Editing Charles XV (section)

===Crown Prince===
The aging King Charles XIV John would suffer a stroke on his 81st birthday in 1844, dying little more than a month later. His successor would be his son, Charles's father Oscar, who ascended the throne as King Oscar I of Sweden. Upon his father's accession to the throne in 1844, the youth Charles was made a chancellor of the universities of [[Uppsala University|Uppsala]] and [[Lund University|Lund]], and in 1853 chancellor of [[Royal Swedish Academy of Arts]]. On 11 February 1846, he was made an honorary member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web|url=     https://nbl.snl.no/Karl_4|title= Karl 4, Konge (1826–1872)|publisher =  Norsk biografisk leksikon|author=Lars Roar Langslet|access-date= September 1, 2016}}</ref>

The Crown Prince was [[List of Prime Ministers of Norway|Viceroy of Norway]] briefly in 1856 and 1857. He became Regent on 25 September 1857, and king on the death of his father on 8 July 1859.<ref name=EB1911/> As grandson of [[Augusta of Bavaria]], he was a descendant of [[Gustav I of Sweden]] and [[Charles IX of Sweden]], whose Vasa blood returned to the throne after being lost in 1818 when [[Charles XIII of Sweden]] died.

On 19 June 1850, he married in Stockholm [[Princess Louise of the Netherlands|Louise of the Netherlands]], niece of [[William II of the Netherlands]] through [[Prince Frederick of the Netherlands|her father]] and niece of [[William I, German Emperor|William I of Prussia]], [[German Empire|German Emperor]], through [[Princess Louise of Prussia (1808-1870)|her mother]]. The couple was personally quite dissimilar; Louise was a cultured and refined woman, however, she was considered to be quite plain and Charles was disappointed with her appearance. Louise was in love with her husband, whereas he preferred other women, saddening her deeply. His well-known mistresses included the actress [[Laura Bergnéhr]], the countess [[Josephine Sparre]], [[Wilhelmine Schröder]] and the actresses [[Hanna Styrell]] and [[Elise Hwasser]], and the Crown Prince neglected his shy wife. On the other hand, his relationship to his only daughter, [[Lovisa of Sweden|Louise]], was warm and close.<ref>{{cite web|url=     https://nbl.snl.no/Karl_4|title= Karl 4, Konge (1826–1872)|publisher =  Norsk biografisk leksikon|access-date= September 1, 2016}}</ref>