Charles I of the United Kingdoms of Scandinavia

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Charles I
Karl August, 1768-1810, Duke of Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Crown Prince of Sweden - Nationalmuseum - 39744.tif
King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Reign3 December 1839 - 11 February 1845
Coronation20 February 1840
PredecessorTitle established
SuccessorCharles II
King of Sweden and Norway
Reign5 February 1818 - 3 December 1839
Coronation11 May 1818
PredecessorCharles XIII and II
SuccessorHimself (as King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden)
Governor-general of Norway
Tenure25 July 1809 - 11 January 1810
PredecessorJacob Benzon
SuccessorPrince Frederik of Hesse
BornChristian August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenborg
(1768-07-09)9 July 1768
Augustenborg Palace, Augustenborg, Denmark
Died19 February 1845(1845-02-19) (aged 76)
Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden
Burial
Princess Louise Augusta of Denmark
IssueCharles II
Full name
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 I, or Carl I (9 July 1768 - 11 February 1845) was the first King of the United Kingdoms of Scandinavia. Originally a Danish prince serving as the Governor-general of Norway, he was adopted by the childless King Charles XIII of Sweden, whom he later succeeded upon the latter's death. On November 4th 1814, during the latter stages of the Napoleonic Wars, as the Swedish crown prince, he led a peaceful conquest of Norway from his former Danish overlord, King Frederick VI of Denmark. Ultimately, upon the latter's own death in 1839, which had left the Danish throne temporarily vacant due to the former king's lack of natural heirs, Charles, then the King of Sweden-Norway was elected as the new King of Denmark, thereby unifying the three Scandinavian kingdoms once more under one respective ruler since Sweden's own secession from the [revious Kalmar Union in 1539.

Early Life

Governor-general of Norway

Crown Prince of Sweden

King of Sweden-Norway

King of Scandinavia

Marriage

Death

Ancestry