1751 in Sweden

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Events from the year 1751 in Sweden

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adolf Frederick of Sweden</span> King of Sweden from 1751 to 1771

Adolf Frederick, or Adolph Frederick was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death in 1771. He was the son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, and Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach. He was an uncle of Catherine the Great and husband to Louisa Ulrika of Prussia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frederick I of Sweden</span> King of Sweden from 1720-1751

Frederick I was King of Sweden from 1720 until his death, having been prince consort of Sweden from 1718 to 1720, and was also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730. He ascended the throne following the death of his brother-in-law absolutist Charles XII in the Great Northern War, and the abdication of his wife, Charles's sister and successor Ulrika Eleonora, after she had to relinquish most powers to the Riksdag of the Estates and thus chose to abdicate. His powerless reign and lack of legitimate heirs of his own saw his family's elimination from the line of succession after the parliamentary government dominated by pro-revanchist Hat Party politicians ventured into a war with Russia, which ended in defeat and the Russian tsarina Elizabeth getting Adolf Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp instated following the death of the king. Whilst being the only Swedish monarch called Frederick, he was Frederick I of Hesse-Kassel and thus Frederick I also of Sweden, though other Swedish monarchs with non-repeating names have not been given numerals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Monarchy of Sweden</span> Royal institution of Sweden

The monarchy of Sweden is centered on the monarchical head of state of Sweden, by law a constitutional and hereditary monarchy and with a parliamentary system. There have been kings in what now is the Kingdom of Sweden for more than a millennium. Originally an elective monarchy, it became a hereditary monarchy in the 16th century during the reign of Gustav Vasa, though virtually all monarchs before that belonged to a limited and small number of families which are considered to be the royal dynasties of Sweden.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christian I of Denmark</span> Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union (1426–1481)

Christian I was a German noble and Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union. He was king of Denmark (1448–1481), Norway (1450–1481) and Sweden (1457–1464). From 1460 to 1481, he was also duke of Schleswig and count of Holstein. He was the first king of the House of Oldenburg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frederick I of Denmark</span> King of Denmark (1523–33); King of Norway (1524–33)

Frederick I was King of Denmark and Norway. He was the last Roman Catholic monarch to reign over Denmark and Norway, when subsequent monarchs embraced Lutheranism after the Protestant Reformation. As king of Norway, Frederick is most remarkable in never having visited the country and was never crowned as such. Therefore, he was styled King of Denmark, the Vends and the Goths, elected King of Norway. Frederick's reign began the enduring tradition of calling kings of Denmark alternatively by the names Christian and Frederick, which has continued up to the reign of the current monarch, Margrethe II.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">House of Holstein-Gottorp (Swedish line)</span>

The House of Holstein-Gottorp, a cadet branch of the Oldenburg dynasty, ruled Sweden between 1751 and 1818, and Norway from 1814 to 1818.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Duke of Holstein-Gottorp</span> Dynasty of German earls

Holstein-Gottorp or Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp is the historiographical name, as well as contemporary shorthand name, for the parts of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, also known as Ducal Holstein, that were ruled by the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, a side branch of the elder Danish line of the House of Oldenburg. Other parts of the duchies were ruled by the kings of Denmark.

Events in the year 1751 in Norway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach</span>

Princess Margravine Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach was a German princess. She was the daughter of Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach and his wife Duchess Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp. She married Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin.

Events from the year 1814 in Denmark.

Events from the year 1751 in Denmark.

Events from the 1520s in Denmark.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">François Clary</span> 18th-century French merchant

François Clary was a wealthy Irish-French merchant and is an ancestor of many European monarchs by two of his daughters. He was the father of Julie Clary, Queen of Naples and of Spain and the Indies by marriage to Joseph Bonaparte, a brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. He was also the father of Désirée Clary, who was first engaged to Napoleon and later became Queen of Sweden and Norway by marriage to King Charles XIV John.

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Events from the year 1771 in Sweden

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1750 in Sweden</span> Sweden-related events during the year of 1750

Events from the year 1750 in Sweden

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Events from the year 1752 in Sweden:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1743 in Sweden</span> Sweden-related events during the year of 1743

Events from the year 1743 in Sweden

References

  1. Store norske leksikon, retrieved 8 April 2013