Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden

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Charles August
Crown Prince of Sweden
1809 portrait by Per Krafft (the Older)
Governor-general of Norway
Tenure	25 July 1809 – 11 January 1810
Predecessor	Jacob Benzon (vacant since 1771)
Successor	Prince Frederik of Hesse
Born	(1768-07-09)9 July 1768 Augustenborg Palace, Augustenborg, Denmark
Died	28 May 1810(1810-05-28) (aged 41) Kvidinge, Sweden
Burial	Riddarholm Church
Names Christian August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenborg
House	Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Father	Friedrich Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Mother	Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
Religion	Church of Denmark

Charles August or Carl August (9 July 1768 – 28 May 1810) was a Danish prince.^[1] He is best known for serving as Crown Prince of Sweden briefly in 1810, adopted by Charles XIII, before his sudden death from a stroke. Earlier, he had been a general in the Royal Danish Army as well as the Governor-general of Norway. His name before assuming the Swedish title in 1810 was Christian August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, or Christian August of Augustenburg for short.^[2]