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Frederick Charles Louis Constantine, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse (German: Friedrich Karl Ludwig Konstantin Prinz und Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel; Finnish: Fredrik Kaarle; 1 May 1868 – 28 May 1940), was the brother-in-law of the German Emperor, Wilhelm II. He was elected King of Finland on 9 October 1918, but renounced the throne on 14 ...
A civil war followed, and afterwards, while the pro-republican Social Democratic Party was excluded from the Parliament and before a new constitution was adopted, Frederick was elected to the throne of Finland on 9 October 1918. Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse, the king-elect of Finland Replica of the Crown designed for the Finnish monarch. The ...
Regent (interim head of state) of Finland (1918–1919). Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Defence Forces (1939–1945). The only Field Marshal and Marshal of Finland. Decreed as president in 1944 by an exception law. Resigned in 1946 because of poor health. Finland's only non-partisan president and the only president to die outside Finland. 7.
During the war, the Whites had been supported by Imperial Germany, and in an effort to cement the alliance with Germany, the Finnish parliament, now purged of socialist members, elected Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse as the King of Finland. Before Frederick Charles could move to Finland, however, the collapse of the Central Powers made the ...
9 October – Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse is elected King of Finland. [ 3 ] 14 December – Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse renounces the Finnish throne, without setting foot in the country.
Princess Margaret in her wedding dress. Princess Margaret was first attracted to Prince Maximilian of Baden. [5] When he did not reciprocate her affection, she moved on to her second choice, Max's close friend, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, future head of the Hesse-Kassel dynasty and future elected King of Finland. [5]
The 55-year-old King Frederik X officially ascended the throne on Sunday amid great fanfare, as people gathered to watch the historic event in Copenhagen and elsewhere. If those events weren't ...
The parade of the White Guard of Finland in Helsinki on 16 August 1919. Indirect presidential elections were held for the first time in Finland in 1919. [1] Although the country had declared Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse king on 9 October 1918, he renounced the throne on 14 December.