Gustav V of Sweden (Frederick VI of Scandinavia)

Gustav V (1799-1877) was the King of Sweden from 1864-1877. He was the son of the deposed King of Sweden Gustav IV Adolf, and was during his reign the Crown Prince of Sweden. After his fathers abdication he traveled through Europe and joined the Austrian army, where he in 1836 became Field Marshal Lieutenant. After the defeat of Denmark in the Second Schleswig War the danish monarch Christian IX was forced to abdicate the throne of Sweden, and Gustav was welcomed back by the Swedish people and Crowned Gustav V of Sweden. Gustav was married to Princess Louise Amelie of Baden until their divorce in 1843. They had two children, their first born son Louis who died in infancy, and their daughter Carola who converted to Catholicism and married Albert I of Saxony. Gustav was succeeded by his sisters son Wilhelm of Baden.