Family and Issue
Gustaf Adolf married, firstly, Princess Margaret of Connaught on 15 June 1905 in St. George's Chapel, at Windsor Castle. Princess Margaret was the daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of the United Kingdom. She was called Margareta in Sweden.
Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden died suddenly on 1 May 1920 of an infection following surgery. At the time, she was eight months pregnant and expecting her sixth child.
He married, secondly, Lady Louise Mountbatten, formerly Princess Louise of Battenberg, on 3 November 1923 at St. James's Palace. She was the sister of Lord Mountbatten and aunt of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. It was Lady Louise who became Queen of Sweden. Both Queen Louise and her stepchildren were great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
King Gustaf VI Adolf and Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden had five children:
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gustaf Adolf !Prince Gustav Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten | 01906-04-2222 April 1906 | 1947-01-26 !26 January 1947(1947-01-26) (aged 40) | died in a plane crash, father of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden |
| Sigvard !Prince Sigvard, Duke of Uppland | 01907-06-077 June 1907 | 2002-02-04 !4 February 2002(2002-02-04) (aged 94) | later Count Sigvard Bernadotte af Wisborg |
| Ingrid !Princess Ingrid | 01910-03-2828 March 1910 | 2000-11-07 !7 November 2000(2000-11-07) (aged 90) | later Queen of Denmark; wife of Frederick IX of Denmark and mother of the present Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece |
| Bertil !Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland | 01912-02-2828 February 1912 | 1997-01-05 !5 January 1997(1997-01-05) (aged 84) | married Lillian Davies, no issue |
| Carl Johan !Prince Carl Johan, Duke of Dalarna | 01916-10-3131 October 1916 | 2012-05-05 !5 May 2012(2012-05-05) (aged 95) | later Count Carl Johan, Bernadotte af Wisborg, married Countess Gunilla Wachtmeister af Johannishus, had adopted issue |
Gustaf Adolf's second marriage to Louise produced only one stillborn daughter on 30 May 1925.
While his first wife Margareta visited her native Britain in the early years of their marriage, it was widely rumored in Sweden that Gustaf Adolf had an affair there with operetta star Rosa Grünberg. Swedish vocalist Carl-Erik Olivebring (1919–2002) in a press interview admitted to being an extramarital son of Gustaf VI Adolf, a claim taken seriously by the king's biographer Kjell Fridh (1944–1998).
King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden was the grandfather of both his direct successor King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and also of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.
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