Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden
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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]
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Crown Prince of Sweden | |||||
Governor-general of Norway | |||||
Tenure | 25 July 1809 – 11 January 1810 | ||||
Predecessor | Jacob Benzon (vacant since 1771) | ||||
Successor | Prince Frederik of Hesse | ||||
Born | (1768-07-09)9 July 1768 Augustenborg Palace, Augustenborg, Denmark | ||||
Died | 28 May 1810(1810-05-28) (aged 41) Kvidinge, Sweden | ||||
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House | Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg | ||||
Father | Friedrich Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg | ||||
Mother | Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön | ||||
Religion | Church of Denmark |
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