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Prince Gustav of Vasa, Count of Itterburg [1] (German: Gustav, Prinz von Wasa; [2] 9 November 1799 – 4 August/5 August 1877), born Crown Prince of Sweden, was the son of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Queen Frederica. His Austrian princely title (from 1829) was actually spelled Wasa. [3]
The staunch Protestant Duke Charles forced the Catholic Sigismund to let go of the throne of Sweden in 1599, a part of the preliminary religious strife before the Thirty Years' War, and reigned as regent before taking the throne as Charles IX of Sweden in 1604. Crown Prince Gustav Adolph had Gagnef-Floda in Dalecarlia as a duchy from 1610.
Gustav Eriksson Vasa [1] (12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), also known as Gustav I, was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560. [2] He was previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm ( Riksföreståndare ) from 1521, during the ongoing Swedish War of Liberation against King Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden .
On 9 November 1830 in Karlsruhe, Louise Amelie married her first cousin Gustav, Prince of Vasa. [1] He was the only son of the former King of Sweden, Gustav IV Adolf, who had been overthrown in favor of his uncle Charles. Upon marriage, Prince Gustav took the title Prince of Vasa, of which made Louise Amelie the Princess of Vasa.
Gustav Adolf's and Frederica's coronation medal of 1800. Walking with his wife Queen Frederica. On 31 October 1797, he married Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, with whom he had five children: Crown Prince Gustav, after 1809 known as Gustaf Gustafsson, Prince of Vasa (9 November 1799 – 4/5 August 1877).
Gustavus Adolphus was born in Stockholm on 9 December 1594, eldest son of Duke Charles of the House of Vasa and his second wife, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp. At the time, his cousin Sigismund was both King of Sweden and Poland.
However, in 1604, Duke Charles deposed Sigismund and donned Sweden's crown himself, assuring the nation that his branch of the Vasas would remain Protestant. Along with his elder brother, Crown Prince Gustav Adolph, Prince Charles Philip was educated to be a staunch Lutheran under the tutelage of Johan Skytte. He was formally made duke by his ...
Charles IX, also Carl (Swedish: Karl IX; 4 October 1550 – 30 October 1611), reigned as King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of King Gustav I (r.