Adolf Friedrich von Holstein-Gottorp, Kung av Sverige

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Adolf Friedrich von Holstein-Gottorp (Holstein-Gottorp, Oldenburg), Kung av Sverige

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Schloss Gottorp, Schleswig, Schleswig, Danmark (Denmark)
Death: February 12, 1771 (60)
Stockholms Slott, Stockholm, Sverige (Sweden)
Place of Burial: Stockholm, Sverige
Immediate Family:

Son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin and Albertine Frederike Markgräfin von Baden-Durlach, Prinzessin von Holstein-Gottorp
Husband of Louise Ulrika Queen Consort of Sweden
Father of Stillborn Son von Holstein-Gottorp, Prins; Gustav III, king of Sweden; Karl XIII, Kung av Sverige och Norge; Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland and Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden
Brother of Hedwig Sophie Auguste von Holstein-Gottorp, Äbtissin von Herford; Карл Август Гольштейн Готторпский; Fredrike Amalie von Holstein-Gottorp, Herzogin; Anna, Prinzessin von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf; Friedrich August von Holstein-Gottorp, Herzog zu Oldenburg and 5 others

Occupation: Kung i Sverige 1751-71, kronprins av Sverige (23 June 1743 - 25 March 1751), konung av Sverige (25 March 1751 - 12 February 1771), Svensk kung 1751-1771, Konge, Kung i Sverige1751-1771, Svensk kung 1751-, King of Sweden
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About Adolf Friedrich von Holstein-Gottorp, Kung av Sverige

Predecessor: Frederick I Successor: Gustav III

Of Holstein. Elected King of Sweden by the Council of Sweden in an effort to strengthen foreign relations, upon the death of the King in 1751, leaving no heirs to succeed him.His wife was a sister to Frederick the Great (Frederick II). Ruled from 1751 - 1771.

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Adolf Friedrich von Holstein-Gottorp, Kung av Sverige's Timeline

1710
May 14, 1710
Schloss Gottorp, Schleswig, Schleswig, Danmark (Denmark)
May 14, 1710
- April 24, 1726
Gottorf Castle, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Schleswig-Holstein
August 14, 1710
Gottorf Castle, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1710
- 1743
1726
April 24, 1726
- June 23, 1743
Age 15
Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein
1743
June 23, 1743
- March 25, 1751
Age 33
Stockholm, Stockholm County
1743
- 1751
Age 32
1745
February 18, 1745
Stockholm, Sverige (Sweden)
1746
January 24, 1746
Kungshuset, Riddarholmen, Gamla stan, Stockholm, Stockholm County, Uppland, Sweden