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The House of Holstein-Gottorp, a cadet branch of the Oldenburg
House of Oldenburg

The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses.It first became royal when Count Christian I of Denmark of Oldenburg became chosen King of Denmark in 1448, and has been the Danish Royal House ever since....
 dynasty, ruled Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 from 1751 until 1818, and Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
 from 1814 to 1818.

In 1743 Adolf Frederick
Adolf Frederick of Sweden

Adolf Frederick was Monarch of Sweden from 1751 until his death. He was the son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin and Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach....
 of Holstein-Gottorp
Holstein-Gottorp

Holstein-Gottorp or Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp is the historiographical name, as well as contemporary shorthand name, for the parts of the duchies Schleswig and Holstein that were ruled by the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp....
 was elected crown prince of Sweden as a Swedish concession to Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, a strategy for achieving an acceptable peace after the disastrous war of the same year. He became King of Sweden
List of Swedish monarchs

This is a list of Sweden monarchs, that is, the King of Sweden, with regents and viceroys of the Kalmar Union up until the present time.The earliest record of what is generally considered to be a Swedish king appears in Tacitus' work Germania, c....
 in 1751.

King Gustav III of Sweden
Gustav III of Sweden

Gustav III was Monarchy of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great....
, Adolf Frederick's eldest son, was enthusiastic about the fact that through his great-great-grandmother their dynasty descended from the royal House of Vasa
House of Vasa

The House of Vasa was the Royal House of Sweden 1523-1654 and of Poland and Lithuania 1587-1668. It origined from a noble family in Uppland of which several members had high offices during the 15th century....
.






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The House of Holstein-Gottorp, a cadet branch of the Oldenburg
House of Oldenburg

The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses.It first became royal when Count Christian I of Denmark of Oldenburg became chosen King of Denmark in 1448, and has been the Danish Royal House ever since....
 dynasty, ruled Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 from 1751 until 1818, and Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
 from 1814 to 1818.

In 1743 Adolf Frederick
Adolf Frederick of Sweden

Adolf Frederick was Monarch of Sweden from 1751 until his death. He was the son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin and Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach....
 of Holstein-Gottorp
Holstein-Gottorp

Holstein-Gottorp or Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp is the historiographical name, as well as contemporary shorthand name, for the parts of the duchies Schleswig and Holstein that were ruled by the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp....
 was elected crown prince of Sweden as a Swedish concession to Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, a strategy for achieving an acceptable peace after the disastrous war of the same year. He became King of Sweden
List of Swedish monarchs

This is a list of Sweden monarchs, that is, the King of Sweden, with regents and viceroys of the Kalmar Union up until the present time.The earliest record of what is generally considered to be a Swedish king appears in Tacitus' work Germania, c....
 in 1751.

King Gustav III of Sweden
Gustav III of Sweden

Gustav III was Monarchy of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great....
, Adolf Frederick's eldest son, was enthusiastic about the fact that through his great-great-grandmother their dynasty descended from the royal House of Vasa
House of Vasa

The House of Vasa was the Royal House of Sweden 1523-1654 and of Poland and Lithuania 1587-1668. It origined from a noble family in Uppland of which several members had high offices during the 15th century....
. He expressed wishes that their house be known as Vasa, as the new Royal House of Vasa and the continuation of the original. There was no effective way to force this change. Historians have not agreed with Gustav's desires, and the house is always referred to as Holstein-Gottorp.

In 1809 Gustav III's son King Gustav IV Adolf
Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden

Gustav IV Adolf , was King of Sweden from 1792 until his abdication in 1809. He was the son of Gustav III of Sweden and his queen consort Sophie Magdalena of Denmark, eldest daughter of Frederick V of Denmark and his first wife Louise of Great Britain....
 was deposed following the loss of Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
, and the dynasty disappeared from Swedish history with the death of his uncle King Charles XIII
Charles XIII of Sweden

Charles XIII & II , was Monarch of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway from 1814 until his death. He was the second son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great....
 in 1818. In 1810, Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, a Marshal of France
Marshal of France

The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements....
, was elected crown prince, and became the founder of the next and current Swedish dynasty, the House of Bernadotte
Bernadotte

The House of Bernadotte, the current Royal House of the Sweden, has reigned since 1818. Between 1818 and 1905 it was also the Royal House of Norway....
.

In 1836 Gustav, the son of the deposed Gustav IV Adolf, was created Prince of Vasa in Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
 (written Wasa). However, the use of that name ceased when the prince's only surviving child, his daughter Carola
Carola of Vasa

Princess Carola of Sweden or of Vasa was a princess of Sweden and queen consort of Kingdom of Saxony. She was the daughter of the former Gustaf, Prince of Vasa and Princess Luise Amelie Stephanie of Baden, and a granddaughter of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden who had been deposed in 1809....
 died without children.

The marriage of the future King Gustaf V to Princess Victoria of Baden
Victoria of Baden

Princess Viktoria of Baden , later Queen Victoria of Sweden, was a member of the Z?hringen, who became the Queen Consort of Gustaf V of Sweden....
 in 1881 united the reigning House of Bernadotte with the House of Holstein-Gottorp since Victoria was a great-granddaughter of the deposed Gustav IV Adolf.

Kings of Sweden

  • 1751-1771 : Adolf Frederick
    Adolf Frederick of Sweden

    Adolf Frederick was Monarch of Sweden from 1751 until his death. He was the son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin and Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach....
  • 1771-1792 : Gustav III
    Gustav III of Sweden

    Gustav III was Monarchy of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great....
  • 1792-1809 : Gustav IV Adolf
    Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden

    Gustav IV Adolf , was King of Sweden from 1792 until his abdication in 1809. He was the son of Gustav III of Sweden and his queen consort Sophie Magdalena of Denmark, eldest daughter of Frederick V of Denmark and his first wife Louise of Great Britain....
  • 1809-1818 : Charles XIII
    Charles XIII of Sweden

    Charles XIII & II , was Monarch of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway from 1814 until his death. He was the second son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great....


King of Norway

  • 1814-1818 : Charles II
    Charles XIII of Sweden

    Charles XIII & II , was Monarch of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway from 1814 until his death. He was the second son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great....


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