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Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII (Swedish: Karl XII) or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 O.S.), [1] was King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of Wittelsbach. Charles was the only surviving son of Charles XI and Ulrika Eleonora the Elder.
10 February 1840: Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, only daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, granddaughter of King George III, and successor of King William IV, was married to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, younger son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, London.
Crown Prince Gustav (1799–1877) Charles XV (1826–1872) r. 1859–1872: Prince Gustaf Duke of Uppland (1827–1852) Oscar II (1829–1907) r. 1872–1907: Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826–1907) Frederick VIII of Denmark (1843–1912) Princess Louise Queen consort of Denmark (1851–1926) Prince Carl Oscar Duke of Södermanland (1852 ...
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf celebrates his golden jubilee on Friday, marking 50 years since he ascended the throne on Sept. 15, 1973. ... Karl XII, in 1719 but handed over the crown to her ...
King Gustaf V (1858–1950), né Prince of Sweden and Norway King Gustaf VI Adolf (1882–1973), né Prince of Sweden and Norway Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (1906–1947) King Carl XVI Gustaf (born 1946) Crown Princess Victoria, Duchess of Västergötland (b. 1977) Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland (b. 2012) Prince ...
The entire Swedish royal family was in attendance, including King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria (and her husband, Prince Daniel), and Prince Carl Philip (and his wife ...
Carl XVI Gustaf had been king of Sweden since 1973 and Sommerlath was a German-born translator. The couple had met at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich and became engaged in 1976. Olof Sundby , Archbishop of Uppsala , presided over the Church of Sweden ceremony in Storkyrkan .
King Albert (left) with his father Duke Albert II of Mecklenburg. Albert kept the crown of Sweden for another 19 years, but most of western Sweden did not support his reign. When he attempted to introduce reduction of the large estates of the Swedish nobility, he lost his support in Stockholm.