Prince Nikolaus August of Sweden and Norway, Duke of
Dalarna
Dalarna () is a '' landskap'' (historical province) in central Sweden. English exonyms for it are Dalecarlia () and the Dales.
Dalarna adjoins Härjedalen, Hälsingland, Gästrikland, Västmanland and Värmland
Värmland () also known a ...
(24 August 1831 – 4 March 1873) was the youngest of the five children of King
Oscar I of Sweden
Oscar I (born Joseph François Oscar Bernadotte; 4 July 1799 – 8 July 1859) was King of Sweden and Norway from 8 March 1844 until his death. He was the second monarch of the House of Bernadotte.
The only child of King Charles XIV John, Oscar i ...
and
Josephine of Leuchtenberg
Joséphine of Leuchtenberg (Joséphine Maximilienne Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais; 14 March 1807 – 7 June 1876) was Queen of Sweden and Norway from 8 March 1844 to 8 July 1859 as the wife of King Oscar I. She was also Princess of Bologna f ...
.
Biography
Early life
Born in
Drottningholm Palace
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in
Ekerö
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Sports
The ...
,
Stockholm County
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, his eldest sibling was King
Carl XV of Sweden.
During parts of 1849–1853, he was a student at
Uppsala University
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. On 10 December 1851, he was made an honorary member of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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.
Marriage
On 16 April 1864 in
Altenburg
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, the Duke married
Princess Therese Amalie of Saxe-Altenburg (
Ansbach
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, 21 December 1836 -
Haga Palace
Haga Palace ( sv, Haga slott), formerly known as the Queen's Pavilion ( sv, Drottningens paviljong), is located in the Haga Park, Solna Municipality in Metropolitan Stockholm, Sweden. The palace, built between 18021805, was modelled after balle ...
,
Stockholm
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, 9 November 1914),
Duchess of Saxony,
eldest daughter of
Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg
Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg (Hildburghausen, 3 July 1804 – Munich, 16 May 1852), was a German prince of the ducal house of Saxe-Hildburghausen (of Saxe-Altenburg from 1826).
Family
He was the seventh but fourth surviving son of Frederic ...
and his first wife
Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
, title = Princess Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg
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, spouse =Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg(m. 1835)
, issue = Princess Therese, Duchess of Dalarna Antoinette, Duchess of Anhalt Prince Ludwig Josep ...
. The marriage did not produce issue.
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/ref> In Sweden, his wife was styled ''Princess Teresia.''
The Prince was very interested in trains and locomotives, and a locomotive was named after him. Since it was commonly thought the Prince was not very bright, this led to the expression ''"dummare än tåget"'' (lit. "more stupid than the train"), an expression still in use in the Swedish language.
Prince August died at the age of 41 of pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. The severity ...
at the Stockholm Palace
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, Stockholm
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.
Honours and arms
Honours
He received the following orders and decorations:
Arms
File:Armoiries du Prince Auguste de Suede et de Norvège, duc de Dalécarlie de 1831 a 1844.svg, Arms of Prince August from 1831 to 1844
File:Armoiries du Prince Auguste duc de Dalécarlie de 1844 à 1873.svg, Arms of Prince August after 1844
Ancestry
References
People from Ekerö Municipality
House of Bernadotte
Norwegian princes
Swedish princes
Dukes of Dalarna
Swedish people of French descent
Uppsala University alumni
Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
1831 births
1873 deaths
Burials at Riddarholmen Church
Deaths from pneumonia in Sweden
Knights of the Order of Charles XIII
Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword
Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star
Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
Recipients of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Russia)
Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class
Sons of kings
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