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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.
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; 1560-1568 : King Eric XIV of Sweden; 1568-1592 : King John III of Sweden; 1592-1599 : King Sigismund of Sweden
Eric the Victorious (945–995) r. 970–995: Olof Skötkonung (980–1022) r. 995–1022: Estrid of the Obotrites 979–1035: Emund the Old r. 1050–1060
The list of articles below is complete (as of July 15, 2009) with all legitimate monarchs included. Regarding alphabetical (and chronological) name sorting, note: Kings are always listed by official first name. Coal or Cole is listed here as Kol. Edmund is listed here as Emund. Filip is listed in English as Philip.
Map of Ireland (900 AD) The names of Connacht, Ulster, Leinster and Munster are still in use, now applied to the four modern provinces of Ireland. The following is a list of the main Irish kingdoms and their kings: Kings of Ailech (5th century to 1185) Kings of Airgíalla (?-1590) Kings of Connacht (406–1474)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) Kingdom of Italy (1805–1814, 1861–1946) French Empire (1804–1814, 1851-1870) Kingdom of Bavaria (1806–1918) Kingdom of Saxony (1806–1918) Kingdom of Württemberg (1806–1918) Kingdom of Westphalia (1807–1813) Kingdom of Hanover (1814–1866)
List of Lords of Ireland – lists rulers of the Lordship of Ireland from 1171 to 1542; List of Irish monarchs – lists sovereigns of the Kingdom of Ireland from 1542 to 1800 and the Irish Free State; List of presidents of Ireland – lists heads of state of the Republic of Ireland
The two crowns remained under personal union until the Acts of Union 1800 when the kingdoms became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. This union lasted until Irish Independence in 1921 when with the departure of the 26 southern counties of Ireland, the UK officially became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.