Gustave V of Sweden

Gustave V ( Oscar Gustaf Adolf ), born the June 16th 1858, dead the October 29th 1950, king of Sweden of 1907 to its death.

Family

Wire of Oscar II of Sweden and Sophie de Nassau, it is initially titrated duke of Värmeland. In 1881, it marries Victoria de Bade (1862 - 1930), (girl of Frederic Ier de Bade (1826-1907).

Three children were born from this union:

  • Gustave VI (1882 - 1973), king de Suède

  • Érik of Sweden (1889 - 1918), duke of Vestmanland

The July 24th 1907, the king Gustave V accommodates the president of the French Republic Armand Fallières in official trip to Stockholm.

Anecdote

Optimist, it began his will with these words: " If I die,… "

Sources

  • Genealogy of the kings and the princes of Jean Charles Volkmann Edict. Jean-Paul Gisserot (1998)

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