father death_date death_place mother birth_place house image_size title birth_date styles spouse issue image article_title
gustaf vi adolf of sweden 26 january 1947 kastrup airfield , copenhagen , denmark princess margaret of connaught stockholm palace , stockholm , sweden house of bernadotte 200 duke of västerbotten 22 april 1906 '' '' prince gustaf adolf of sweden hrh '' the duke of västerbotten '' hrh princess 1932 january 26,1947 w sibylla of saxe-coburg and gotha october 19 , princess , baroness silfverschiöld princess christina , mrs. magnuson carl xvi margaretha gustaf of sweden , mrs. ambler princess birgitta princess désirée bianca 1939.jpg wallin - porträtt av prins gustaf adolf , prince gustaf adolf , duke of västerbotten

prince gustaf adolf , duke of västerbotten

prince gustaf adolf oscar fredrik arthur edmund , duke of västerbotten -lrb- 22 april 1906 -- 26 january 1947 -rrb- was a swedish prince and heir to the swedish throne .
born in stockholm , he was the eldest son of prince gustaf adolf of sweden -lrb- the future king gustaf vi adolf -rrb- and his first wife princess margaret of connaught and a great-grandson of queen victoria .
gustaf adolf was the father of the current king , carl xvi gustaf .
he was known by his last given name , edmund , in the family .
the prince was killed on 26 january 1947 in an airplane crash at kastrup airport , copenhagen , denmark .
