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This is a list of heads of state of Finland; that is, the kings of Sweden with regents and viceroys of the Kalmar Union, the grand dukes of Finland, a title used by most Swedish monarchs and Russian emperors, up to the two-year regency following the independence in 1917, with a brief flirtation with a truly domestic monarchy.
In 1742, following the Russian occupation of Finland in the Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743) and vague promises of making the country independent, the four estates gathered in Turku and decided to ask Empress Elizabeth of Russia if the then Duke Peter of Holstein-Gottorp, grand-nephew of the late king Charles XII of Sweden, could be proclaimed as the King of Finland.
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 ...
However, according to certain family documents and correspondence, his successor as King of Finland would have been his second surviving son Prince Wolfgang of Hesse (1896–1989), apparently because Philipp was already the designated heir of the rights over the Electorate of Hesse, but certainly because Wolfgang was with his parents in 1918 ...
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.
The bishop had ecclesiastical authority over much of today's Finland, and was usually the most powerful man there. Bishops were often Finns, whereas the commanders of castles were more often Scandinavian or German noblemen. In 1362, representatives from Finland were called to participate in the elections for the king of Sweden.
He became Finland's only field marshal in 1933 and was appointed honorary Marshal of Finland in 1942. [ 4 ] The Russian Empire still dominated the Grand Duchy of Finland during Mannerheim's childhood, and Mannerheim made a career in the Imperial Russian Army , serving in the Russo-Japanese War and the Eastern Front of World War I and rising by ...
The attempt to create a Kingdom of Finland in 1742 is a little-known chapter in the history of Finland.After the Russian occupation during the Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743) and vague promises of making Finland independent, Finns elected the Duke Peter of Holstein-Gottorp, who later became heir to the throne of Russia and Emperor as Peter III, as the King of Finland.