William of Sweden

William of Sweden, 1911

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna and Wilhelm of Sweden, 1908

Carl Wilhelm Ludvig , called Wilhelm (born June 17, 1884 in Tullgarn Castle , Södertälje , † June 5, 1965 in Flen ) was a Swedish prince and duke of Södermanland .

Life

His parents were King Gustav V of Sweden and Victoria of Baden . He was the brother of the future King of Sweden Gustav VI.

Prince Wilhelm was married to the Grand Duchess of Russia Maria Pavlovna (1890-1958) from 1908 to 1914 . The marriage resulted in a child with Lennart Bernadotte (1909-2004).

Around 1939 Wilhelm became President of the Swedish PEN Club .

After the divorce in 1914, he met his future partner Jeanne Leocadie de Tramcourt (1875–1952) and lived with her in Stenhammar Castle . She was officially at his side as the castle landlady until her death. She died on January 2, 1952 during a snow storm in a traffic accident after visiting Lennart Bernadotte. Prince Wilhelm, who drove the car, could not recover from this harrowing experience for the rest of his life.

Wilhelm participated in several scientific, ethnographic, and archaeological expeditions , including hunting . He visited Thailand , Africa and Central America and was a contributor (writer and director) on several documentaries . He wrote poems, novels and stories from the travels. As Prince Wilhelm, he was a well-known photographer and author of well over 30 books.

Works (selection)

Wild African Animals I Have Known , John Lane, 1923
Svarta noveller (Black Stories), Norstedt & Söner, 1924
Amerika från estraden (America from the podium), 1928
Fransysk visit (French visit), Norstedt & Söner, 1946
Can you land (do you know the country?), 1950
View Tillbaka (look back), Vingförlaget, 1952

Filmography (selection)

Director

Med prins Wilhelm på afrikanska jakstigar (Lives of African People and Animals), premiered on March 6, 1922 in Gothenburg
Havets melodi (The Melody of the Sea), 1934
Folk mellan fjäll (People between Mountains), 1938
Ekhult heter gården (The name of the garden is Ekhult), 1941

script

Uddeholm , 1946
Skärkarlar och sälar på Harstena ( Scarves and Seals at Harstena), 1947

Awards (selection)

1948: Commander with Grand Cross of the Wasa Order

Knight of the Danish Elephant Order

Great Cross of the Italian Order of Announcements

Grand Cross of the Finnish Order of the White Rose

Knight of the Siamese Chakri Order

Knight of the Black Eagle Order

Knight of the Order of St. Charles

Trivia

Wilhelm met Thomas Mann in Stockholm in 1939 , where they met again in 1950.

ancestors

Pedigree of William of Sweden
Great-great-grandparents	King Karl XIV. Johann (1763–1844) ⚭ 1798 Désirée Clary (1777–1860)	Eugène de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1781–1824) ⚭ 1806 Princess Auguste of Bavaria (1788–1851)	Prince Friedrich Wilhelm von Nassau-Weilburg (1768–1816) ⚭ 1788 Countess Isabelle zu Sayn-Hachenburg (1772–1827)	Duke Paul of Württemberg (1785–1852) ⚭ 1805 Duchess Charlotte of Saxony-Hildburghausen (1787–1847)	Grand Duke Karl Friedrich von Baden (1728–1811) ⚭ 1787 Freiin Luise Karoline Geyer von Geyersberg (1768–1820)	King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (1778–1837) ⚭ 1797 Princess Frederike Dorothea of Baden (1781–1826)	King Friedrich Wilhelm III. of Prussia (1770–1840) ⚭ 1793 Princess Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776–1810)	Grand Duke Karl Friedrich of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1783–1853) ⚭ 1804 Grand Duchess Maria Pawlowna Romanowa (1786–1859)
Great grandparents	King Oskar I (1799–1859) ⚭ 1823 Princess Josephine Beauharnais von Leuchtenberg (1807–1876)		Duke Wilhelm I of Nassau (1792–1839) ⚭ 1829 Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1810–1856)		Grand Duke Leopold of Baden (1790–1852) ⚭ 1819 Princess Sophie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1801–1865)		Kaiser Wilhelm I (1797–1888) ⚭ 1829 Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1811–1890)
Grandparents	King Oskar II (1829–1907) ⚭ 1857 Princess Sophia of Nassau (1836–1913)				Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden (1826–1907) ⚭ 1856 Princess Luise of Prussia (1838–1923)
parents	King Gustav V (1858–1950) ⚭ 1881 Princess Viktoria of Baden (1862–1930)
William of Sweden

literature

William of Sweden . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 32 : Werth – Väderkvarn . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1921, Sp. 457-458 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

Web links

Commons : Prince William of Sweden - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Markus Zeiler, Heinz-Dieter Meier, Petra M. Martin, Christoph Hölz, Frank Mienhardt: Orangery culture in the Lake Constance area: Contributions to the 32nd annual conference of the Orangeries in Germany working group. V., September 15-17, 2011 . Lukas Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-86732-158-7 ( google.de ).

↑ ^a ^b Thomas Mann: Diaries, 1951–1952 . S. Fischer, 1993, ISBN 978-3-10-048195-5 ( google.de ).

↑ Svenska Dagbladet historiska arkiv . In: SvD.se . ( svd.se [accessed January 27, 2018]).

↑ Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer, Astrid Surmatz: Beyond Pippi Longstocking: Intermedial and International Approaches to Astrid Lindgren's Work . Routledge, 2011, ISBN 978-1-136-74193-7 ( google.de ).

↑ William of Sweden . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 32 : Werth – Väderkvarn . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1921, Sp. 457-458 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

personal data
SURNAME	William of Sweden
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Carl Wilhelm Ludvig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Duke of Södermanland
DATE OF BIRTH	June 17, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH	Södertälje
DATE OF DEATH	June 5, 1965
Place of death	Flen

[1] Markus Zeiler, Heinz-Dieter Meier, Petra M. Martin, Christoph Hölz, Frank Mienhardt: Orangery culture in the Lake Constance area: Contributions to the 32nd annual conference of the Orangeries in Germany working group. V., September 15-17, 2011 . Lukas Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-86732-158-7 ( google.de ).

[:0-2] Thomas Mann: Diaries, 1951–1952 . S. Fischer, 1993, ISBN 978-3-10-048195-5 ( google.de ).

[3] Svenska Dagbladet historiska arkiv . In: SvD.se . ( svd.se [accessed January 27, 2018]).

[4] Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer, Astrid Surmatz: Beyond Pippi Longstocking: Intermedial and International Approaches to Astrid Lindgren's Work . Routledge, 2011, ISBN 978-1-136-74193-7 ( google.de ).

[5] William of Sweden . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 32 : Werth – Väderkvarn . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1921, Sp. 457-458 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).