ROYAL FAMILY TREE

Tracing the family history of the English and Scottish Royal Family back over 1000 years

Carl XVI Gustaf
1946

Carl XVI Gustaf
  • Born Tue, 30 April 1946
  • Haga Palace, Solna
Details
Parents
  • King of Sweden
  • Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus
  • Age: 78 years, 7 months, 18 days

The longest-reigning monarch in Swedish history,

father

  • Gustaf Adolf
  • 1906 - 1947

mother

  • Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
  • 1908 - 1972
Siblings

Sister

Margaretha
  • Margaretha
  • 1934

Sister

Birgitta of Sweden
  • Birgitta of Sweden
  • 1937 - 2024

Sister

Désirée
  • Désirée
  • 1938

Sister

Christina
  • Christina
  • 1943
Family

Wife

Silvia
  • Silvia
  • 1943
  • Married Saturday, 19 June 1976
  • at Stockholm Cathedral, Stockholm
  • Groom was 30 Bride was 32
  • Marriage has lasted 48 years, 5 months, 29 days

Daughter

Victoria of Sweden
  • Victoria of Sweden
  • 1977

Son

Carl Philip
  • Carl Philip
  • 1979

Daughter

Madeleine of Sweden
  • Madeleine of Sweden
  • 1982