Gustav V of Sweden
Gustav V of Sweden (June 16, 1858 - October 29, 1950) became king of Sweden in 1907.
He married Princess Victoria of Baden on September 20, 1881. She was the granddaughter of Sofia of Sweden, and her marriage to Gustav V united the reigning Bernadotte dynasty with the former royal house of Vasa.
During a series of scandals in the 1950s known as the Haijby affair (which was in turn a continuation of the Kejne affair) it came to public knowledge that the king was, and had always been bisexual. This is said to have "made virtually no difference to his marriage."
Children:
- Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (1882-1973)
- Wilhelm, Duke of Söndermanland (1884-1965)
- Erik, Duke of Västmanland (1889-1918)
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Preceded by: Oscar II | List of Swedish monarchs |
Succeeded by: Gustav VI Adolf |
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A spirit of peace within the household dwelt.
To soften him, wrought with all the woe at home
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And he with homely wisdom shaped the lad
Alas! the kind sea-farer with them stayed.
The season came when crickets cease to sing
Softly toward death. Then, on a boisterous morn
To wrest some last leaf from them, he arose
His fading, half in doubt, and half afraid,
Entering the past he seemed, and not a life
In the orchard, dreamed a breath's space that the man
But so he died, and, ceasing, made request
None other mark desired he but the stone
In heavy memory of him thought dead.
They marked the earth with one more mound beside
That looked out seaward. There you ever hear
And there, in autumn, windfalls, showering thick
With unrebounding stroke. All round about
Sprouts from his prostrate heart in fine-poised grace
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