Prince August, Duke of Dalarna

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Swedish Royalty
House of Bernadotte

Charles XIV John Children    Oscar I Oscar I Children    Charles XV    Gustaf, Duke of Upland    Oscar II    Princess Eugenie    August, Duke of Dalarna Charles XV Children    Lovisa, Queen of Denmark    Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland Oscar II Children    Gustaf V    Oscar, Duke of Gotland    Eugén, Duke of Närke    Carl, Duke of Västergötland Grandchildren    Princess Margaretha    Märtha, Crown Princess of Norway    Astrid, Queen of Belgium    Carl, Duke of Östergötland Gustaf V Children    Gustaf VI Adolf    Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland    Erik, Duke of Västmanland Gustaf VI Adolf Children    Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten    Sigvard, Duke of Uppland    Ingrid, Queen of Denmark    Bertil, Duke of Halland    Carl Johan, Duke of Dalarna Grandchildren    Princess Margaretha    Princess Birgitta    Princess Désirée    Princess Christina    Carl XVI Gustaf Carl XVI Gustaf Children    Crown Princess Victoria    Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland    Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland

Prince Carl Nikolaus August, Duke of Dalarna of the Royal House of Bernadotte (August 24, 1831 - March 4, 1873) was the youngest of the five issue of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg. He married Princess Therese Amalie von Sachsen-Altenburg,^[1] or Saxe-Altenburg, Duchess of Saxony^[2], daughter of Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg. The marriage did not produce issue.^[1]

Born in Drottningholm Palace, his eldest sibling was King Carl XV of Sweden.^[1] On 16 April 1864 in Altenburg, the Duke married Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg, eldest daughter of Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg. In Sweden, his wife was styled Princess Theresia. Princess Theresia died at Haga Palace, Stockholm, 9 November 1914.^[2]

The Prince was very interested in trains and locomotives, and a locomotive was named after him. Since it was commonly known the Prince was not so very bright this led to the expression "dummare än tåget", (literally translated "more stupid than the train"), an expression still in use in the Swedish languague, although it is not very commonly known anymore that it is actually derived from a Prince of the Royal House in the 19th century.

Prince Carl Nikolaus August died at the age of 41 in the Royal Palace of Stockholm.^[1]

[edit] Ancestry

16. Jean Bernadotte

8. Jean Henri Bernadotte

17. Marie du Pucheu

4. Charles XIV John of Sweden

18. Jean de Saint Vincent

9. Jeanne de Saint Vincent

19. Marie d'Abbadie de Sireix

2. Oscar I of Sweden

20. Joseph Clary

10. François Clary

21. Françoise Agnes Ammoric

5. Désirée Clary

22. Joseph Ignace Somis

11. Françoise Rose Somis

23.

1. Prince August, Duke of Dalarna

24. François de Beauharnais, Marquess de la La Ferté-Beauharnais

12. Alexandre, vicomte de Beauharnais

25. Marie Anne Henriette Françoise Pyvart de Chastulle

6. Eugène de Beauharnais

26. Joseph-Gaspard de Tascher

13. Joséphine de Tascher de La Pagerie

27. Rose-Claire des Vergers de Sanois

3. Duchess Josephine of Leuchtenberg

28. Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken

14. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria

29. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach

7. Princess Augusta of Bavaria

30. Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt

15. Princess Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt

31. Countess Marie Luise of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim

Prince August, Duke of Dalarna House of Bernadotte Born: 24 August 1831 Died: 4 March 1873
Swedish royalty
Preceded by None	Duke of Dalarna	Succeeded by Carl Johan Bernadotte

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} The Peerage # 105635
2. ^ ^{a b} Henri van Oene's Royal Genealogies