Gustav of Denmark
Prince Gustav of Denmark , full name Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Waldemar Gustav of Denmark (born March 4, 1887 at Charlottenlund Palace , Copenhagen , † October 5, 1944 at Egelund Palace) was a member of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg house , a branch line of the House of Oldenburg .
Life
Gustav was the fourth son of the Danish King Frederick VIII (1843–1912) and his wife Princess Louise Josephine Eugenie (1851–1926), the only child of King Charles XV. of Sweden-Norway and Princess Luise of Orange-Nassau .
In 1915 he became captain à la suite .
Prince Gustav remained unmarried throughout his life and had no children. As Prince of Denmark, he was buried in the traditional burial place of the royal family in Roskilde Cathedral.
ancestors
| Friedrich Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein (1785–1831) | |||||||||||||
| Christian IX King of Denmark (1818–1906) | |||||||||||||
| Luise Karoline of Hessen-Kassel (1789–1867) | |||||||||||||
| Frederick VIII, King of Denmark (1843–1912) | |||||||||||||
| Wilhelm of Hesse (Rumpenheim) (1787–1867) | |||||||||||||
| Louise of Hesse (1817–1898) | |||||||||||||
| Louise Charlotte of Denmark (1789–1864) | |||||||||||||
| Gustav of Denmark | |||||||||||||
| Oskar I, King of Sweden (1799-1859) | |||||||||||||
| Charles XV, King of Sweden (1826–1872) | |||||||||||||
| Josephine von Leuchtenberg (1807–1876) | |||||||||||||
| Louise of Sweden-Norway (1851-1926) | |||||||||||||
| Friedrich Prince of the Netherlands (1797–1881) | |||||||||||||
| Luise of Oranien-Nassau (1828–1871) | |||||||||||||
| Luise of Prussia (1808-1870) | |||||||||||||
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gustav of Denmark |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish prince |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Charlottenlund Palace |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 1944 |
| Place of death | Egelund Castle |