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The levy encountered the Russian expeditionary force at Klinte Church and Ajmunds bro . Af Klint judged the military situation unfavorable and decided to surrender without a fight. On 23 April the surrender took place, without documents, at the Sandäskes inn in Sanda. The next day the Russian force marched into Visby and found quarters ...
Emperor of Russia r. 1796-1801 1754-1801: Gustav IV Adolf King of Sweden r. 1792-1809 1778-1837: Augustus Grand Duke of Oldenburg r. 1829-1853 1783-1853: Alexander I Emperor of Russia r. 1801-1825 1777-1825: Nicholas I Emperor of Russia r. 1825-1855 1796-1855: Peter II Grand Duke of Oldenburg r. 1853-1900 1827-1900: Alexander II the Liberator ...
In April 1796, talks about the "Russian marriage" were resumed by Catherine II, who invited Gustav IV Adolf to visit her in St. Petersburg. Gustav IV Adolf and his uncle the Duke of Södermanland arrived incognito for a meeting with the bride. A series of brilliant parties were arranged in their honor.
[9] [10] This was a modest family which occupied only one floor of the house in a cross street in a popular and peripheral district of Pau. [11] Two branches of the French Bernadotte family survive. The elder descends from Andrew (André) Bernadotte, an older granduncle of Carl John's, with descendants today in the general population of France.
The German minority population in Russia, Ukraine, and the Soviet Union stemmed from several sources and arrived in several waves. Since the second half of the 19th century, as a consequence of the Russification policies and compulsory military service in the Russian Empire, large groups of Germans from Russia emigrated to the Americas (mainly Canada, the United States, Brazil and Argentina ...
Germany was somewhat worried about Russia's potential industrialization—it had far more potential soldiers—while Russia feared Germany's already established industrial power. In 1907 Russia went into a coalition with Britain and France, the Triple Entente. [18] The ultimate result of this was that Russia and Germany became enemies in World ...
Prince Gustav of Vasa, Count of Itterburg [1] (German: Gustav, Prinz von Wasa; [2] 9 November 1799 at Stockholm – 4 August/5 August 1877 at Pillnitz), born Crown Prince of Sweden, was the son of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Queen Frederica. His Austrian princely title (from 1829) was actually spelled Wasa. [3]
The immediate consequence of the Russian invasion was the deposition of Gustav Adolf by the Coup of 1809 on 13 March 1809, and the exclusion of his whole family from the succession. [ citation needed ] On 5 June 1809, the duke regent was proclaimed king, under the title of Charles XIII, after accepting the new liberal constitution , which was ...