page_title: Oscar II
section_title: Marriage and children
hierarchical_section_title: Oscar II / Marriage and children
context_page_description: Oscar II was the King of Sweden from 1872 until his death, and was also the final King of Norway from the House of Bernadotte until being deposed in 1905.
  Oscar II was King during a time when both Sweden and Norway were undergoing a period of industrialization and rapid technological progress. His reign also saw the gradual decline of the Union of Sweden and Norway, which culminated in its dissolution in 1905. He was subsequently succeeded as King of Norway by his grandnephew Prince Carl of Denmark under the regnal name Haakon VII, and as King of Sweden by his eldest son, Gustaf V.
  Oscar II is the paternal great-great-grandfather of Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden since 1973 and of Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark. Harald V, King of Norway since 1991, is a great-grandson, while Philippe, King of Belgium since 2013, and Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg since 2000, are great-great-grandsons of Oscar II, all through his third son Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland.
context_section_description: On 6 June 1857 he married in Wiesbaden-Biebrich, Duchy of Nassau (located in present-day Hessen, Germany) Princess Sophia Wilhelmina, the youngest daughter of Duke William of Nassau and Princess Pauline of Württemberg. They had four sons:
  King Gustaf V (1858–1950)
  Prince Oscar, Duke of Gotland, later known as Prince Oscar Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (1859–1953)
  Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland (1861–1951)
  Prince Eugén, Duke of Närke (1865–1947)
  His eldest son Gustaf was Duke of Värmland and succeeded him as King Gustaf V of Sweden from 1907 until 1950, married Princess Victoria of Baden and they had three sons. His second son, Prince Oscar, lost his rights of succession to the throne upon his unequal marriage in 1888 to a former lady-in-waiting, Ebba Munck af Fulkila, and was granted the title of Prince Bernadotte first in Sweden, and from 1892 in Luxembourg, where he also was created Count of Wisborg as an hereditary title for his marital progeny (Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg was the half-brother of his mother, Queen Sophia). The other sons of Oscar II were Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland who married Princess Ingeborg of Denmark; and Prince Eugén, Duke of Närke, who was well known as an artist and remained a bachelor all his life.
caption: Oscar II boating.
  Engraving by Anders Zorn.
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