Augustus duke of Delacarlia

Augustus dk of Delacarlia (1831-73) and his wife Teresa Saxe Altenburg (1836-1914)

I know Pr.Augustus was the younger son of king Oscar I and therefore was much out of the limelight, but even so what can be said about him and his wife Pss. Teresa of Saxe Altenburg.

Any photos of the couple ?

                                 

Prince August, duke of Dalarna (older Swedish Dalarne) as his dukedom was called in Swedish, was, it is said, not very smart, and neither was his wife. He died after some nine years of marriage (1873), but his wife Teresia (as she was known in Sweden) lived as a family inventary until 1914 and was known by the royal children as "the lady who never spoke" (Swedish: Damen som aldrig sade något.). It is said that August's nickname for Teresia was "Lilla Hoppetossan" - this nickname is untranslatable.


If you scroll to the bottom of this page http://biphome.spray.se/maaski/faktka14.htm, you will find a picture of prins August and also one of princess Teresia.

Hopefully this is to some help.

Prince Nicholas August of Sweden was supposed to be called Nicholas after the Tsar. August was added just to refer of Tsar Nicholas as being the Great. However,something went wrong in the Swedish-Russian relations and he was started to be called just August. Many Swedes were thereafter called August, among them August Strindberg. In the same way the name Oscar had been introduced in Sweden.

Nicholas August was the fifth child and fourth son of King Oscar I of Sweden, né M. Oscar Bernadotte in Paris 1799 and of Queen Joséphine, née princess of Bologna and duchess of Galliera in Milan 1807 (later styled princess of Leuchtenberg).
 
Being the the youngest child of his mother he seems to have been her favourite son although not as intelligent as his brothers, nor as artistic.

He studied at the university of Uppsala and had his military education in the army not the navy, which in Sweden has always been considered smarter than the army.

He was supposed to drink a bit heavily and courting too many ladies,who were not of his rank, so the engagement to Princess Thérèse of Sachsen-Altenburg was arranged (nor against his will or hers) around Christmas 1863. They were married in Altenburg in the spring of 1864. He was at the time of their marriage 33 and she was 28, which was considered extremely late.
They took up residence at the Royal Palace in Stockholm spending much of the summers at the Haga Palace just outside Stockholm.

Princess Thérèse of Sachsen-Altenburg, born 1836, was the oldest child of Prince Edward of Sachsen-Altenburg and Princess Amélie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Princess' Thérès's  father was the brother of Duke Joseph of Sachsen-Altejnburg of Queen Thérèse of Bavaria and a  first cosin of the later emperor William I of Germany and a second cousin of Tsar Alexander II and of Queen Victoria og Great Britain. Her mother Amélie had French roots ,as had Prince August, her grandmother being Antoinette Murat, step-daughter of Joachim Murat, King of Naples. He was also marshal of France just as prince August's grandfather.

Princess Thérèse herself was a first cousin of King Maximilian II of Bavaria, King Otto of Greece, Queen Marie of Hannover, King Carol of Roumania. She had two Sachsen-Altenburg first cousins who were grandduchesses of Russia, Elena Pawlowna and Alexandra Joephewna (help me my Russian is nonexsistant). Her sister Antoinette became reigning Duchess of Anhalt and her-half- sister Marie the last reigning Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. She was a second cousin of Alexander II and of many others (I Ihave to stop somewhere).

Her mother Princess Amélie died giving birth to her fourth child when Princess Thérèse was barely five. She then lived with her Sigmaringen relatives until her father remarried Princess Louise Reuss elder line. Staying with them in Munich her two younger brothers died in Scharlach (do not know the word in English-a in those days often deadly child disease). Instead she got to half siblings Prince Alfred and  Princess Marie.  Prince Alfred later went ino Russian service becoming a buddy of the later tsar Alexander III and HIH prince Eugène Leuchtenberg, a first cousin of Thérèse's husband Prince August.

In 1852 her father  Prince Edward died leaving  Princess Thérèse an orphan and when her stepmother remarried she was sent to her cousin Marie, Queen of Hannover. King George, Queen Marie's husband, was both a first and second cousin of her father's so she was rather involved in the family. However,it seems she did not fit in in at the Hannovrian court and she was taken care of by her uncle Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen. Here she could reconnect to her French roots since Prince Karl Anton's wife Princess Joséphine was a grand-daughter of a French Beauharnais. While staying with her uncle Prince Karl Anton, his duaghter and Thérèse's cousin, princess Stéphanie became Queen of Portugal.

Prince August and Princess Thérèse seem to have lived a rather good life together. They rarely had to take greatb part in any  important state business. However, when Thérèse's second cousin grandduke Konstantin Nicolaivitch, married to her cousin Alexanda of Sachsen-Altenburg,came to Stockholm with their son Nicolaus Konstantinovitch (later to marry another Sachsen-Altenburg princess Elisabeth) they threw a big party at the Haga Palace. Unlike August's brothers King Karl and King Oscar II there hardly any rumours about infidelity from August'side.

After a while of comparative happiness sad events took place. In the 1866 war in Germany princess' Thérèse's first cousin  prince Anton of Honzollern-Sigmaringen was killed in battle with her Hannoverian cousins. The Hannoverians lost and had to emigrate to Austria. Then Queen Louise of Sweden, August's and Thérèse's sister-law (and Thérès's second cousin) died. Then King Karl, August's brother died and then prince August, leaving princess Thérèse a widow at the age of 37 after having been married barely nine years  and an orphan since the age og 16. Shortly afte also princess Thérèse's mother in law passed away.

Princess Thérèse started to suffer from nervous attacks and become a burden to the court of Sweden. She was sent incognito, as Comtesse de Dahlskiöld, to  Neuchâtel were she bougt av villa and  established her own little court. She returned to Syockholm around 1890 sound again and lived happily everafter at the Haga palace. But that is another storyj

I think it's a great story...I would like to know much more about less known royals,such as these two!Martin,thank you for your post!If you have time,please continue...

Prince Nicholas August of Sweden was supposed to be called Nicholas after the Tsar. August was added just to refer of Tsar Nicholas as being the Great. However,something went wrong in the Swedish-Russian relations and he was started to be called just August. Many Swedes were thereafter called August, among them August Strindberg. In the same way the name Oscar had been introduced in Sweden.

Nicholas August was the fifth child and fourth son of King Oscar I of Sweden, né M. Oscar Bernadotte in Paris 1799 and of Queen Joséphine, née princess of Bologna and duchess of Galliera in Milan 1807 (later styled princess of Leuchtenberg).
 
Being the the youngest child of his mother he seems to have been her favourite son although not as intelligent as his brothers, nor as artistic.

He studied at the university of Uppsala and had his military education in the army not the navy, which in Sweden has always been considered smarter than the army.

He was supposed to drink a bit heavily and courting too many ladies,who were not of his rank, so the engagement to Princess Thérèse of Sachsen-Altenburg was arranged (nor against his will or hers) around Christmas 1863. They were married in Altenburg in the spring of 1864. He was at the time of their marriage 33 and she was 28, which was considered extremely late.
They took up residence at the Royal Palace in Stockholm spending much of the summers at the Haga Palace just outside Stockholm.

Princess Thérèse of Sachsen-Altenburg, born 1836, was the oldest child of Prince Edward of Sachsen-Altenburg and Princess Amélie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Princess' Thérès's  father was the brother of Duke Joseph of Sachsen-Altejnburg of Queen Thérèse of Bavaria and a  first cosin of the later emperor William I of Germany and a second cousin of Tsar Alexander II and of Queen Victoria og Great Britain. Her mother Amélie had French roots ,as had Prince August, her grandmother being Antoinette Murat, step-daughter of Joachim Murat, King of Naples. He was also marshal of France just as prince August's grandfather.

Princess Thérèse herself was a first cousin of King Maximilian II of Bavaria, King Otto of Greece, Queen Marie of Hannover, King Carol of Roumania. She had two Sachsen-Altenburg first cousins who were grandduchesses of Russia, Elena Pawlowna and Alexandra Joephewna (help me my Russian is nonexsistant). Her sister Antoinette became reigning Duchess of Anhalt and her-half- sister Marie the last reigning Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. She was a second cousin of Alexander II and of many others (I Ihave to stop somewhere).

Her mother Princess Amélie died giving birth to her fourth child when Princess Thérèse was barely five. She then lived with her Sigmaringen relatives until her father remarried Princess Louise Reuss elder line. Staying with them in Munich her two younger brothers died in Scharlach (do not know the word in English-a in those days often deadly child disease). Instead she got to half siblings Prince Alfred and  Princess Marie.  Prince Alfred later went ino Russian service becoming a buddy of the later tsar Alexander III and HIH prince Eugène Leuchtenberg, a first cousin of Thérèse's husband Prince August.

In 1852 her father  Prince Edward died leaving  Princess Thérèse an orphan and when her stepmother remarried she was sent to her cousin Marie, Queen of Hannover. King George, Queen Marie's husband, was both a first and second cousin of her father's so she was rather involved in the family. However,it seems she did not fit in in at the Hannovrian court and she was taken care of by her uncle Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen. Here she could reconnect to her French roots since Prince Karl Anton's wife Princess Joséphine was a grand-daughter of a French Beauharnais. While staying with her uncle Prince Karl Anton, his duaghter and Thérèse's cousin, princess Stéphanie became Queen of Portugal.

Prince August and Princess Thérèse seem to have lived a rather good life together. They rarely had to take greatb part in any  important state business. However, when Thérèse's second cousin grandduke Konstantin Nicolaivitch, married to her cousin Alexanda of Sachsen-Altenburg,came to Stockholm with their son Nicolaus Konstantinovitch (later to marry another Sachsen-Altenburg princess Elisabeth) they threw a big party at the Haga Palace. Unlike August's brothers King Karl and King Oscar II there hardly any rumours about infidelity from August'side.

After a while of comparative happiness sad events took place. In the 1866 war in Germany princess' Thérèse's first cousin  prince Anton of Honzollern-Sigmaringen was killed in battle with her Hannoverian cousins. The Hannoverians lost and had to emigrate to Austria. Then Queen Louise of Sweden, August's and Thérèse's sister-law (and Thérès's second cousin) died. Then King Karl, August's brother died and then prince August, leaving princess Thérèse a widow at the age of 37 after having been married barely nine years  and an orphan since the age og 16. Shortly afte also princess Thérèse's mother in law passed away.

Princess Thérèse started to suffer from nervous attacks and become a burden to the court of Sweden. She was sent incognito, as Comtesse de Dahlskiöld, to  Neuchâtel were she bougt av villa and  established her own little court. She returned to Syockholm around 1890 sound again and lived happily everafter at the Haga palace. But that is another storyj

I'm impressed. From where did you get this info? I'm very curious.

His mother  resolved to find him a bride after he proposed marriage to a lady of the court Augusta Lewenhaupt. He died of pneumonia and T seems to have had a nervous breakdown becoming violant to her sevants and was declared mentally unstable in 1875. Returning from the assylum in Neuchatel in 1890 she enjoyed composing music and donated generously to charity. Apparently she enjoyed telling her guests that she had poisoned their tea...and  she could flutter her ears! She become obese in her old age and had to use a wheel chair. She was particularly fond of Prince Eric, her mentally impared great nephew.

Prince Augustus Duke of Delacarlia

The Prince was very interested in trains and locomotives, and a locomotive was named after him. Since it was commonly known the Prince was not so very bright this led to the expression "dummare än tåget", (literally translated "more stupid than the train"), an expression still in use in the Swedish languague, although it is not very commonly known anymore that it is actually derived from a Prince of the Royal House in the 19th century.

Princess Teresa of Saxe Altenburg had been exposed to so much loss in her life through Death is that generally considered the reason for the Nervous Breakdown or was there a history of instability in her Family? 

Duchess Teresa in 1867 by Carl Theodor Staaff

I am ashamed of myself! I am from Dalarna and I have never heard of this man.

Any portraits of the Duke Augustus?Rare thing to see her portrait!

I am ashamed of myself! I am from Dalarna and I have never heard of this man.

Little wonder as August did absolutly nothing significant in his whole life...

Marc, you can see a very small portrait - a miniature in fact - of August (just look at her pearl-bracelet) in the portrait of his wife Teresia which Sveta posted here on this thread. BTW you can also figure out a miniature of her brother-in-law Karl fastened on her dress.

And here is a portrait (it was painted by Staaff in 1867 just like the one shwoing Teresia)


In the background you can see Stjernsund Slott which has a quite long Bernadottian history (it was at first owned by Carl XIV. Johan, then by Oscar I., then by Prins Gustav and finally by our August himself).

Thank you,it's always interesting to find out something more about these lesser known royals!

I have been searching through the web for those works of Saaf and found nothing...if there is any chance could you please provide me a link with those portraits?

Thank you

I have been searching through the web for those works of Saaf and found nothing...if there is any chance could you please provide me a link with those portraits?

Thank you

There aren't many royal works of Staaff online as far as I know. I scanned the portrait I posted, I found it in the very nice book "Bernadotteporträtt från två sekel" (two centuries of Bernadottian portraits) which I bought in Stockholm this June.

Thank you so much for this info...are there any other interesting Bernadotte portraits in it...what's your opinion of the book?