund (April 22, 1906â€“January 26, 1947), Prince of Sweden, Duke of VÃ¤sterbotten, was the eldest son of Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and his first wife Princess Margaret of Connaught. ... Prince Sigvard of Sweden (June 7, 1907 - February 4, 2002), Duke of Uplandia, was the second son of King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden. ... Princess Ingrid and Crown Prince Frederik as newly engaged in 1935. ... Prince Bertil of Sweden, Bertil Gustaf Oskar Carl EugÃ©n (February 28, 1912 â€“ January 5, 1997), Duke of Halland, was the third son of King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught. ... Count Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg formerly Prince Carl Johan, Duke of Dalecarlia (born October 31, 1916), is the son of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and Crown Princess Margaret of Connaught. ... Princess Margaretha, Mrs Ambler (Margaretha DÃ©sirÃ©e Victoria) (born 31 October 1934), was born at Haga Palace outside Stockholm. ... H.R.H. Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (Birgitta Ingeborg Alice) (January 19, 1937-) was born at Haga Palace in Sweden. ... Princess DÃ©sirÃ©e, Baroness SilfverschiÃ¶ld (DÃ©sirÃ©e Elisabeth Sibylla) (born 2 June 1938), was born at Haga Palace outside Stockholm. ... Princess Christina, Mrs. ... Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus) (born April 30, 1946, at Haga Palace, Solna, Uppland), is the head of state of the Kingdom of Sweden. ... Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus) (born April 30, 1946, at Haga Palace, Solna, Uppland), is the head of state of the Kingdom of Sweden. ... Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (Victoria Ingrid Alice DÃ©sirÃ©e Bernadotte), born July 14, 1977, Duchess of VÃ¤stergÃ¶tland, is the heir apparent to the Swedish throne. ... Prince Carl Philip of Sweden (Carl Philip Edmund Bertil Bernadotte), born May 13, 1979, Duke of VÃ¤rmland, is the second child and only son of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden. ... Princess Madeleine of Sweden (Madeleine ThÃ©rÃ¨se Amelie Josephine Bernadotte), born on June 10, 1982, Duchess of HÃ¤lsingland and GÃ¤strikland, is the youngest child and second daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... The oldest surviving photograph, NicÃ©phore NiÃ©pce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a representative democracy based on a parliamentary system. ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Oscar I, born Joseph FranÃ§ois Oscar Bernadotte (July 4, 1799, Parisâ€“July 8, 1859, Stockholm), was King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death. ... Her Royal Highness Princess JosÃ©phine of Leuchtenberg (JosÃ©phine Maximiliane EugÃ©nie NapolÃ©one de Beauharnais, 14 March 1807 - 7 June 1876) was the Queen consort of Oscar I of Sweden and Norway. ... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Princess Louise in 1859 Louise of the Netherlands, Vilhelmina Fredrika Alexandra Anna Lovisa, or Lovisa in Swedish, (The Hague, August 5, 1828 - March 30, 1871), was Queen of Sweden and Norway from 1859 and wife of Charles XV of Sweden from 1850. ... King William I of the Netherlands, born William Frederik of Orange-Nassau (The Hague, 24 August 1772 - Berlin, 12 December 1843), was the second King of the Netherlands (the first king was Louis I Napoleon Bonaparte). ...

Biography

He was born in Stockholm and created Duke of Scania at birth. The Crown Prince was Viceroy of Norway briefly in 1856 and 1857. He became Regent on September 25, 1857, and king on the death of his father on July 8, 1859. As son of Josephine of Leuchtenberg, he was a descendant of Gustav I of Sweden and of a sister of Charles X of Sweden, whose blood returned on the throne after being lost in 1818 when Charles XIII of Sweden died. (IPA: ; UN/LOCODE: SE STO) is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ... The Flag of SkÃ¥ne SkÃ¥ne ( , also known as Scania in English) is the southernmost historical province (landskap) and county (LÃ¤n) of Sweden. ... This is a list of viceroys (visekonge), governors (Rigsstatholder), first ministers (fÃ¸rstestatsrÃ¥d) and Prime Ministers (statsminister) of Norway. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Her Royal Highness Princess JosÃ©phine of Leuchtenberg (JosÃ©phine Maximiliane EugÃ©nie NapolÃ©one de Beauharnais, 14 March 1807 - 7 June 1876) was the Queen consort of Oscar I of Sweden and Norway. ... Gustav I of Sweden, commonly known as Gustav Vasa, but originally known as Gustav Eriksson (May 12, 1496 â€“ September 29, 1560) was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death. ... Charles X or Karl X Gustav (1622 – 1660), king of Sweden, son of John Casimir, Margrave of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, and Catherine, sister of Gustavus Adolphus, was born at the Castle of Nyköping on November 8, 1622. ... Charles XIII, Karl XIII, or Carl II, (1748-1818), king of Sweden and Norway, the second son of king Adolf Frederick of Sweden, and Louisa Ulrica of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great, was born at Stockholm on October 7, 1748. ...

As Crown Prince, Charles' brusque and downright manners had led many to regard his future accession with some apprehension, yet he proved to be one of the most popular of Scandinavian kings and a constitutional ruler in the best sense of the word. His reign was remarkable for its manifold and far-reaching reforms. Sweden's existing communal law (1862), ecclesiastical law (1863) and criminal law (1864) were enacted appropriately enough under the direction of a king whose motto was: Land skall med lag byggas - "With law shall the land be built". Charles also remarkably assisted Louis De Geer to carry through his memorable reform of the Riksdag in 1866. 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... De Geer in a contemporary newspaper caricature, depicted as St George fighting the four-headed dragon of the old four-chamber parliament. ... The parliament building from outside. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

Charles was a warm advocate of Scandinavianism and the political solidarity of the three northern kingdoms, and his warm friendship for Frederick VII of Denmark, it is said, led him to give half promises of help to Denmark on the eve of the war of 1864, which, in the circumstances, were perhaps misleading and unjustifiable. In view, however, of the unpreparedness of the Swedish army and the difficulties of the situation, Charles was forced to observe a strict neutrality. He died in Malmö on September 18, 1872. Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe. ... King Frederick VII Frederick VII (October 6, 1808 - November 15, 1863) was the last king of Denmark to rule as an absolute monarch. ... View over MalmÃ¶ IPA: /mÃ¡lmÃ¸:/ is the third largest city in Sweden, situated in the southernmost province of SkÃ¥ne. ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

Charles XV was highly gifted in many directions. He attained to some eminence as a painter, and his poems show him to have been a true poet. He was followed on the both thrones of Norway and Sweden by his brother Oscar II. Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik) (January 21, 1829 â€“ December 8, 1907) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1872 until his death. ...

A few weeks before Charles' death, his daughter Louise (then the Crown Princess of Denmark) gave birth to her second son. The young Prince of Denmark became christened as grandfather Charles' namesake, and in 1905 this grandson, Prince Carl of Denmark, ascended the throne of Norway, becoming thus his maternal grandfather's successor in that country, and assumed the reign name Haakon VII. The present king, Harald V of Norway, is Charles' great-great-grandson, also through his mother. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (812x558, 107 KB) Coronation of Carl XV of Norway and Sweden in Nidaros Cathedral 1860. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (812x558, 107 KB) Coronation of Carl XV of Norway and Sweden in Nidaros Cathedral 1860. ... King Haakon VII of Norway, Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel (August 3, 1872–September 21, 1957) was the first King of Norway after the dissolution of the personal union with Sweden in 1905. ... King Haakon VII King Haakon VII of Norway, Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel (August 3, 1872 - September 21, 1957) was the first King of Norway after the dissolution of the personal union with Sweden in 1905. ... Harald V, King of Norway, (born February 21, 1937), a title he assumed upon his fathers death on January 17, 1991. ...

No subsequent king of Sweden to this day is Charles' direct descendant. However, his descendants are or have been on the thrones of Denmark, Luxembourg, Greece, Belgium and Norway. Charles was known to be a notorious womanizer, sowing his seeds along his many journeys across the kingdom (Eriksgata), and thus father to an unknown number of bastards. Eriksgata was when the Swedish King, before the 15th century journeyed the country to make sure that Swedes and Geats would accept him as king. ...

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Oscar I, born Joseph FranÃ§ois Oscar Bernadotte (July 4, 1799, Parisâ€“July 8, 1859, Stockholm), was King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death. ... This is a list of Swedish monarchs, that is, the Kings and ruling Queens of Sweden with Regents and Viceroys of the Kalmar Union up until the present time. ... Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik) (January 21, 1829 â€“ December 8, 1907) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1872 until his death. ... This article is a list of rulers of Norway up until the present, including: The Norwegian kingdom (with the Faroe Islands) The Union with Iceland and Greenland (1262-1814) The Norwegian kingdom (with Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1262-1814) The Union of Sweden and Norway (1319-1343) The... Severin LÃ¸venskiold, jr (b. ... This is a list of Viceroys (Rigsstatholder) and Prime Ministers (statsminister) of Norway. ... JÃ¸rgen Herman Vogt (1784 - 1862) was a Norwegian politician who served as first minister of Norway from 1855 to 1858, during the personal union between Sweden and Norway. ... JÃ¸rgen Herman Vogt (1784 - 1862) was a Norwegian politician who served as first minister of Norway from 1855 to 1858, during the personal union between Sweden and Norway. ... This is a list of Viceroys (Rigsstatholder) and Prime Ministers (statsminister) of Norway. ... JÃ¸rgen Herman Vogt (1784 - 1862) was a Norwegian politician who served as first minister of Norway from 1855 to 1858, during the personal union between Sweden and Norway. ...

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Categories: Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica | 1826 births | 1872 deaths | People from Stockholm | House of Bernadotte | Regents | Swedish monarchs | Norwegian monarchs | Dukes of Swedish Provinces | Knights of the Golden Fleece EncyclopÃ¦dia Britannica, the 11th edition The EncyclopÃ¦dia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910â€“1911) is perhaps the most famous edition of the EncyclopÃ¦dia Britannica. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...

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