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GUSTAVUS V

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 739 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GUSTAVUS V  . (1858– ), See also:

king of See also:Sweden, son of Oscar II., king of Sweden and See also:Norway, and See also:Queen See also:Sophia See also:Wilhelmina, was See also:born at Drottningholm on the 16th of See also:June 1858 . He entered the See also:army, and was, like his See also:father, a See also:great traveller . As See also:crown See also:prince he held the See also:title of See also:duke of Warmland . He married in 1881 See also:Victoria (b . 1862), daughter of See also:Frederick See also:William See also:Louis, See also:grand duke of See also:Baden, and of See also:Louise, princess of See also:Prussia . The duchess of Baden was the granddaughter of Sophia, princess of Sweden, and the See also:marriage of the crown prince thus effected a See also:union between the Bernadotte See also:dynasty and the See also:ancient See also:Swedish royal See also:house of See also:Vasa . During the See also:absence or illness of his father Gustavus repeatedly acted as See also:regent, and was therefore already thoroughly versed in public affairs when he succeeded to the Swedish See also:throne on the 8th of See also:December 1907, the crown of Norway having been separated from that of Sweden in 1905 . He took as his See also:motto " With the See also:people for the Fatherland." The crown prince, Oscar Frederick William Gustavus See also:Adolphus, duke of Scania (b . 1882), married in 1905 Princess See also:Margaret of See also:Connaught (b . 1882), niece of King See also:Edward VII . A son was born to them at See also:Stockholm on the 22nd of See also:April 1906, and another son in the following See also:year .

The king's two younger sons were William, duke of Sudermania (b . 1884), and See also:

Eric, duke of Westmanland (b . 1889) .

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