The
House of Holstein-Gottorp, a cadet branch of the
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dynasty, ruled
SwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe...
from 1751 until 1818, and
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from 1814 to 1818.
In 1743
Adolf FrederickAdolf Frederick or Adolph Frederick was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death...
of
Holstein-GottorpHolstein-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. Other parts of the duchies were ruled by the kings of Denmark. The...
was elected crown prince of Sweden as a Swedish concession to
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, a strategy for achieving an acceptable peace after the disastrous war of the same year. He became
King of Sweden in 1751.
King
Gustav III of SwedenGustav III was King 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 VasaThe House of Vasa was the Royal House of Sweden 1523-1654 and of Poland and Lithuania 1587–1668. In 1611–1613 Duke Charles Philip, Prince of Sweden, was a pretender to Russian throne during Time of Troubles; so was Wladyslaw, the future King of Poland, in 1610–1613...
. 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 AdolfGustav 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 Sophia Magdalena, eldest daughter of Frederick V of Denmark and his first wife Louise of Great Britain. He was the last Swedish ruler of Finland.-Early...
was deposed following the loss of
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, is a Nordic country and democracy 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 XIIICharles XIII & II , was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway from 1814 until his death...
in 1818. In 1810, Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, a
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, was elected crown prince, and became the founder of the next and current Swedish dynasty, the House of
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.
In 1836 Gustav, the son of the deposed Gustav IV Adolf, was created Prince of Vasa in
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(written Wasa). However, the use of that name ceased when the prince's only surviving child, his daughter
CarolaPrincess Carola of Sweden or of Vasa was a princess of Sweden and queen consort of Saxony...
died without children.
The marriage of the future King Gustaf V to Princess
Victoria of BadenPrincess Viktoria of Baden , later Queen Victoria of Sweden, was a member of the Grand Ducal Family of Baden, who became the Queen Consort of King Gustav V of Sweden.-Birth:...
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 or Adolph Frederick was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death...
- 1771-1792 : Gustav III
Gustav III was King 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 was King of Sweden from 1792 until his abdication in 1809. He was the son of Gustav III of Sweden and his queen consort Sophia Magdalena, eldest daughter of Frederick V of Denmark and his first wife Louise of Great Britain. He was the last Swedish ruler of Finland.-Early...
- 1809-1818 : Charles XIII
Charles XIII & II , was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway from 1814 until his death...
King of Norway
- 1814-1818 : Charles II
Charles XIII & II , was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway from 1814 until his death...
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