Ancestry of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

This table sets out (in a format known as an Ahnentafel) the ancestry of Carl XVI Gustaf, the present King of Sweden, for five generations.

1. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

Parents

2. Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten <br>3. Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Grandparents

4. Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (father of 2.)<br>5. Princess Margaret of Connaught (mother of 2.)<br>6. Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father of 3.)<br>7. Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (mother of 3.)

Great-Grandparents

8. Gustav V of Sweden (father of 4.)<br>9. Victoria of Baden (mother of 4.)<br>10. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (father of 5.)<br>11. Princess Luise Margarete of Prussia (mother of 5.)<br>12. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (father of 6.)<br>13. Princess Helena of Waldeck (mother of 6.)<br>14. Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, then the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (father of 7.)<br>15. Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (mother of 7.)

Great-Great-Grandparents

16. Oscar II of Sweden (father of 8.)<br>17.......
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