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This list records the monarchs of Sweden, from the late Viking Age to the present day. Sweden has continuously been a monarchy since the country's consolidation in the Viking Age and early Middle Ages, for over a thousand years. [1] The incumbent royal dynasty of Sweden is the House of Bernadotte, established on the throne in 1818.
King of England and Ireland King of Scotland England Scotland Ireland: 1688–1701† France: Chakdor Namgyal: King of Sikkim Sikkim: 1700–1707 Tibet: Charles XII: King of Sweden Sweden: 1709–1714 Ottoman Empire: Vakhtang VI: King of Kartli: Kingdom of Kartli: 1724–1737† Russian Empire: Theodore I: King of Corsica: Kingdom of Corsica ...
This is a list of Swedish governments and rulers, from the end of the Kalmar Union until the breakthrough of parliamentarism. 1521-1523 : Regent Gustaf Eriksson Vasa ( Continued as king ) 1523-1560 : King Gustaf I of Sweden
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Kingdom of Sweden: Queen of Sweden: 6 June 1654 Charles X Gustav: Go-Sai: Japan: Emperor of Japan: 5 March 1663 Reigen: John II Casimir Vasa: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth: King of Poland: 16 September 1668 Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki: Reigen: Japan: Emperor of Japan: 2 May 1687 Higashiyama: James II and VII Kingdom of England Kingdom of ...
Name Country Year Reason Lord North King George III of Great Britain: Massachusetts: 1774 Introduced the Massachusetts Government Act in Parliament rescinding the Massachusetts colonial charter, dissolving the elected legislature, and instituting martial law under the command of General Thomas Gage in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party.
the kingdom of Sweden rose to the status of great power as the comparatively short-lived Swedish Empire due to the Thirty Years' War the kingdom of Denmark-Norway The House of Habsburg became the most influential royal dynasty in continental Europe by the 17th century, divided into the Spanish and Austrian branches.
Swedish Empire including overseas territories. The Swedish Empire or the Age of Greatness (Swedish: stormaktstiden) [1] was the period in Swedish history spanning much of the 17th and early 18th centuries during which Sweden became a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region.