had him referred to colloquially as "Kron-Kalle" (Crown-Charlie). Issue By his wife, Louise of the Netherlands, Charles had two children, a son who died in infancy and a daughter who married the King of Denmark. The early death of his only legitimate son meant that he was succeeded on the throne of Sweden by his younger brother Oscar II. Charles also sired an illegitimate son, Carl Johan Bolander, (4 February 1854 – 28 July 1903), the father of Bishop Nils Bolander, and daughter, Ellen Svensson Hammar (28 October 1865 – 1931), and it has been widely rumored that he had many more extramarital children. No subsequent king of Sweden to this day is Charles's descendant. However, his descendants are or have been on the thrones of Denmark, Luxembourg, Greece, Belgium and Norway. A few weeks before Charles's death, his daughter Louise (then the Crown Princess of Denmark) gave birth to her second son. The young Prince of Denmark became christened as grandfather Charles's namesake. In 1905 this grandson, Prince Carl of Denmark, ascended the throne of Norway, becoming thus his maternal grandfather's successor in that country, and assumed the reign name Haakon VII. The present king, Harald V of Norway, is Charles's great-great-grandson, through his father and mother. Honours National decorations Knight and Commander of the Seraphim, with Collar, 3 May 1826 Knight of the Order of Charles XIII, 3 May 1826 Commander Grand Cross of the Sword, 3 May 1826 Commander Grand Cross of the Polar Star, 3 May 1826 Grand Cross of St. Olav, with Collar, 3 May 1826 Foreign decorations Arms Ancestry References External links The Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav - Norwegian and Swedish Monarchs Grand Masters of the Order Family tree of the Royal Norwegian House Kings of Norway (in Norwegian) Much material on early kings (in Norwegian) 1826 births 1872 deaths 19th-century Swedish monarchs 19th-century Norwegian monarchs People from Stockholm Charles 04 House of Bernadotte Swedish people of French descent Regents of Sweden Regents of Norway Dukes of Skåne Swedish Lutherans Uppsala University alumni Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Swedish monarchs of German descent Burials at Riddarholmen Church Swedish Freemasons Grand Masters of the Order of Charles XIII Knights of the Order of Charles XIII Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star Grand Crosses of the Order of