This is a leet o Swadish monarchs, that is, the Kings an rulin Queens o Swaden, includin regents an viceroys o the Kalmar Union, up tae the present time.
Monarchs an Regents o Swaden
For leets o the prehistoric kings o Swaden see Leet o legendary kings o Swaden
Hoose o Stenkil
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Portrait |
Birth |
Marriages |
Daith
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Stenkil (Stenkil Ragnvaldsson) 1060–1066 |
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Probably frae Västergötland, son o Ragnvald Ulfsson (accordin tae Hervarar saga) |
Ingamoder Emundsdotter |
Sotdöd (died in sickness) in "Svitjod", 1066
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Eric and Eric 1066–1067 |
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1067, died in the fichtin atween each ither
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Halsten Stenkilsson (Halsten) 1067–1070 |
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c. 1050 son o Stenkil |
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1084, aged aboot 34
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Anund Gårdske 1070–1075 |
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Comin frae Garðaríki, (Kievan Rus'), altho probably wi auncestral airtins tae Scandinavie |
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Håkan the Red (Håkan Röde) 1075–1079 |
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Levene, Västergötland, c. 1040, son o Stenkil |
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Inge the Elder (Inge den äldre) 1079–1084, 1087–1105 |
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son o Stenkil an Ingamoder Emundsdotter |
Helena, sister o Blot-Sweyn |
Died in sickness, 1105. First buried in Hånger, but then moved tae Varnhem Abbey
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Blot-Sweyn (Blot-Sven) 1084–1087 |
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1087, ambushed bi Inge the Elder's troops
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1087–1105, Inge the Elder (Inge den äldre) (seicont period)
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Philip Halstensson (Filip Halstensson) 1105–1118 |
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son o king Halsten |
Ingegerd, dauchter o Harald Hardrada |
Assumed taee be buried in Vreta Abbey wi his brither Inge II
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Inge the Younger (Inge den yngre) 1110–1125 |
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son o king Halsten |
Ulvhild Håkansdotter |
Östergötland, 1125, Accusations haes it that he wis pushiont bi his wife wi an "evil drink". Assumed tae be buried in Vreta Abbey wi his brither Philip
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Ragnvald Knaphövde 1125–1126 |
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Assumed tae be relatit in some wey tae the Hoose o Stenkil |
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1126, killed afore acceptit in Västergötland bi the supporters o Magnus the Strang
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1126-30 Magnus I o Swaden o the Hoose o Estrid wis rulin ower the Wast Geats, an suin-tae-be King Sverker wis already rulin ower the East Geats.
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Hoose o Estrid Hoose o Eric Hoose o Sverker
Name |
Portrait |
Birth |
Marriages |
Daith
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Sverker I the Elder (cried Clubfoot, Sverker den äldre or Klumpfot an aw; king frae 1125 in Östergötland), 1130–25 December 1156 |
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o East Geatish ancestry, son o Cornube or Kol |
Ulvhild Håkansdotter, Richeza o Poland |
Murthert bi his ain coach on Christmas Day 1156 while gangin tae kirk. Some appynt Magnus Henriksen tae be behind the murther, buried at Alvastra Abbey
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Eric (IX) the Saunt (Erik den helige), 1156–18 Mey 1160 |
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c. 1120, some appynt him tae hae Wast Geatish roots |
Christina o Denmark |
Killed bi Magnus Henriksen as he came oot o the kirk in Uppsala, 18 Mey 1160, aged aboot 40, enshrined in Uppsala Cathedral
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Magnus II, 1160–1161 |
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son o Henry an Ingrid Ragvaldsdotter (the granddochter o Inge the Elder) |
Mairit tae his stepsister Brigida Haraldsdotter, the dauchter o Harald IV (Gille) o Norawa |
Died in the battle o Örebro against Charles VII, 1161
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Charles I (Karl Sverkersson), 1161–12 Aprile 1167 |
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1130, son o Sverker I the Elder an Ulvhild Håkansdotter |
Christina Hvide, 1163 |
Killed bi Canute I Ericson on Visingsö, 12 Aprile 1167, aged aboot 37, buried at Alvastra Abbey
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Canute I Ericson (Knut Eriksson) (1167–1173 not in Östergötland; frae 1173 an aw in Östergötland), 1167–1195/1196 |
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afore 1150, son o Eric the Saunt an Kristina (probably a granddauchter o Inge the Elder) |
Cecilia Johansdotter |
Died peacefully in 1195 or 1196, buried at Varnhem Abbey
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Sverker II the Younger (Sverker den yngre), 1196–31 Januar 1208 |
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born afore 1167, probably already c. 1164 son o king Charles VII an queen Christine Stigsdatter o Hvide |
Benedicta Ebbesdotter o Hvide Ingegerd Birgersdotter o Bjelbo dauchter o Birger Brosa |
Died in the Battle o Gestilren, 17 Julie 1210, aged aboot 45, buried at Alvastra Abbey
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Eric (X) (Erik Knutsson), 31 Januar 1208 – 10 Aprile 1216 |
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1180 son o Canute I Ericson |
Richeza o Denmark (the dauchter o Valdemar I o Denmark) |
Died suddent in fiver on Näs Castle, Visingsö, 10 Aprile 1216, aged aboot 36, buried at Varnhem Abbey
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John I the Child (Johan Sverkersson unge), Spring 1216–10 Mairch 1222 |
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1201 son o Sverker II |
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Died on Visingsö, 10 Mairch 1222, aged aboot 21, buried at Alvastra Abbey
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Eric (XI) the Lisp an Lame (Erik läspe och halte), Simmer 1222–28 or 29 November 1229 |
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1216 son o king Erik X o Swaden an Richeza o Denmark |
Catherine o Ymseborg |
2 Februar 1250, aged aboot 34, buried at Varnhem Abbey
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Canute II the Taw (Knut Långe) 28 or 29 November 1229 – 1234 |
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son o Holmger who wis "nepos" (nephew?) o Canute I Ericson |
Helena Pedersdatter Strange |
1234, buried at Sko kloster
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Eric (XI) the Lisp an Lame (Erik läspe och halte), 1234–2 Februar 1250 |
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1216 son o king Erik X o Swaden an Richeza o Denmark |
Catherine o Ymseborg |
2 Februar 1250, aged aboot 34, buried at Varnhem Abbey
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The Hoose o Bjälbo is whiles referred tae as the Hoose o Folkung
Name |
Portrait |
Birth |
Marriages |
Daith
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Valdemar (Valdemar Birgersson) Spring 1250–22 Julie 1275 |
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1239 son o Birger jarl an Ingeborg Eriksdotter (a dauchter o Eric X) |
Sophia o Denmark, dauchter o Eric IV o Denmark |
Died while imprisoned bi his brither Magnus at Nyköping Castle, 26 December 1302, aged aboot 63, buried at Vreta Abbey or Riddarholmen Kirk
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Magnus III Barnlock (Magnus Ladulås) 22 Julie 1275 – 18 December 1290 |
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1240 son o Birger jarl an Ingeborg Eriksdotter (the dauchter o Eric X) |
Helwig o Holstein |
Visingsö, 18 December 1290, aged aboot 50, buried in Riddarholmen Kirk
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Birger (Birger Magnusson) 18 December 1290–Mairch/Aprile 1318 |
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1280 son o Magnus III Ladislaus an Helwig o Holstein |
Martha o Denmark, 1298 |
31 Mey 1321, in exile in Denmark, efter murtherin his brithers at Nyköping Banquet, aged aboot 41, buried at Ringsted, Zealand
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Mats Kettilmundsson Regent 27 Juin 1318–8 Julie 1319 (nae o the Hoose o Bjälbo) |
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Unkent birthyear |
None |
Mey 1326, in Åbo, as hövitsman o Finland
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Magnus IV Ericson (Magnus Eriksson) 8 Julie 1319 – 15 Februar 1364 |
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Norawa, 1316 son o Erik Magnusson (brither o Birger) an Ingeborg Håkonsdotter |
Blanche o Namur,1335 |
Drowned in a shipwreck when seekin refuge wi his son in Bømlofjord, Norawa, 1 December 1374, aged aboot 58
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Eric (XII) (Erik Magnusson) 17 October 1356 – 20 Juin 1359 (rival king till 1359; jynt-rule wi faither months afore daith) |
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1339 son o Magnus IV Eriksson an Blanche o Namur |
Beatrice o Bavarie |
Generally believed that he an his wife died in the plague, 20 Juin 1359, aged aboot 20
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Hacon (Håkan Magnusson) 15 Februar 1362 – 15 Februar 1364 (jynt-rule wi faither) |
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1340 son o Magnus IV Eriksson an Blanche o Namur |
Margrete Valdemarsdotter, 9 Aprile 1363 in Copenhagen |
Oslo, 11 September 1380, aged aboot 40, buried in Oslo
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Monarchs during the Kalmar Union period an Regents (Riksföreståndare)
Name |
Portrait |
Birth |
Marriages |
Daith
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Margaret (Margareta Valdemarsdotter) 24 Februar 1389–28 October 1412 |
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Vordingborg Castle, 1353 dauchter o Valdemar IV an Helvig o Sønderjylland |
Haakon VI o Norawa |
Flensburg Fjord, 28 October 1412, aged aboot 55, buried in Roskilde Cathedral
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Eric (XIII) (Erik av Pommern) 23 Julie 1396–24 September 1439 (deposed 1434–1435 an 1436) |
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Rügenwalde, Pomerania, 1382, son o Wartislaw VII, Duke o Pomeranie an Mary o Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
Philippa o Ingland |
Rügenwalde Castle, 3 Mey 1459, aged aboot 77, buried in Rügenwalde, Pomeranie
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Christopher (Kristoffer av Bayern) Autumn 1441–6 Januar 1448 |
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Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz in Bavarie, Februar 26, 1418 son o Duke John o Pfalz-Neumarkt an Catherine Vratislava |
Dorothea o Brandenburg |
Helsingborg, 5 Januar or 6 Januar 1448, aged 29, buried at Roskilde Cathedral
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Charles VIII (Karl Knutsson Bonde) 20 Juin 1448–24 Februar 1457, 9 August 1464–30 Januar 1465 an 12 November 1467–15 Mey 1470 |
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Ekholmen Castle, 1408 or 1409 son o Knut Tordsson (Bonde) an Margareta Karlsdotter (Sparre av Tofta) |
Birgitta Turesdotter (Bielke) (died afore he acame king) Katarina Karlsdotter Kristina Abrahamsdotter |
15 Mey 1470, aged aboot 61 or 62, buried at Riddarholmen Kirk
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Christian I (Kristian I) 23 Juin 1457–23 Juin 1464 |
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Oldenburg, Lawer Saxony, Februar 1426, son o Dietrich o Oldenburg an Helvig o Schauenburg |
Dorothea o Brandenburg |
Copenhagen, 21 Mey 1481, aged 55, buried at Roskilde Cathedral
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9 August 1464–30 Januar 1465 Charles VIII (Karl Knutsson Bonde) (seicont period)
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12 November 1467 – 15 Mey 1470 Charles VIII (Karl Knutsson Bonde) (third period)
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John II ("Hans") 6 October 1497–August 1501 |
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Aalborg Castle, 2 Februar 1455, son o Christian I an Dorothea o Brandenburg |
Christina o Saxony |
Aalborg Castle, 20 Februar 1513, aged 58, buried in Odense
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Christian II the Tyrant (Kristian Tyrann) 1 November 1520–23 August 1521 |
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Nyborg Castle, 1 Julie 1481 son o Hans an Christina o Saxony |
Isabella o Austrick |
Kalundborg Castle, 25 Januar 1559, aged 77, buried in Odense
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Name |
Portrait |
Birth |
Marriages |
Daith
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Gustav I (Gustav Vasa) 6 Juin 1523 – 29 September 1560 as regent Gustav Eriksson (Vasa) an aw, 1521–1523 |
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Rydboholm Castle or Lindholmen in Uppland, 12 Mey 1496 son o Erik Johansson an Cecilia Månsdotter |
Catherine o Saxe-Lauenburg (1531–1535) Margareta Leijonhufvud (1536–1551) Katarina Stenbock (1552–1560) |
Tre Kronor (castle), 29 September 1560, aged 64, buried in Uppsala Cathedral
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Eric XIV (Erik XIV) 29 September 1560 – 29 September 1568 |
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Tre Kronor (castle), 13 December 1533 son o Gustav I an Catherine o Saxe-Lauenburg |
Karin Månsdotter |
Died (Poisoned) while imprisoned in Örbyhus Castle, 26 Februar 1577. Aged 43, buried at Västerås Cathedral
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John III (Johan III) 30 September 1568 – 17 November 1592 |
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Stegeborg Castle, Östergötland, 20 December 1537 son o Gustav I an Margaret Leijonhufvud |
Catherine Jagellonica (1562 – 1583), Gunilla Bielke (1585–1597) |
Tre Kronor (castle), 17 November 1592, aged 54, buried at Uppsala Cathedral
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Sigmund (Sigismund) 17 November 1592 – 24 Julie 1599 |
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Gripsholm Castle, 20 Juin 1566, son o John III an Catherine Jagellonica o Poland. |
Anna o Austrick (1592–1598), Constance o Austrick (1605–1631) |
Warsaw, Poland, 30 Aprile 1632, aged 65, buried at Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland
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Charles IX (Karl IX) 22 Mairch 1604 – 30 October 1611 as regent Duke Charles an aw, 1599–1604 |
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Tre Kronor (castle), 4 October 1550 son o Gustav I an Margaret Leijonhufvud |
Maria o Palatinate-Simmern (1579–1589), Christina o Holstein-Gottorp (1592–1611) |
Nyköping Castle, 30 October 1611, aged 61, buried at Strängnäs Cathedral
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Gustavus Adolphus (Gustav II Adolph, Gustav II Adolf) 30 October 1611 – 6 November 1632 |
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Tre Kronor (castle), 9 December 1594, son o Charles IX an Christina o Holstein-Gottorp. |
Maria Eleonora o Brandenburg |
6 November 1632, in the Battle o Lützen, Electorate o Saxony, aged 37, buried in Riddarholmen Kirk
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Christina (Kristina) 6 November 1632 – 6 Juin 1654 |
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Stockholm, 8 December[2] 1626, dauchter o Gustavus Adolphus an Maria Eleonora o Brandenburg |
Unmarried |
Roum, 19 Aprile 1689, aged 62, buried at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican Ceety
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Name |
Portrait |
Birth |
Marriages |
Daith
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Charles X Gustav (Karl X Gustav) 6 Juin 1654 – 13 Februar 1660 |
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Nyköping Castle, 8 November 1622, son o John Casimir, Count Palatine o Zweibrücken-Kleeburg an Catharina o Swaden (dauchter o Charles IX) |
Hedwig Eleonora o Holstein-Gottorp |
Gothenburg, 13 Februar 1660, aged 37, buried in Riddarholmen Kirk
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Charles XI (Karl XI) 13 Februar 1660 – 5 Aprile 1697 |
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Tre Kronor (castle), 24 November 1655 son o Charles X an Hedwig Eleonora o Holstein-Gottorp |
Ulrike Eleonora o Denmark |
Tre Kronor (castle), 5 Aprile 1697, aged 41, buried in Riddarholmen Kirk
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Charles XII (Karl XII) 5 Aprile 1697 – 30 November 1718 |
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Tre Kronor (castle), 17 Juin 1682 son o Charles XI an Ulrike Eleonora o Denmark |
Unmarried |
Fredrikshald, Norawa, 30 November 1718, aged 36, buried in Riddarholmen Kirk
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Ulrica Eleanor (Ulrika Eleonora) 5 December 1718 – 29 Februar 1720 |
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Tre Kronor (castle), 23 Januar 1688 dochter o Charles XI an Ulrike Eleonora o Denmark |
Frederick I, Landgrave o Hesse-Kassel |
Stockholm, 24 November 1741, aged 53, buried in Riddarholmen Kirk
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Name |
Portrait |
Birth |
Marriages |
Daith
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Adolph Frederick (Adolf Fredrik) 25 Makrch 1751 – 12 Februar 1771 |
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Gottorp, Schleswig, (in the day's Germany), 14 Mey 1710 son o Christian August o Holstein-Gottorp, Prince o Eutin an Albertina Frederica o Baden-Durlach |
Louisa Ulrika o Prussia |
Stockholm Palace, 12 Februar 1771, aged 60, buried in Riddarholmen Kirk
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Gustav III 12 Februar 1771 – 29 Mairch 1792 |
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Stockholm, 24 Januar [A.S. 13 Januar] 1746 son o King Adolf Frederick o Swaden an Louisa Ulrika o Prussia |
Sophia Magdalena o Denmark |
Assassinatit (shot in the back when he wis on a masked baw at the opera, 16 Mairch 1792). Died in Stockholm Palace, 29 Mairch 1792, aged 46, buried in Riddarholmen Kirk
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Gustav IV Adolph 29 Mairch 1792 – 10 Mey 1809 wi Charles, Duke o Södermanland as regent 1792–1796 |
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Stockholm Palace, 1 November 1778 son o Gustav III an Sophia Magdalena |
Frederica o Baden |
St. Gallen, Swisserland, 7 Februar 1837, aged 58, buried in Riddarholmen Kirk
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Charles XIII (Karl XIII) 6 Juin 1809 – 5 Februar 1818 |
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Stockholm, 7 October 1748 son o Adolf Frederick o Swaden an Louisa Ulrika o Prussia |
Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte o Holstein-Gottorp |
Stockholm, 5 Februar 1818, aged 69, buried in Riddarholmen Kirk
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Name |
Portrait |
Birth |
Marriages |
Daith
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Charles XIV John (Karl XIV Johan) 5 Februar 1818 – 8 Mairch 1844 |
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Pau, Fraunce, 26 Januar 1763 son o Jean Henri Bernadotte an Jeanne de Saint-Vincent |
Désirée Clary |
Stockholm Palace, 8 Mairch 1844, aged 81, buried in Riddarholmen Kirk
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Oscar I 8 Mairch 1844 – 8 Julie 1859 |
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Paris, Fraunce, 4 Julie 1799, son o Charles XIV John an Désirée Clary |
Josephine o Leuchtenberg |
Stockholm Palace, 8 Julie 1859, aged 60, buried in Riddarholmen Kirk
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Charles XV (Karl XV) 8 Julie 1859 – 18 September 1872 |
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Stockholm Palace, 3 Mey 1826 son o Oscar I an Josephine o Leuchtenberg |
Louise o the Netherlands |
Malmö, 18 September 1872, aged 46, buried in Riddarholmen Kirk
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Oscar II 18 September 1872 – 8 December 1907 |
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Stockholm, 21 Januar 1829 son o Oscar I an Josephine o Leuchtenberg |
Sofia o Nassau |
Stockholm, 8 December 1907, aged 78, buried in Riddarholmen Kirk
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Gustaf V 8 December 1907 – 29 October 1950 |
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Drottningholm Palace, 16 Juin 1858 son o Oscar II an Sofia o Nassau |
Victoria o Baden |
Drottningholm Palace, 29 October 1950, aged 92, buried in Riddarholmen Kirk
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Gustaf VI Adolf 29 October 1950 – 15 September 1973 |
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Stockholm, 11 November 1882 son o Gustav V an Victoria o Baden |
Princess Margaret o Connaught Lady Louise Mountbatten |
Helsingborg, 15 September 1973, aged 90, buried at Royal Burial Grund
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Carl XVI Gustaf Frae 15 September 1973 |
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Haga Palace, 30 Aprile 1946 son o Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke o Västerbotten an Princess Sibylla o Saxe-Coburg an Gotha |
Silvia Sommerlath |
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