GUSTAVUS V. (1858— ), king of Sweden, son of Oscar II., king of Sweden and Norway, and Queen Sophia Wilhelmina, was born at Drottningholm on June 16, 1858. He entered the army, and was, like his father, a great traveller. As crown prince he held the title of duke of Warmland. He married in 1881 Vic toria (1862-193o), daughter of Frederick William Louis, grand duke of Baden, and of Louise, princess of Prussia. The duchess of Baden was the granddaughter of Sophia, princess of Sweden, and the marriage of the crown prince thus effected a union be tween the Bernadotte dynasty and the ancient Swedish royal house of Vasa. Gustavus, who had repeatedly acted as regent dur ing his father's absence or illness, became king Dec. 8, The crown prince Gustavus Adolphus (1882— ) married in 1905 Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882-1920), and then, in 1923, Louise, princess of Battenberg. The children of the former marriage were Gustavus Adolphus (b.1906; m. in 1932 Sibylle, princess of Saxe-Coburg-and-Gotha) ; Sigvard (b.1907 ; m. in Erika Patzek, forfeiting his royal rights) ; Ingrid (b.191 o ; m. in Frederick, crown prince of Denmark) ; and the princes Ber til (b.1912) and Carl Johan (b.1916). The King's two younger sons were William, duke of Sudermania (b.1884), and Eric, duke of Westmanland (1889-1918).
See G. Asbrinkt, Konung Gustav V. sextio ar (1918).