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Carl Gustav of Sweden

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Carl Gustav of Sweden

Original Name
Karl Gustaf
Birth
Death
14 Feb 1687 (aged 1 month)
Burial
Riddarholmen, Stockholms kommun, Stockholms län, Sweden Add to Map
Plot
Karolinska gravkoret (Caroline Chapel)
Memorial ID
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Prince. In English also called Charles. Of the Wittelsbach Dynasty, he was the fifth and youngest son of King Carl XI and Queen Ulrica Eleanor the Elder, named for his paternal grandfather King Carl X Gustav of Sweden.
"Tell us, thou clear and heav'nly tongue:
Where are the babes but lately sprung?
Lie they the lily-banks among?"
- Robert Herrick
Prince. In English also called Charles. Of the Wittelsbach Dynasty, he was the fifth and youngest son of King Carl XI and Queen Ulrica Eleanor the Elder, named for his paternal grandfather King Carl X Gustav of Sweden.
"Tell us, thou clear and heav'nly tongue:
Where are the babes but lately sprung?
Lie they the lily-banks among?"
- Robert Herrick


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