Gustav, Prince of Vasa
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Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden (November 9, 1799 – August 5, 1877), later Gustaf Gustafsson von Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Vasa) was the son of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Frederica of Baden.
When he was ten years old, his father was deposed by military coup and the family were forced into exile. The Gustavian party tried to get him accepted as crown prince in 1809 and 1810, but were unsuccessful.
In 1816, he was created Count of Itterburg. Gustaf also served as an officer to the Habsburgs of Austria, and in 1829, Emperor Francis II of Austria created him Prince of Vasa, and was made a Fieldmarshall-Lieutenant in the Austrian army in 1836
On 9 November, 1830, he married Princess Luise Amelie Stephanie of Baden. A son was born in 1832, but died shortly after birth. Their daughter, Princess Carola of Vasa married the Catholic King Albert I of Saxony, but they had no children.
Gustaf died on 5 August, 1877. In 1884, his remains were moved to Stockholm, to be buried beside his father.
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