Louise Mountbatten

Queen of Sweden from 1950 to 1965

"Lady Louise Mountbatten" redirects here. For the granddaughter of Elizabeth II, see Lady Louise Windsor.

Louise Mountbatten

Louise in 1945

Queen consort of Sweden
Tenure| 29 October 1950 – 7 March 1965

Born| Princess Louise of Battenberg
(1889-07-13)13 July 1889
Schloss Heiligenberg, Jugenheim, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire
Died| 7 March 1965(1965-03-07) (aged 75)
Saint Göran Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Burial| 13 March 1965

Royal Cemetery, Solna, Sweden

Spouse|

Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

(m. 1923)​

House| Battenberg (until 1917)
Mountbatten (from 1917)
Father| Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven
Mother| Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
Signature|

Louise Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten (born Princess Louise of Battenberg; 13 July 1889 – 7 March 1965) was Queen of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until her death in 1965 as the wife of King Gustaf VI Adolf. Born a princess of the German House of Battenberg, Louise was closely related to the ruling families of Britain as a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and of Russia as a niece of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. She was also an older sister to Lord Louis Mountbatten. During the First World War, Louise served as a nurse in the Red Cross. She married the widowed Gustaf Adolf in 1923 and assumed the role of Sweden's first lady but did not become queen until his accession in 1950. Queen Louise was noted for her eccentricity and progressive views.

## Early life

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Louise with her parents and sister Alice in 1889 Louise in 1907 by Philip de László

Louise was born a Princess of Battenberg at Schloss Heiligenberg, Seeheim-Jugenheim, in the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Her father, Prince Louis of Battenberg, who was an admiral in the British Royal Navy, renounced his German title during the First World War and anglicised his family name to "Mountbatten" at the behest of George V. He was then created the first Marquess of Milford Haven in the peerage of the United Kingdom. From 1917, therefore, his daughter was known as "Lady Louise Mountbatten". Her mother was Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Louise was a sister of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and of Princess Alice of Battenberg who was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. She was also a niece of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia.

Because of her father's work, the family moved around between different territories in the British Empire, such as Malta, but they returned often to the Heiligenberg outside Darmstadt which they considered their holiday home, always retaining a residence in England. Louise often visited her great-grandmother Queen Victoria on the Isle of Wight with her mother during her childhood.[1] The family is described as harmonious; the parents of Louise lived in a happy loving relationship, not in an arranged marriage, and Louise was particularly close to her brother, with whom she corresponded until her death.[1] Louise and her sister were educated by governesses, except for a brief period at Texter's girls school in Darmstadt.

In 1914, Louise and her mother visited the Russian Empire, and were invited to a trip down the Volga with their Imperial relatives. During her visit, Louise noted the influence of Rasputin with concern.[1] The trip was interrupted by the sudden outbreak of the First World War, and Louise's father telegraphed for them to return immediately. Louise's mother gave her jewellery to the empress for safe keeping, and they left Russia by boat from Hapsal in Estonia and travelled to neutral Sweden, paying for the trip with gold, as their money was suddenly not acceptable currency in Russia.[1] They stayed in Sweden as guests of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and Crown Princess Margaret, her first cousin once removed, at Drottningholm Palace, just one night before they returned to Great Britain.

During the First World War, Louise was first active within the Soldiers and Sailors Families Association and the Smokes for Soldiers and Sailors, but she soon enlisted in the Red Cross for service as a nurse.[1] She was active at a French military hospital in Nevers, and then at a war hospital at Palaves outside Montpellier, from March 1915 until July 1917.[1] She was commended for her hard work, and was awarded The British War and Victory Medals, a medal from the British Red Cross, as well as the Médaille de la Reconnaissance française.[1] After the war, she was active in social work for the children in the slums of Battersea in London.

## Courtships

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In 1909, Louise received a proposal from Manuel II of Portugal. Her grand-uncle, Edward VII, the British monarch, was in favour of the match, but Louise declined, as she wished to marry for love.[1] At the age of twenty, Louise became secretly engaged to Prince Christopher of Greece, but they were forced to give up their relationship for financial reasons.[1] Shortly before World War I broke out, Louise fell in love with a man of whom her parents approved but he was killed in the early days of the war.[2] Later during the war, while she volunteered as a nurse in Nevers, she began a relationship with Alexander Stuart-Hill, a Scottish artist living in Paris. Anticipating that her parents would be disappointed in her choice, Louise kept their engagement a secret. Eventually, she confided in her parents, who were understanding, and invited Stuart-Hill for visits at Kent House twice.[2] In fact, her family, referring to him as "Shakespeare" because of his odd appearance, found him "eccentric" and "affected". Lacking resources, the engaged couple agreed to postpone marriage until after the war. In 1918, however, Louise's father explained to her that Stuart-Hill was most likely homosexual, and that a marriage with him was impossible.[2]

Wedding portrait from 1923 of Lady Louise and Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf

In 1923, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, having been for three years the widower of Louise's mother's cousin Princess Margaret of Connaught, paid a visit to London and, to Louise's surprise, began to court her.[2] Although as a young woman Louise had said that she would never marry a king or a widower, she accepted the proposal of a man destined to be both. However, under §5 of the 1810 Swedish Succession Law (Act 1810:0926), a prince of the Swedish royal house forfeited his right of succession to the throne if he "with or without the King's knowledge and consent, married a private Swedish or foreign man's daughter" (med eller utan Konungens vetskap och samtycke, tager till gemål enskild svensk eller utländsk mans dotter). Once the couple's engagement was announced, there were lively discussions in the media about whether the bride-to-be was constitutionally eligible to become Sweden's future queen.[3] In response, the Swedish Foreign Ministry, citing the law in question, clarified the term "a private Swedish or foreign man's daughter" to mean "he who did not belong to a sovereign family or to a family which, according to international practice, would be equal thereto" (som icke vore medlem av suverän familj eller familj som enligt internationell praxis vore därmed likställd), and announced that the Swedish government had "requested the British government's explanation of Lady Louise Mountbatten's position in this respect."[3] The ministry further announced that following the British government's reply to its inquiry and the subsequent investigation into the matter, it had been determined that the Crown Prince's choice of a future wife was in compliance with the succession law, thereby concluding debate on the imminent nuptials.[3]

On 27 October 1923, Sweden and Britain's respective plenipotentiaries signed the "Treaty between Great Britain and Sweden for the Marriage of Lady Louise Mountbatten with His Royal Highness Prince Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden".[4] The treaty stated, in part, that the kings of the United Kingdom and Sweden "having judged it proper that an alliance should again be contracted between their respective Royal Houses by a marriage...have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles", which articles declared that the marriage would be celebrated in London and duly authenticated, that the couple's financial settlements would be expressed in a separate marriage contract which was declared to be "an integral part of the present Treaty", and that the two nations' ratifications of the treaty would be exchanged in Stockholm, which formally occurred 12 November 1923.

On 3 November 1923, at age 34, Louise married Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf,[5][6] in the Chapel Royal at St. James's Palace in the presence of George V and members of both royal families.

## Crown princess

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Louise as crown princess in 1925

The marriage between Louise and Gustav Adolf was by all accounts a love match and described as very happy.[1] She was also liked by her mother-in-law because of her friendly nature, although they seldom saw each other, as Queen Victoria spent most of her time in Italy. The fact that the queen spent most of her time abroad meant that Louise took on many royal duties from the beginning, which was initially hard for her as she was at this point described as quite shy.

After the queen's death in 1930, Louise was officially the first lady of the nation, expected to perform all the duties of a queen, twenty years before she actually became queen. This meant that Louise was to take over the protection of all the organisations and associations traditionally assigned to the queen. She was made the protector of the Swedish Red Cross, Children's Hospital of Crown Princess Louise, Eugenia Home, Drottningens centralkommitté ('Queen's Emergency Relief Committee'), Arbetsflitens Befrämjande ('The Promoting of Diligence'), Sophiahemmet and Svenska Hemslöjdsföreningarns Riksförbund ('Swedish Handicraft's Society').[1] Regarding this matter, Louise remarked: "It is hard for me to be the protector of different institutions, as I have been accustomed to practical work, as an ordinary person, before my marriage".[1] As a former nurse, a fact she was proud to point out, Louise was interested in improving the working conditions for nurses.

Louise's only child, a daughter, was stillborn on 30 May 1925.

In 1926–1927, the crown princely couple made an international trip around the world to benefit Swedish interests, which was described as a great success, especially the trip to the United States, during which they travelled across the nation from New York City to San Francisco. Public interest was high, and the couple acquired a reputation for being "democratic", after having refused such formalities as greeting the guests at a reception sitting on thrones, which they had been invited to do at the reception of an American millionaire.[1] During an interview in Salt Lake City, Louise stated that she believed in gender equality and that women are fully capable of being active within all professions and in the business world, as well as within politics: "Women are completely intellectually equal to men and, provided they are given sufficient education, are just as capable to deserve respect and admiration as men in this field".[1] In 1934–35, she made a similar trip with Gustav Adolf to Greece and around the Middle East and Africa, called the Orient Tour. In 1936, Louise attended the funeral of George V of the United Kingdom.

The Crown Prince and Crown Princess in 1945

During World War II, Louise was active in aid work within the Red Cross. She collected candles and other non-electric light sources for the needy during the campaign "Vinterljus" (English: Winter Lights).[1] Another contribution was Kronprinsessans Gåvokommitté för Neutralitetsvakten (English: "The Crown Princess Gift Association For the Neutral Defence Forces"), which provided the soldiers mobilised to guard the borders of neutral Sweden with gifts: normally socks, scarfs and caps knitted by contributors from all over the country.[1] As a citizen of a neutral country, Louise was also able to act as a messenger between relatives and friends across warfaring borders.[1] She also provided supplies to many private citizens in this way, such as "two old ladies in Münich", the former German language teacher of her husband's late wife, and the exiled Princess Tatiana of Russia in Palestine. It is said many would have died, had it not been for Louise's help.[1] In 1940, for example, she sent supplies to the British major Michael Smiley of the Rifle Brigade, who was captured and placed in a prisoner of war camp, after his mother-in-law Alicia Pearson had asked for her help.[1] During the Finnish Winter War, Louise set up a home for Finnish war orphans at Ulriksdal Palace.[1]

## Queen consort

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In 1950, Louise became queen after her husband's accession to the throne. Louise is described as a true democrat at heart, and was therefore somewhat disturbed at being celebrated merely in her capacity of queen.[1] In reference to the attention, she remarked: "People look at me as if I were something special. Surely I do not look differently today from how I looked yesterday!"[1]

Louise disliked the strict pre-World War I protocol at court, retained during her mother-in-law's era, and reformed it when she became queen, instituting new guidelines in 1954 which democraticised many old customs. In 1962, she abolished the court presentations, replaced them with "democratic ladies' lunches", to which she invited professional career women, a custom which was to continue under Princess Sibylla after her death.[7] Louise also renovated and redecorated the interior of the Royal Palace in Stockholm.

Queen Louise in 1963

Louise was described as eccentric for royalty and temperamental; she could get very angry, but was said to possess a good heart, a great sense of humour, a sense of self-irony and was able to distinguish between herself and her royal role. She could show her sympathies openly, and this was taken as a sign of her honesty. One courtier commented, "I would describe the queen as a 'gentleman'. She would never avoid acknowledging her own mistakes".[1] Louise is described as a great lover and patriot of her new home country, and was often shocked by Swedish non-patriotic customs.[1] She was a supporter of the political system and democracy in the form it had developed in Sweden[1] and stated her opinion to her relatives that no other political system than the Swedish one had created such a happy development for any nation.[1] Queen Louise also admired Swedish nature and in particular Swedish women, because of what she considered their natural dignity regardless of class,[1] and remarked that she had never seen a country with less vulgarity than Sweden.[1]

Queen Louise had several Pomeranian dogs which she would hide about her person when visiting abroad which caused problems when travelling through customs (which she usually did under the pseudonym "Countess of Gripsholm" or "Mrs Olsson").[citation needed] After having taken summer vacations with her husband in Italy every year, she always departed before he did to visit England prior to returning to Sweden. A popular story told of her alleges that Louise, after almost being hit by a bus in London (because she would often jay-walk), took to carrying a small card with the words, "I am the Queen of Sweden" printed on it, so that people would know who she was in case she was hit by a vehicle.[8] In London, she often stayed at the Hyde Park Hotel, often crossing a heavily trafficked street there to shop, which prompted her note.[1]

In 1963, Louise accompanied her spouse on a state visit to France, where she made a great impression on President Charles de Gaulle. At dinner, she said to him: "I must ask you to excuse my ugly French. My French is the one spoken in the trenches of 1914."[1] De Gaulle later attended her memorial service in Paris, which was the first occasion for a French president to visit the Swedish church there, as well as one of only two occasions de Gaulle visited a memorial service of the kind. Queen Louise's last official engagement was the Nobel Prize dinner of 1964, during which no one noticed that she was in fact already ill.

According to Queen Margrethe II of Denmark it was very difficult for Louise to fill the shoes of her husband's first wife. Margrethe and Louise's other step-grandchildren all used the nickname Ist for Louise because when little they could not say Aunt Louise properly. Louise responded good-naturedly by signing all her letters to them that way.[9]

## Death and funeral

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The grave of Louise, Gustaf Adolf and Margaret on Karlsborg Island in Solna, Sweden

Queen Louise died on 7 March 1965 at Saint Göran Hospital, in Stockholm, Sweden, following emergency surgery after a period of severe illness. She had made her last public appearance at the Nobel Prize Ceremony in December 1964. Queen Louise is buried beside her husband and his first wife, Crown Princess Margaret, in the Royal Cemetery in Solna north of Stockholm.

## Honours

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* Austria: Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria[10]
* Denmark: Knight of the Order of the Elephant[citation needed]
* Finland: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose
* Thailand: Dame Grand Cordon with Chain of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri[11]
* France:
* Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour[citation needed]
* Recipient of the Medal of French Gratitude[1]
* Germany: Grand-Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[citation needed]
* Netherlands:
* Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion[12]
* Recipient of the Queen Juliana Investiture Medal[citation needed]
* Sweden:
* Member of the Royal Order of the Seraphim
* Royal Family Order of King Gustaf V[citation needed]
* Royal Family Order of King Gustaf VI Adolf[citation needed]
* Recipient of the 90th Birthday Badge Medal of King Gustaf V[citation needed]
* Recipient of the 70th Birthday Badge Medal of King Gustaf V[citation needed]
* United Kingdom:
* Recipient of the Royal Red Cross (RRC)[1]
* Recipient of the King George VI Coronation Medal[13]
* Recipient of the British War Medal[1]
* Recipient of the Victory Medal[1]
* Recipient of the Voluntary Medical Service Medal[1]

### Arms and monogram

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* Louise's coat of arms as
Crown Princess of Sweden

* Royal monogram of
Queen Louise of Sweden

* Louise's coat of arms as
Queen of Sweden

## Ancestry

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Queen Louise was the second of the four children of Prince Louis of Battenberg, by his wife Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine and a great-granddaughter of Britain's Queen Victoria. Both Queen Louise and her stepchildren were great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.

Ancestors of Louise Mountbatten

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| 4\. Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine[14]|

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| 9\. Princess Wilhelmine of Baden[16]

| 2\. Prince Louis of Battenberg|

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| 10\. Count John Maurice Hauke[17]

| 5\. Julia, Princess of Battenberg[14]|

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| 11\. Sophie Lafontaine[17]

| 1\. Louise, Queen of Sweden|
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| 12\. Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine[18]

| 6\. Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine[15]|

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| 13\. Princess Elisabeth of Prussia[18]

| 3\. Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine|

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| 14\. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha[15]

| 7\. Princess Alice of the United Kingdom[15]|

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| 15\. Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom[15]

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## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai Fjellman, Margit (1968). Louise Mountbatten, Queen of Sweden. London: Allen Unwin. ISBN 978-0-04-923044-6.
2. ^ a b c d Vickers, Hugo (2003). Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece. Macmillan. pp. 127–130.
3. ^ a b c Lindorm, Erik (1979). Gustaf V och hans tid: en bokfilm. 1919-1927 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. p. 240\. ISBN 9146133771. SELIBR 190148.
4. ^ "Treaty between the United Kingdom and Sweden for the Marriage of Lady Louise Mountbatten with His Royal Highness Prince Gustaf Adolf Crown Prince of Sweden". UK Treaty Series. 002/1924 (Cmd. 2027). 1924.[permanent dead link]
5. ^ Aronson, Theo (1973). Grandmama of Europe: the crowned descendants of Queen Victoria, Part 352. Cassell.
6. ^ Judd, Denis (1976). Eclipse of kings: European monarchies in the twentieth century. Macdonald and Jane's.
7. ^ Tydén-Jordan, Astrid, ed. (1987). Kungligt klädd, kungligt mode [Royally dressed, Royal fashion] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bergh. ISBN 9150208497. SELIBR 7401256.
8. ^ Pigott, Peter (2005). Royal Transport: An Inside Look at the History of Royal Travel. Dundurn Press Ltd. ISBN 1-55002-572-4.
9. ^ ISBN 9789113073583 LIBRIS # 20719361 p 357
10. ^ "Anfragebeantwortung" (PDF). 24 April 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
11. ^ Royal Thai Government Gazette (28 December 1960). "แจ้งความสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์" (thajsky) Dostupné online
12. ^ "Het geheugen van Nederland". geheugenvannederland.nl. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
13. ^ "No. 34453". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 November 1937. p. 7037.
14. ^ a b Battenberg family at the Encyclopædia Britannica
15. ^ a b c d Weir, Alison (1996). Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (Revised ed.). London: Pimlico. pp. 305–307\. ISBN 0-7126-7448-9.
16. ^ a b Metnitz, Gustav Adolf (1953). "Alexander". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 1\. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. p. 192. (full text online).
17. ^ a b Franz, E.G. (2005). Das Haus Hessen: Eine europäische Familie. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag. pp. 164–170\. ISBN 978-3-17-018919-5. OCLC 76873355.
18. ^ a b Franz, Eckhart G. (1987). "Ludwig IV.". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 15\. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 398–400. (full text online).

## Sources

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* Fjellman, Margit (1965). Drottning Louise: en biografi [Queen Louise – A Biography] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. SELIBR 22198.
* Fjellman, Margit (1968). Louise Mountbatten, Queen of Sweden. London: Allen Unwin. ISBN 978-0-04-923044-6.
* Fridh, Kjell (1995). Gamle kungen: Gustaf VI Adolf : en biografi (in Swedish). Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. ISBN 9146164626. SELIBR 7281986.
* Severin, Kid (1963). Vår drottning [Our Queen] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Åhlén & Åkerlund. SELIBR 22696666.
* Ulfsäter-Troell, Agneta (1996). "Drottning Louise" [Queen Louise]. Drottningar är också människor: [sex kvinnoöden på Stockholms slott] [Queens are people too: [six women's fates at Stockholm Palace]] (in Swedish). Smygehamn: Ulfsäter. ISBN 9197276014. SELIBR 7798132.
* Ulfsäter-Troell, Agneta; Söderberg, Marianne (1997). "Louise". Drottning av Sverige (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. – history programme about the six Bernadotte queens consort, from Queen Desirée to Queen Louise (adapted from the book)

## Further reading

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* Louise Mountbatten at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Louise Mountbatten.

* Portraits of Queen Louise of Sweden at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Louise Mountbatten

Battenberg family

Cadet branch of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt

Born: 13 July 1889 Died: 7 March 1965

Swedish royalty
Vacant

Title last held by

Victoria of Baden |  Queen consort of Sweden
1950–1965  | Vacant

Title next held by

Silvia Sommerlath

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House of Bernadotte

Charles XIV John of Sweden / Charles III John of Norway

| Spouses|

* Queen Désirée

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Children|

* King Oscar I**

Children's spouses|

* Queen Josephine***

Oscar I of Sweden and Norway

| Children|

* King Charles XV & IV**
* Prince Gustaf**
* King Oscar II**
* Princess Eugenie**
* Prince August**

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Children's spouses|

* Queen Louise***
* Queen Sophia***
* Princess Therese***

Charles XV of Sweden / Charles IV of Norway

| Children|

* Princess Louise**
* Prince Carl Oscar**

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Oscar II of Sweden and Norway

| Children|

* King Gustaf V**
* Prince Oscar** ^
* Prince Carl**
* Prince Eugen**

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Children's spouses|

* Queen Victoria***
* Princess Ingeborg***

Grandchildren|

* Princess Margaretha**
* Princess Märtha**
* Princess Astrid
* Prince Carl^

Gustaf V of Sweden

| Children|

* King Gustaf VI Adolf**
* Prince Wilhelm**
* Prince Erik**

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Children's spouses|

* Crown Princess Margaret***
* Queen Louise***
* Princess Maria Pavlovna***

Grandchildren|

* Prince Lennart^

Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

| Children|

* Prince Gustaf Adolf
* Prince Sigvard^
* Princess Ingrid
* Prince Bertil
* Prince Carl Johan^

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Children's spouses|

* Princess Sibylla***
* Princess Lilian***

Grandchildren|

* Princess Margaretha
* Princess Birgitta
* Princess Désirée
* Princess Christina
* King Carl XVI Gustaf

Grandchildren's spouses|

* Queen Silvia

Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

| Children|

* Crown Princess Victoria
* Prince Carl Philip
* Princess Madeleine

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Children's spouses|

* Prince Daniel***
* Princess Sofia***

Grandchildren|

* Princess Estelle
* Prince Oscar

**also prince/princess of Norway
^lost his title due to an unequal marriage
***Prince/Princess of Sweden by marriage only

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Battenberg/Mountbatten family

Generations are numbered by their descent from Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and Julia, Princess of Battenberg

1st generation|

* Marie, Princess of Erbach-Schönberg
* Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven
* Alexander I, Prince of Bulgaria
* Prince Henry
* Prince Francis Joseph

2nd generation|

* Alice, Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark
* Louise, Queen of Sweden
* George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven
* Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
* Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke
* Victoria Eugenie, Queen of Spain
* Lord Leopold Mountbatten
* Prince Maurice

3rd generation|

* Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh*
* David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven
* Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma
* Lady Pamela Hicks
* Lady Iris Kemp

4th generation|

* George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven
* Lord Ivar Mountbatten

5th generation|

* Lady Tatiana Dru
* Henry Mountbatten, Earl of Medina

*Not Mountbatten or Battenberg by birth. Adopted the surname Mountbatten from his maternal line on abandoning his patrilineal Greek and Danish princely titles.

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Generations are numbered from the daughters-in-law of Gustav I of Sweden onwards.

1st generation|

* Catherine Jagiellon
* Countess Palatine Maria of Simmern
* Princess Christina of Holstein-Gottorp

2nd generation|

* Archduchess Anna of Austria
* Princess Maria Elizabeth**

3rd generation|

* None

4th generation|

* None

5th generation|

* None

6th generation|

* Princess Louisa Ulrika of Prussia

7th generation|

* Princess Sophia Magdalena of Denmark and Norway
* Princess Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp

8th generation|

* Désirée Clary*

9th generation|

* Princess Louise Amelie of Baden
* Princess Josephine, Duchess of Galliera*

10th generation|

* Princess Louise of the Netherlands*
* Princess Sofia of Nassau*
* Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg*

11th generation|

* Princess Victoria of Baden*
* Princess Ingeborg of Denmark*

12th generation|

* Princess Margaret of Connaught
* Lady Louise Mountbatten
* Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia

13th generation|

* Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
* Lillian May Davies

14th generation|

* None

15th generation|

* Sofia Hellqvist

*also princess of Norway by marriage
**also princess of Sweden by birth

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Swedish royal consorts

* Sigrid the Haughty/Świętosława*^ (late 10th century)
* Aud Haakonsdottir of Lade (990s–995)
* Estrid of the Obotrites (1000–1022)
* Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir^ (1022–1050)
* Astrid Njalsdotter (1050–1060)
* Helena (1079–1084)
* Blotstulka (1084–1087)
* Helena (1088–1105)
* Ingegerd of Norway^ (1105–1118)
* Ragnhild Halstensdotter (1105–1117)
* Ulvhild Håkansdotter^ (1117–1125)
* Richeza of Poland (1127–1130)
* Ulvhild Håkansdotter^ (1134–1148)
* Richeza of Poland (1148–1156)
* Christina Björnsdatter (1156–1160)
* Brigida Haraldsdotter (1160–1161)
* Christina Stigsdatter (1163/1164–1167)
* Cecilia Johansdotter (1167–1190)
* Benedicta Ebbesdotter (1196–1199/1200)
* Ingegerd Birgersdotter (1200–1208)
* Rikissa of Denmark (1210–1216)
* Helena Pedersdatter Strange (1229–1234)
* Katarina Sunesdotter (1243/1244–1250)
* Sophia Eriksdotter (1260–1275)
* Helvig of Holstein (1276–1290)
* Märta Eriksdotter (1298–1318)
* Blanche of Namur (1335–1363)
* Beatrix of Bavaria (1356–1359)
* Margareta Valdemarsdotter* (1363–1364)
* Richardis of Schwerin (1365–1377)
* Philippa of England*^ (1406–1430)
* Dorothea of Brandenburg*^ (1445–1448)
* Karin Karlsdotter (1448)
* Merete Lydekedatter (1448)
* Catherine Karlsdotter (1448–1450)
* Dorothea of Brandenburg*^ (1457–1464)
* Elin Gustavsdotter (1466–1467)
* Christina Abrahamsdotter (1470)
* Ingeborg Tott (1470–1497)
* Christina of Saxony*^ (1497–1501)
* Ingeborg Tott (1501–1503)
* Mette Dyre (1504–1512)
* Christina Gyllenstierna (1512–1520)
* Isabella of Austria*^ (1520–1521)
* Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1531–1533)
* Margaret Leijonhufvud (1536–1551)
* Catherine Stenbock (1552–1560)
* Karin Månsdotter (1567–1568)
* Catherine Jagiellon (1568–1583)
* Gunilla Bielke (1585–1592)
* Anne of Austria (1592–1598)
* Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (1599/1604–1611)
* Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (1620–1632)
* Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1654–1660)
* Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1680–1693)
* Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1718/1719–1720)
* Ulrika Eleonora (1720–1741)
* Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (1751–1771)
* Sophia Magdalena of Denmark (1771–1792)
* Frederica of Baden (1797–1809)
* Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp* (1809–1818)
* Désirée Clary* (1818–1844)
* Josephine of Leuchtenberg* (1844–1859)
* Louise of the Netherlands* (1859–1871)
* Sophia of Nassau* (1872–1907)
* Victoria of Baden (1907–1930)
* Louise Mountbatten (1950–1965)
* Silvia Sommerlath (1976–present)

* * also Queen of Norway
* ^ also Queen of Denmark

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