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On 29 March, Gustav IV Adolf, to save the crown for his son, voluntarily abdicated; but on 10 May, the Riksdag of the Estates, dominated by the army, declared that not merely Gustav but his whole family had forfeited the throne, [3] perhaps an excuse to exclude his family from succession based on the rumours of his illegitimacy. A more likely ...
The current ruling house of Bernadotte similarly claims a Vasa mantle: Charles XIV was an adopted son of Charles XIII; his son Oscar I married a Vasa descendant Josephine of Leuchtenberg; their grandson Gustav V married Victoria of Baden who was a great-grandchild of Gustav IV Adolf of the house Holstein-Gottorp.
King Gustav IV Adolph of Sweden was seized by rebels at Stockholm Palace on 13 March 1809, forcing him to abdicate two weeks later. Napoleon 's first abdication, signed at the Palace of Fontainebleau on 4 April 1814
In 1809 a coup d'état against King Gustav IV replaced him with his uncle Karl XIII. As the new king was childless, he and the ruling government arranged for the adoption of an heir to succeed him. As the new king was childless, he and the ruling government arranged for the adoption of an heir to succeed him.
After the Swedish defeat in the Finnish War, a coup d'état was mounted against Gustav's son and successor, King Gustav IV Adolf, by disgruntled liberals and army officers. The king was forced to abdicate and sent into exile, and a new constitution was then drawn up, the Instrument of Government (1809), which superseded the 1772 Instrument. [7]
King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, who in 1806 issued a proclamation to his German subjects that the dissolution of the empire "would not destroy the German nation" In an official capacity, Prussia's response was only formulaic expressions of regret owing to the "termination of an honourable bond hallowed by time". [46]
Gustav IV Adolf's arrest during the Coup of 1809. The Coup of 1809 (Swedish: Statskuppen 1809) also referred to as the Revolution of 1809 (Swedish: Revolutionen 1809) was a Swedish coup d'état 13 March that year by a group of noblemen led by Georg Adlersparre, with support from the Western Army. [1]
John II Casimir Vasa (Polish: Jan II Kazimierz Waza; Lithuanian: Jonas Kazimieras Vaza; 22 March 1609 – 16 December 1672) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1648 to his abdication in 1668 as well as a claimant to the throne of Sweden from 1648 to 1660.