Prince Gustav of Denmark
{{Short description|Danish prince (1887–1944)}}
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| name = Prince Gustav
| full name = Christian Frederik Wilhelm Valdemar Gustav
| image = GustavDenmark.jpg
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| reign =
| house = Glücksburg
| spouse =
| issue =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1887|3|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Charlottenlund Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|10|5|1887|3|4|df=y}}
| death_place = Egelund Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark
| father = Frederik VIII of Denmark
| mother = Louise of Sweden
| burial_place = Roskilde Cathedral
| signature = Signature of Prince Gustav of Denmark.svg
}}
Prince Gustav of Denmark (Christian Frederik Vilhelm Valdemar Gustav; 4 March 1887 – 5 October 1944) was a member of the Danish royal family. He was the fourth and youngest son and seventh child of King Frederik VIII and Queen Louise.
Early life
File:Charlottenlund Slot Feb06.jpg, photographed in 2006]]
Prince Gustav was born on 4 March 1887 at his parents' country residence, the Charlottenlund Palace north of Copenhagen, during the reign of his paternal grandfather, King Christian IX.{{cite book|editor1-last=Montgomery-Massingberd|editor1-first=Hugh|editor1-link=Hugh Massingberd|title=Burke's Royal Families of the World|volume=1|location=London, U.K.|publisher=Burke's Peerage Ltd|year=1977|page=71}} He was the seventh child and fourth son of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and his wife Louise of Sweden. His father was the eldest son of King Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel, and his mother was the only daughter of King Charles XV of Sweden and Norway and Louise of the Netherlands. He was baptised with the names Christian Frederik Wilhelm Valdemar Gustav, and was known as Prince Gustav.
File:August Jerndorff - Kronprinsesse Louise med Prins Gustav i Slotsparken.png and Prince Gustav. Painting by August Jerndorff (about 1890)]]
Prince Gustav was raised with his siblings in the royal household in Denmark and grew up between his parents' residence in Copenhagen, the Frederik VIII's Palace at the Amalienborg Palace complex, and their country retreat, the Charlottenlund Palace, located by the coastline of the Øresund strait north of the city.
Later life
On 2 February 1935 in the Russian Orthodox Church in Copenhagen he was, together with his cousin Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia and her husband colonel Nikolai Kulikovsky, a godparent at the christening of Alexander Schalburg, son of first lieutenant in the Royal Danish Life Guards and a leading figure of the Danish Waffen-SS unit Free Corps Denmark, Christian Frederik von Schalburg.{{cite book|author= |title= Kirkebog |location= Den Ortodokse Russiske Kirke i København |series= 1915-1945 |chapter= Fødte Mandkøn |page= 14 |year= 1934 |trans-chapter=Born Males |trans-title=Parish Register |language= Danish }}
Prince Gustav died on 5 October 1944 at his estate Egelund House north of Copenhagen in North Zealand, Denmark.
Title, style and honours
=Title and style=
- 4 March 1887 – 5 October 1944: His Royal Highness Prince Gustav of Denmark
=Honours=
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- {{flag|Denmark}}:{{cite book |year=1944 |orig-year=1st pub.:1801 |editor1-last=Bille-Hansen |editor1-first=A. C. |editor2-last=Holck |editor2-first=Harald |title=Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1944 |trans-title=State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1944 |url=https://dis-danmark.dk/bibliotek/918033.pdf#page=33 |format=PDF |series=Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender |language=da |location=Copenhagen |publisher=J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri |pages=15–16|access-date=3 September 2020 |via=:da:DIS Danmark}}
- Commemorative Medal for King Christian IX and Queen Louise's Golden Wedding Anniversary, 1892
- Knight of the Elephant, 4 March 1905
- Cross of Honour of the Order of the Dannebrog, 4 March 1905
- Commemorative Medal for King Christian IX's 100th Birthday, 1918
- Commemorative Medal for King Frederik VIII's 100th Birthday, 1943
- {{flag|Belgium}}: Grand Cordon of the Royal Order of Leopold, 20 April 1928Royal Decree of 20 April 1928
- {{flagcountry|French Third Republic}}: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- {{flag|German Empire}}:
- Knight of the Black Eagle
- Grand Cross of the Red Eagle
- {{flagicon|Saxe-Coburg and Gotha}} {{flagicon|Saxe-Altenburg}} {{flagicon|Saxe-Meiningen}} Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order
- {{Flagicon image|Flagge Großherzogtümer Mecklenburg.svg}} Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore
- {{flagicon|Greece|royal}} Kingdom of Greece: Grand Cross of the Redeemer
- {{flag|Norway}}:
- Grand Cross of St. Olav, with Collar, 6 October 1906{{citation|title=Norges Statskalender|language=Norwegian|year=1908|page=869-870|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bFU1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA869|chapter=Den kongelige norske Sanct Olavs Orden|access-date=17 September 2021|author1=Norway }}
- King Haakon VII Freedom Medal
- {{flag|Sweden}}: Knight of the Seraphim, 11 September 1906{{citation|title=Sveriges rikskalender|year=1909|page=613|url=https://runeberg.org/rikskal/1909/0697.html|via=runeberg.org|access-date=2020-09-03|language=sv}}
- {{flag|Thailand}}: Grand Cordon of the Order of Chula Chom Klao
- {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}: Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 23 April 1908[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28132/page/3135 The London Gazette], issue 28132, p. 3135
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Ancestry
{{See also|Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark}}
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|1= 1. Prince Gustav of Denmark
|2= 2. Frederik VIII of Denmark
|3= 3. Princess Louise of Sweden
|4= 4. Christian IX of Denmark
|5= 5. Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel
|6= 6. Charles XV of Sweden
|7= 7. Princess Louise of the Netherlands
|8= 8. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
|9= 9. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel
|10= 10. Prince William of Hesse-Kassel
|11= 11. Princess Charlotte of Denmark
|12= 12. Oscar I of Sweden
|13= 13. Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg
|14= 14. Prince Frederick of the Netherlands
|15= 15. Princess Louise of Prussia
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References
=Citations=
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=Bibliography=
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- {{Cite book|last=Bramsen|first=Bo|year=1992|title=Huset Glücksborg. Europas svigerfader og hans efterslægt.|trans-title=The House of Glücksburg. The Father-in-law of Europe and his descendants|edition=2nd|publisher=Forlaget Forum|location=Copenhagen|isbn=87-553-1843-6|language=da}}
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Category:House of Glücksburg (Denmark)
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