WI: Prince Christian/Carl August of Augustenborg Lives

Inspired by the thread Paix de Napoléon, my question is what if the Swedish crown prince, a minor Danish princeling (the various branches of the house of Denmark give me a headache when I try and put them in order, so I have no idea where he would've ranked in the Danish succession) had survived to succeed as Carl XIV of Sweden. Who might he have married? What future would there be for his dynasty (since as I understand it, the selection was limited to him and his issue, not his siblings)?
 
Prince Carl, is still unmarries by 28 May 1810, when in OTL he died aged*41 years old from falling off his horse during a military practice in*Kvidinge.

How about marrying Anna Pavlovna of Russia, the eighth child and sixth daughter of*Paul I of Russia*and*Empress Maria Feodorovna, who would be 16 in 1811.

Hedda Hjortsberg – is a single Swedish*ballerina.
 
I'm not sure I understand the asterisks in your post and what his dying has to do with Mlle Hjortsberg, unless he died a la Louis XII.

And for a while I wondered if he could marry Sophie Vilhelmina of Sweden or even let Carl XIII's daughter, Lovisa Hedvig survive. But Sophie's born in 1801, and Lovisa died in 1797 (which brings me to a separate question, Carl XIII and his wife were married in 1774, but their first documented kids are Lovisa in '97 and Carl Adolf (4.7.1798-10.7.1798), why the 23 year gap? Carl had a bastard son by Christina Augusta Fersen in 1772, so clearly he didn't have problems). Also, how did inheritance in Sweden work, they'd had two queens regnant already, but Carl XV's daughter was never groomed for the throne (in fact, I read somewhere that he wanted to change the law to let her succeed:confused:).

But as to Anna Pavlovna as queen of Sweden, I don't think very likely. Gustav IV and her oldest sister were gonna get married and her religion was an issue. Catherine the Great didn't see why Alexandra couldn't stay Orthodox but Gustaf and the Swedish riksrad/privy council refused to allow her to practice her Orthodoxy in private.
 
I'm not sure I understand the asterisks in your post and what his dying has to do with Mlle Hjortsberg, unless he died a la Louis XII.

And for a while I wondered if he could marry Sophie Vilhelmina of Sweden or even let Carl XIII's daughter, Lovisa Hedvig survive. But Sophie's born in 1801, and Lovisa died in 1797 (which brings me to a separate question, Carl XIII and his wife were married in 1774, but their first documented kids are Lovisa in '97 and Carl Adolf (4.7.1798-10.7.1798), why the 23 year gap? Carl had a bastard son by Christina Augusta Fersen in 1772, so clearly he didn't have problems). Also, how did inheritance in Sweden work, they'd had two queens regnant already, but Carl XV's daughter was never groomed for the throne (in fact, I read somewhere that he wanted to change the law to let her succeed:confused:).

But as to Anna Pavlovna as queen of Sweden, I don't think very likely. Gustav IV and her oldest sister were gonna get married and her religion was an issue. Catherine the Great didn't see why Alexandra couldn't stay Orthodox but Gustaf and the Swedish riksrad/privy council refused to allow her to practice her Orthodoxy in private.

Glad to spark some interest!

For the succession: the Swedish constitution in 1809 only allowed for inheritance in the male line and basically forbade female succession. One of the 19th century Swedish Kings was succeeded by his nephew because of this, IIRC.

As for Anna, I don't see it happening before the 1820s. I mean, Bernadotte's succession saw two Catholic Queen Consorts and they were allowed to worship in private. Ofc, without Bernadotte's succession means there isn't that issue. So Charles August would probably need to marry a Protestant bride most likely. In that case, it's off to Germany he goes!
 
Glad to spark some interest!

For the succession: the Swedish constitution in 1809 only allowed for inheritance in the male line and basically forbade female succession. One of the 19th century Swedish Kings was succeeded by his nephew because of this, IIRC.

As for Anna, I don't see it happening before the 1820s. I mean, Bernadotte's succession saw two Catholic Queen Consorts and they were allowed to worship in private. Ofc, without Bernadotte's succession means there isn't that issue. So Charles August would probably need to marry a Protestant bride most likely. In that case, it's off to Germany he goes!

My thoughts would be that he'd probablylook for a bride who has connections to the previous house (why I wondered about Sofia and Lovisa), but the closest relations of theirs are descended from a brother to Adolf Frederik of Holstein, and there are no girls there until the OTL Queen of Greece (who suffered from Müllerian agnesis) and Countess von Washington.

The Russian Imperial family descends from the sister of Carl XII, but Pyotr III's dad was passed over due to his Russian wife. Plus, the abovementioned religious issues.

Then Baden has the next best claim (actually better than Adolf Frederik's line by my reckoning), but the closest girls are either the queen of Sweden's youngest sister, the grand duchess of Darmstadt (married 1804) or her niece (b. 1811).

So, any suggestions for a queen for him will be welcome.
 
Another thing I've been wondering is as to this Carl XIV's views. From what I can make out, despite his age, he seems to be pretty much a blank slate. Any thoughts?
 
Thanks Urbanus:

However the article speaks of (I assume around mid-1790 following the chronology of the article):

In such a hunting trip he contracted by imprudence an evil for which he was never again completely health; hot and thirsty, he drank a cold source and fell immediately in impotence. He retained, however, a brystbeklemmelse that often caused him much trouble.

Was this impotence "common" knowledge, since I could imagine that this would preclude the procreation of heirs if he...couldn't stand at attention. So, then when Carl/Christian gets near the end of his life, Sweden's going to have to have another election to search for another landless prince to get the crown, won't they?
 
I likewise wasn't aware of his impotency, but it does raise the problem of a second Gustav IV being born. A palace is a porous environment, chambermaids, footmen and hell, even the king's physician talk. And once news get out that the king can't perform, no one is going to not question the paternity of any child his queen produces. That said, it seems the Swedish parliament would then have to hold another election as soon as Carl XIII kicks for an heir to Carl XIV. One more question, did they know of this impediment when they elected him? What are the chances in 1818 of them electing Gustav 'V' as heir to the throne?
 
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