Prince Gustav of Denmark
Prince Gustav of Denmark (Christian Frederik Vilhelm Valdemar Gustav; 4 March 1887 – 5 October 1944) was a member of the Danish royal family. He was the fourth and youngest son and seventh child of King Frederick VIII and Queen Louise.
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| Born | 4 March 1887 Charlottenlund Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||
| Died | 5 October 1944 (aged 57) Egelund Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||
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| House | Glücksburg | ||||
| Father | Frederick VIII of Denmark | ||||
| Mother | Lovisa of Sweden | ||||
Early life
Prince Gustav was born on 4 March 1887 at his parents' country residence, the Charlottenlund Palace north of Copenhagen, during the reign of his paternal grandfather, King Christian IX.[1] He was the seventh child and fourth son of Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark and his wife Louise of Sweden.[1] His father was the eldest son of King Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel, and his mother was the only daughter of King Charles XV of Sweden and Norway and Louise of the Netherlands. He was baptised with the names Christian Frederik Wilhelm Valdemar Gustav, and was known as Prince Gustav.[1]
Prince Gustav was raised with his siblings in the royal household in Denmark and grew up between his parents' residence in Copenhagen, the Frederick VIII's Palace at the Amalienborg Palace complex, and their country retreat, the Charlottenlund Palace, located by the coastline of the Øresund strait north of the city.
Prince Gustav remained unmarried and had no children.[1]
Later life
On 2 February 1935 in the Russian Orthodox Church in Copenhagen he was, together with his cousin Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia and her husband colonel Nikolai Kulikovsky, a godparent at the christening of Aleksander Schalburg, son of first lieutenant in the Royal Danish Life Guards Christian Frederik von Schalburg.[2]
Prince Gustav died on 5 October 1944 at his estate Egelund House north of Copenhagen in North Zealand, Denmark.[1]
Title, style and honours
Title and style
- 4 March 1887 – 5 October 1944: His Royal Highness Prince Gustav of Denmark
Honours
- Denmark:[3]
- Commemorative Medal for King Christian IX and Queen Louise's Golden Wedding Anniversary, 1892
- Knight of the Elephant, 4 March 1905
- Cross of Honour of the Order of the Dannebrog, 4 March 1905
- Commemorative Medal for King Christian IX's 100th Birthday, 1918
- Commemorative Medal for King Frederick VIII's 100th Birthday, 1943
- Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Royal Order of Leopold, 20 April 1928[4]
- France: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour[3]
- German Empire:[3]
- Knight of the Black Eagle
- Grand Cross of the Red Eagle
- Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order
- Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore
- Kingdom of Greece: Grand Cross of the Redeemer[3]
- Norway:[3]
- Grand Cross of St. Olav, with Collar, 6 October 1906[5]
- King Haakon VII Freedom Medal
- Sweden: Knight of the Seraphim, 11 September 1906[6]
- Thailand: Grand Cordon of the Order of Chula Chom Klao[3]
- United Kingdom: Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 23 April 1908[7]
Ancestry
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References
Citations
- ^ a b c d e Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, ed. (1977). Burke's Royal Families of the World. Vol. 1. London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd. p. 71.
- ^ "Fødte Mandkøn" [Born Males]. Kirkebog [Parish Register]. 1915-1945 (in Danish). Den Ortodokse Russiske Kirke i København. 1934. p. 14.
- ^ a b c d e f Bille-Hansen, A. C.; Holck, Harald, eds. (1944) [1st pub.:1801]. Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1944 [State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1944] (PDF). Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri. pp. 15–16. Retrieved 3 September 2020 – via da:DIS Danmark.
- ^ Royal Decree of 20 April 1928
- ^ "Den kongelige norske Sanct Olavs Orden", Norges Statskalender (in Norwegian), 1908, p. 869-870, retrieved 17 September 2021
- ^ Sveriges rikskalender (in Swedish), 1909, p. 613, retrieved 2020-09-03 – via runeberg.org
- ^ The London Gazette, issue 28132, p. 3135
Bibliography
- Bramsen, Bo (1992). Huset Glücksborg. Europas svigerfader og hans efterslægt [The House of Glücksburg. The Father-in-law of Europe and his descendants] (in Danish) (2nd ed.). Copenhagen: Forlaget Forum. ISBN 87-553-1843-6.