Ancestry of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
This table sets out (in a format known as an Ahnentafel) the ancestry of Carl XVI Gustaf, the present King of Sweden, for five generations.
1. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Parents
2. Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
3. Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Grandparents
4. Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (father of 2.)
5. Princess Margaret of Connaught (mother of 2.)
6. Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father of 3.)
7. Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (mother of 3.)
Great-Grandparents
8. Gustav V of Sweden (father of 4.)
9. Victoria of Baden (mother of 4.)
10. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (father of 5.)
11. Princess Luise Margarete of Prussia (mother of 5.)
12. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (father of 6.)
13. Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (mother of 6.)
14. Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, then the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (father of 7.)
15. Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (mother of 7.)
Great-Great-Grandparents
16. Oscar II of Sweden (father of 8.)
17. Princess Sophia of Nassau (mother of 8.), sister of Princess Helena of Nassau, number 27.
18. Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (father of 9.)
19. Princess Louise of Prussia (mother of 9.)
20. Prince Albert (father of 10.)
21. Queen Victoria (mother of 10.)
22. Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (father of 11.)
23. Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau (mother of 11.)
24. Prince Albert (father of 12.) = 20.
25. Queen Victoria (mother of 12.) = 21.
26. George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (father of 13.)
27. Princess Helena of Nassau (mother of 13.), sister of Princess Sophia of Nassau, number 17.
28. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (father of 14.)
29. Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe (mother of 14.)
30. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (father of 15.)
31. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (mother of 15.)
Great-Great-Great-Grandparents
32. Oscar I of Sweden (father of 16.)
33. Josephine of Leuchtenberg (mother of 16.), descendant of Charles IX of Sweden and Christian II of Sweden
34. William, Duke of Nassau (father of 17.), descendant of John II of Sweden
35. Princess Pauline of Württemberg (mother of 17.), descendant of Charles IX of Sweden, Gustav I of Sweden and John II of Sweden
36. Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden (father of 18.), descendant of Charles IX of Sweden and John II of Sweden
37. Princess Sophie of Sweden (mother of 18.), daughter of Gustav IV Adolf and descendant of Christian I of Sweden and John II of Sweden
38. Wilhelm I of Germany (father of 19.)
39. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (mother of 19.), descendant of Charles XI of Sweden
40. Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father of 20.)
41. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (mother of 20.)
42. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (father of 21.)
43. Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (mother of 21. and 63.)
44. Prince Charles of Prussia (father of 22.)
45. Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (mother of 22.), descendant of Charles XI of Sweden
46. Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt (father of 23.)
47. Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia (mother of 23.)
48. Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father of 24.) = 40.
49. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (mother of 24.) = 41.
50. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (father of 25.) = 42.
51. Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (mother of 25.) = 43.
52. George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (father of 26.)
53. Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (mother of 26.)
54. William, Duke of Nassau (father of 27.) = 34.
55. Princess Pauline of Württemberg´(mother of 27.) = 35.
56. Wilhelm, Duke of Glücksburg (father of 28.), descendant of Christian I of Sweden and descendant of medieval Oxenstierna
57. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Cassel (mother of 28.), descendant of Christian I of Sweden
58. George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (father of 29.)
59. Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont (mother of 29.)
60. Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (father of 30.), descendant of Christian I of Sweden and Gustav I of Sweden
61. Countess Louise Sophie of Danneskiold-Samsoe (mother of 30.), bastard-line descendant of Christian I of Sweden
62. Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (father of 31.)
63. Princess Feodora of Leiningen (mother of 31.), daughter of 43.
Ancestry chart
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See also
- Swedish Royal Family
- Swedish monarchs family tree
- House of Mecklenburg, in which a princess of Sweden Euphemia, have ancestors there and (in several ways) in all ruling royal houses of Europe through her son Magnus I of Mecklenburg and grandson Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg
- Carl XVI Gustaf's descent from Birger Jarl and early Kings of Sweden through the Scottish Kings (through Queen Sofia of Denmark)