1. Charles XV was the first one to be born in Sweden, the first to grow up speaking Swedish as his first language, and the first to be raised from birth in the Lutheran faith.
11 Facts About Charles XV
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Charles XV was born in Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, in 1826 and dubbed Duke of Scania at birth.
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Charles XV became Regent on 25 September 1857, and king on the death of his father on 8 July 1859.
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The couple was personally quite dissimilar; Louise was a cultured and refined woman she was considered to be quite plain and Charles XV was disappointed with her appearance.
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Charles XV's reign was remarkable for its manifold and far-reaching reforms.
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Charles XV helped Louis De Geer to carry through his reform of the Parliament of Sweden in 1866.
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Charles XV, like his father Oscar I, was an advocate of Scandinavianism and the political solidarity of the three northern kingdoms, and his friendship with Frederick VII of Denmark, it is said, led him to give half promises of help to Denmark on the eve of the war of 1864, which, in the circumstances, were perhaps misleading and unjustifiable.
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In view of the unpreparedness of the Swedish army and the difficulties of the situation, Charles XV was forced to observe a strict neutrality.
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Charles XV was followed on the thrones of both Norway and Sweden by his brother, crowned Oscar II.
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Charles XV attained some eminence as a painter and as a poet.
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In 1872, Charles XV had controversial plans to enter a non-morganatic marriage with the Polish countess Maria Beatrix Krasinska through the assistance of Ohan Demirgian, plans that aroused opposition both in the Royal house and Government and which were interrupted only by his death.