to Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. The first king from the House of Holstein-Gottorp, Adolf Frederick was a weak monarch, installed as first in line to the...
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Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf; 11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death...
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was Crown Princess of Sweden as the first wife of the future King Gustaf VI Adolf. She was the elder daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, third...
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Gustav IV Adolf or Gustav IV Adolph (1 November 1778 – 7 February 1837) was King of Sweden from 1792 until he was deposed in a coup in 1809. He was also...
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LoK av KMO (Birgitta Ingeborg Alice; born 19 January 1937) is a member of the Swedish royal family. She is the second child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke...
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LoK av KMO (Christina Louise Helena, born 3 August 1943) is a member of the Swedish royal family. She is the fourth child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke...
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Sophia. Anna of Mecklenburg (died 1415); married in 1362/6 Count Adolf of Holstein (died 1390). "Eufemia Eriksdotter". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved...
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Gustavus Adolphus (redirect from Gustav II Adolf of Sweden)
Uppslagsbok, 1950,vol 5,column 353, article "Gustav; 2. Gustav II Adolf" Quote: (Swedish) "Av de tre krig, det danska, det ryska och det polska, G. ärvde....
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member of the Swedish royal family. He was the third son of King Gustaf VI Adolf and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught, as well as the uncle...
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Charles XIII (category House of Holstein-Gottorp)
Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (1759–1818), on 7 July 1774 in Stockholm. They had a son who died in infancy: Carl Adolf, Duke of Värmland (Stockholm...
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Bernadotte as the only daughter of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden (later King Gustaf VI Adolf) and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught....
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which ended in defeat and the Russian tsarina Elizabeth getting Adolf Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp instated following the death of the king. Whilst being...
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from 29 October 1950 until her death in 1965 as the wife of King Gustaf VI Adolf. Born a princess of the German House of Battenberg, Louise was closely...
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Christian I of Denmark (category Dukes of Holstein)
territory. Christian's mother, Hedvig, was a daughter of Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein, and a sister of Adolphus, Duke of Schleswig. Through his mother...
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Catherine Elisabeth was engaged in 1390 and married in 1395 to Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg. In 1404, Catherine Elisabeth was widowed while her son...
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have since the accession of Gustaf VI Adolf in 1950 also been the senior genealogical descendants of the Holstein-Gottorp kings, the accession of Charles...
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apparent to the Swedish throne at the age of four when his grandfather Gustaf VI Adolf acceded to the throne in 1950. Carl Gustaf acceded to the throne upon his...
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Gustaf V (redirect from Oscar Gustaf Adolf)
his eyesight deteriorated rapidly. He was succeeded by his son, Gustaf VI Adolf. Gustaf V was born on 16 June 1858 in Drottningholm Palace in Ekerö, Stockholm...
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christening gown which was first worn by his great grandfather Prince Gustaf Adolf when he was christened in 1906. His name and date of christening were added...
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Gustav III (category House of Holstein-Gottorp)
from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden. Gustav was a vocal opponent...
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baptismal gown, which was first worn by her great-grandfather Prince Gustaf Adolf when he was baptised in 1906. Her name and date of the baptism were added...
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Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg (category House of Holstein-Gottorp)
daughter of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. She was thus a princess of Sweden, a princess of Holstein-Gottorp and a sister...
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no clear precedent. Margaret (reigned 1388–1412) was the widow of Haakon VI of Norway and Christina (reigned 1632–1654) was unmarried. The most recent...
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Emperor Peter III of Russia. In 1743, Adolf Frederick, a cousin of Charles Frederick, of the same house of Holstein-Gottrop, and a descendant of a sister...
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(1710–1771) 1751–1771 Vi Adolf Fredrik, med Guds Nåde, Sveriges, Götes och Vendes konung; arvinge till Norge, hertig till Schleswig, Holstein, Srormarn, Dithmarschen...
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grandfather, King Gustaf V, and father (Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, the future King Gustaf VI Adolf) died, he would have to serve as regent (other heirs having...
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läsa och skriva efter bara 50 timmars träning. Det säger nu Toini Prim, en av Sveriges ledande dyslexiexperter. Prim har tidigare bland annat hjälpt till...
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House of Vasa (section Gustav II Adolf Vasa)
married Victoria of Baden who was a great-grandchild of Gustav IV Adolf of the house Holstein-Gottorp. Sigismund III Vasa (1587–1632) Władysław IV (1632–1648)...
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pp 289–99 Ohan Demirgian, urn:sbl:17456, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Carl-Gustaf Thomasson.), hämtad 2014-12-13. "Karl XV 1859–1872". Sahlberg...
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Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. "Victorias lumparliv kröntes av fältövning". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 July 2017. "The...
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