Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden

Charles August
Crown Prince of Sweden
1809 portrait by Per Krafft (the Older)
Governor-general of Norway
Tenure25 July 1809 – 11 January 1810
PredecessorJacob Benzon
(vacant since 1771)
SuccessorPrince Frederik of Hesse
Born(1768-07-09)9 July 1768
Augustenborg Palace, Augustenborg, Denmark
Died28 May 1810(1810-05-28) (aged 41)
Kvidinge, Sweden
Burial
Names
Christian August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenborg
HouseSchleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
FatherFriedrich Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
MotherCharlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
ReligionChurch of Denmark

Charles August or Carl August (9 July 1768 – 28 May 1810) was a Danish prince.[1] He is best known for serving as Crown Prince of Sweden briefly in 1810, adopted by Charles XIII, before his sudden death from a stroke. Earlier, he had been a general in the Royal Danish Army as well as the Governor-general of Norway. His name before assuming the Swedish title in 1810 was Christian August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, or Christian August of Augustenburg for short.[2]

  1. ^ Burke's Royal Families of the World I ISBN 0-85011-023-8 p. 278
  2. ^ Christian August, Prins af Slesvig-Holsten-Sønderborg-Augustenborg (Dansk biografisk Lexikon)