The Grand Duke of Finland, alternatively the Grand Prince of Finland after 1802, was, from around 1580 to 1809, a title in use by most Swedish monarchs...
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Duke of Finland (Finnish: Suomen herttua; Swedish: hertig av Finland) was an occasional medieval title granted as a tertiogeniture to the relatives of...
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held on to royal rights, the brothers soon fell out. As Duke of Finland, he opposed the efforts of his half-brother King Eric XIV (1560–1569) to secure Reval...
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nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ]; 29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881...
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10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death in 1894. He...
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in Northern Europe, such as the Grand Duchy of Finland or the Grand Duchy of Lithuania The term grand duke as a monarch reigning over an independent state...
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Nicholas II (redirect from Grand Duke Nicholas II of Finland)
Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. He married Alix of Hesse...
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the King of Sweden, the country became autonomous after its annexation by Russia in the Finnish War of 1808–1809. The Grand Duke of Finland was the Romanov...
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"the Blessed", was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first king of Congress Poland from 1815, and the grand duke of Finland from 1809 to his death in 1825...
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February] 1855) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland. He was the third son of Paul I and younger brother of his predecessor,...
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duke of Finland (1254–1291; duke from 1284 until 1291), and Valdemar Magnusson, the second duke of Finland (died 1318; duke from 1302 until 1317), both...
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Gentlemen of Finland Duke of Finland List of monarchs of Finland Governor-General of Finland Prime Minister of Finland List of prime ministers of Finland Politics...
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Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence, Duke of York, Duke of Gloucester, Duke of Bedford, Duke of Cumberland, Duke of Cambridge, Duke...
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Gustavus Adolphus (redirect from Gustav Adolph, Grand Duke of Finland)
son of Duke Charles of the House of Vasa and his second wife, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp. At the time, his cousin Sigismund was both King of Sweden...
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Duke of Finland Duke of Finland Diet of Finland Governor-General in the Swedish Realm Monarchy of Finland Finnish Minister Secretary of State List of...
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Duchies in Sweden (redirect from Duke of Småland)
fratricide. There was only one non-royal Swedish duke, Bengt Algotsson, Duke of Halland and Finland in 1350s. After the Kalmar Union period, just before...
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to the throne of Sweden, and Duke of Finland. Valdemar was the third son of Magnus III and Helvig of Holstein. He became Duke of Finland in 1302 at the...
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Party of Finland independent Ancient kings of Finland Duke of Finland Governor-General of Finland King of Kvenland List of Danish monarchs List of Greenlandic...
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Grand Duke of Finland, between 25 March and 19 July 1809. The central event at Porvoo was the taking of the sovereign pledge and the oaths of the Estates...
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Magnus Ladulås (redirect from Magnus, Duke of Sweden)
1282 – 1318), duke, father to King Magnus Eriksson; the Erik's Chronicle is named after him Valdemar (after 1282 – 1318), Duke of Finland. Erik and Valdemar...
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King of Finland on 9 October 1918, to replace his first cousin once removed, the deposed Russian emperor, Nicholas II, who was titled Grand Duke of Finland...
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Sigismund III Vasa (redirect from Sigismund of Sweden)
1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to 1599...
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The history of Finland begins around 9,000 BC during the end of the last glacial period. Stone Age cultures were Kunda, Comb Ceramic, Corded Ware, Kiukainen...
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vague promises of making Finland independent, Finns elected the Duke Peter of Holstein-Gottorp, who later became heir to the throne of Russia and Emperor...
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Gustav IV Adolf (redirect from Gustav IV of Seden)
King of Sweden from 1792 until he was deposed in a coup in 1809. He was also the last Swedish monarch to be the ruler of Finland. The occupation of Finland...
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John of Sweden, Duke of Östergötland (Swedish: Johan; 18 April 1589 – 5 March 1618) was a Swedish royal dynast. He was titular Duke of Finland 1590–1606...
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The politics of Finland take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy. Finland is a republic whose head of state is President...
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great-uncle, the late Charles XII of Sweden, who also had been Grand Duke of Finland. About the same time, in October 1742, he was chosen by the Swedish...
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Grand duchy (category Articles containing Finnish-language text)
held title as Grand Duke of Finland. The title of "Grand Prince" (Ukrainian: Великий Князь) was used by the supreme Kievan rulers of Kievan Rus'. After...
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Åbo Bloodbath (redirect from Bloodbath of Åbo)
blodbad; Finnish: Turun verilöyly) of 10 November 1599 was a public execution in the town of Turku (Åbo), Finland, then part of the Kingdom of Sweden,...
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