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Adolf was born at Dillenburg Castle on 8 August 1586 [1] as the third son of Count John VII the Middle of Nassau-Siegen and his first wife, Countess Magdalene of Waldeck-Wildungen. [2] He was baptised on Sunday 21 August Jul.. [3] Adolf studied in Geneva in 1601, [4] and then in Basel and in France. [5]
He also made Gustaf Adolf an honorary knight grand cross of both the Order of the Bath and the Royal Victorian Order. [9] [10] Gustaf Adolf's brother, Prince Wilhelm, paternal uncle, Prince Eugen, maternal uncle, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Baden, and other Swedish courtiers were also appointed to the Royal Victorian Order. [10]
Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf; 11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death in 1973. He was the eldest son of Gustaf V and his wife, Victoria of Baden. Before Gustaf Adolf acceded to the throne, he was crown prince for nearly 43 years during his father's reign. As ...
For most parliamentarians, this was the first opportunity to see and hear Hitler in person, as this was Hitler's first appearance in the Reichstag. [2] Members of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) were not represented, as all its members were either in custody or in hiding, [1] while some members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) had also signed off on vacation.
Adolf VI, Count of Berg from 1189 till 1218. In 1212 he took part to the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars . He died in 1218 in combat as commander of the troops in Damiette , in the delta of the Nile , with the Fifth Crusade .
King Gustaf VI Adolf succeeded his elderly father who died in 1950, and he is generally regarded as a constitutional monarch who stayed out of politics and controversy. In 1954, a royal commission began work on whether Sweden should undergo constitutional reform to adapt the 1809 Instrument of Government to current political realities, or ...
Vi Gustav Adolf, med Guds Nåde, Sveriges, Götes och Vendes utkorade konung och arvfurste, storfurste till Finland, hertig till Estland och Västmanland We Gustavus Adolphus, by the Grace of God, chosen King and heir of Sweden, the Goths and the Wends, Grand Prince of Finland, Duke of Estonia and Västmanland
Gustaf VI Adolf (1882–1973) r. 1950–1973: Prince Gustaf Adolf Duke of Västerbotten (1906–1947) Carl XVI Gustaf (b. 1946) r. 1973–present: Crown Princess Victoria