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    Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (23 October 1636 – 24 November 1715) was Queen of Sweden from 1654 until 1660 as the wife of King Charles X Gustav...
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    placed in the care of his great-grandmother (his mother's paternal grandmother), Queen Dowager Hedwig Eleonora of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, who reportedly...
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    IX of Sweden, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp married Charles X Gustavus, Duke Frederick IV married the eldest daughter of King Charles XI of Sweden...
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    From 1700, she took care of her dominating grandmother, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, during her brother's absence in the Great Northern War....
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    been accepted, though much disliked by her grandmother, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp. At the Swedish royal court, Hedvig Sophia was described...
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    (1611–1721). He was the only son of King Charles X Gustav of Sweden and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp. His father died when he was four years old, so Charles...
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    married to Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, who bore his son and successor, Charles XI. Charles X Gustav was the second Wittelsbach king of Sweden after...
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    Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (13 April 1573 in Kiel – 8 December 1625 at Gripsholm Castle) was Queen of Sweden as the second wife of King Charles IX...
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    of Holstein-Gottorp (22 December 1597 – 10 August 1659) was a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. He was the elder son of Duke Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp...
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    Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. He was born in Gottorf Castle as the elder son of Duke Christian Albert of Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark...
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    excluded from it, Maria Eleonora was reportedly offended, and pointed out that her late mother-in-law, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, had served as regent...
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    Hedwig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (Swedish: Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta; 22 March 1759 – 20 June 1818) was the queen consort of Charles XIII...
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    Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp instated following the death of the king. Whilst being the only Swedish monarch called Frederick, he was Frederick I of Hesse-Kassel...
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  • wife of Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg Princess Hedwig of Denmark (1581–1641) Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636–1715), Queen of Sweden...
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    1697-1697: Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, during the minority of her grandson. 1700-1713: Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, during the absence of her...
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    of Holstein (also known as Hedwig; c. 1259 – c. 1325) was Queen of Sweden as the consort of King Magnus Ladulås. Her parents were Gerhard I, Count of...
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    Holstein-Gottorp against Denmark-Norway, and pointed to the fact that in Denmark, the mother of Ulrika Eleonora, also placed herself before that of her...
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    Silvia (born Silvia Renate Sommerlath; 23 December 1943) is Queen of Sweden as the wife of King Carl XVI Gustaf. She has held this title since her marriage...
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    of the Swedish queen dowager Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp François de Cuvilliés, originally court dwarf of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria...
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    (1833–1902), who died childless, was the last member of the Swedish branch of the House of Holstein-Gottorp. The modern Swedish royal family are Gustav IV Adolf's...
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  • widow of King Charles IX of Sweden. Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, (1599–1655), widow of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp...
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    welcomed by the queen dowager Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp and became popular members of society life on the estates of the nobility around Kristianstad...
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    redigering) (1942). Hedvig Elisabeth Charlottas dagbok IX (The diaries of Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte IX) (in Swedish). P.A. Norstedt & Söners förlag. Article...
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    emir, and founder of the Hotaki Dynasty (b. 1673) November 24 – Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of King Charles X of Sweden (b. 1636)...
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    princess of the German House of Battenberg, Louise was closely related to the ruling families of Britain as a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and of Russia...
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    alliance of Denmark–Norway, Saxony–Poland–Lithuania and Russia launched a threefold attack on the Swedish protectorate of Holstein-Gottorp and provinces of Livonia...
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    dwarf in service of the Swedish queen dowager Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp. Born in Norway, Been found himself in the service of the Swedish Queen...
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    Arvid Horn (category Lord Marshals of the Riksdag of the Estates)
    of Charles XII's nephew, Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1700–1739), who was under the guardianship of his grandmother Hedwig Eleonora of...
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    Södermanland and lady-in-waiting of two Swedish queens consort, Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp. She was first married at...
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    widow Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp. His main creation in Sweden was the execution of the sculptural programme of the staircase and hall of Drottningholm...
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