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Frederick I of Sweden

1676 - 1751

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Frederick I (Swedish: Fredrik I; 28 April 1676 – 5 April 1751) was King of Sweden from 1720 until his death, having been prince consort of Sweden from 1718 to 1720, and was also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730. He ascended the throne following the death of his brother-in-law absolutist Charles XII in the Great Northern War, and the abdication of his wife, Charles's sister and successor Ulrika Eleonora, after she had to relinquish most powers to the Riksdag of the Estates and thus chose to abdicate. His powerless reign and lack of legitimate heirs of his own saw his family's elimination from the line of succession after the parliamentary government dominated by pro-revanchist Hat Party politicians ventured into a war with Russia, which ended in defeat and the Russian tsarina Elizabeth getting Adolf Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp instated following the death of the king. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick I of Sweden has received more than 794,377 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Frederick I of Sweden is the 1,226th most popular politician (down from 1,215th in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 337th in 2019) and the 95th most popular German Politician.

Frederick I of Sweden is most famous for being king of Sweden from 1720-1751. He was the son of Charles XII and Ulrika Eleonora. He was a military genius and was known for his military victories in the Great Northern War.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick I of Sweden ranks 1,226 out of 19,576. Before him are Albert Lebrun, Sunjong of Korea, Musaylimah, Amenhotep II, Joan I of Navarre, and Queen Paola of Belgium. After him are Ælfweard of Wessex, Jamukha, Francesco I Sforza, Berengar I of Italy, Chlothar II, and Liz Truss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1676, Frederick I of Sweden ranks 1. After him are Alexander Selkirk, Francis II Rákóczi, Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Robert Walpole, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Jacopo Riccati, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Leonard of Port Maurice, and Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon. Among people deceased in 1751, Frederick I of Sweden ranks 3. Before him are Tomaso Albinoni, and Julien Offray de La Mettrie. After him are William IV, Prince of Orange, Frederick, Prince of Wales, Louise of Great Britain, Tokugawa Yoshimune, Jacques I, Prince of Monaco, Peter Lacy, Christopher Polhem, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, and Robert Maynard.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick I of Sweden ranks 322 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881), Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737), Joseph Beuys (1921), Ilse Koch (1906), Gustav Stresemann (1878), and Franz Halder (1884). After him are Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850), Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779), Friedrich Bessel (1784), Michael Haneke (1942), Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781), and August Kekulé (1829).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick I of Sweden ranks 95. Before him are Theodor Heuss (1884), Julius Streicher (1885), Georgy Lvov (1861), Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737), Ilse Koch (1906), and Gustav Stresemann (1878). After him are Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744), Karl Haushofer (1869), Fritz Sauckel (1894), Ferdinand I of Romania (1865), Valdemar I of Denmark (1131), and Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567).

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