Gustav IV Adolf
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Gustav IV Adolf or Gustav IV Adolph was King of Sweden from 1792 until he was deposed in a coup in 1809. He was also the last Swedish monarch to be the ruler of Finland.
Portrait by Per Krafft the Younger, 1809
Gustav Adolf's parents, King Gustav III and Queen Sophia Magdalena
Gustav Adolf at the age of 7.
Gustav IV Adolf's arrest
Gustav, Prince of Vasa
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Gustav, Prince of Vasa, born Crown Prince of Sweden, was the son of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Queen Frederica. His Austrian princely title was actually spelled Wasa.
Gustav IV Adolf
…On 31 October 1797, he married Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Baden, with whom he had five children: Crown Prince Gustav, after 1809 known as Gustaf Gustafsson, Prince of Vasa (9 November 1799 – 4/5 August 1877). He served as an officer in the service of the Habsburgs of…
Portrait c. 1830
Portrait of Gustav as a boy by Johann Dominik Bossi, 1808