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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 730,423 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Frederick I of Sweden is the 1,217th most popular politician (down from 1,066th in 2019), the 337th most popular biography from Germany (down from 305th 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 1,217 out of 15,577Before him are Michel Aoun, Zachary Taylor, 2nd Dalai Lama, Friedrich Fromm, Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah, and Carloman I. After him are Gaspard II de Coligny, Petro Poroshenko, Bessus, Ahaz, Christian III of Denmark, and Tarja Halonen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1676, Frederick I of Sweden ranks 2Before him is Alexander Selkirk. After him are Francis II Rákóczi, Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Robert Walpole, Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Jacopo Riccati, and Stanisław Poniatowski. Among people deceased in 1751, Frederick I of Sweden ranks 3Before him are Tomaso Albinoni and Julien Offray de La Mettrie. After him are William IV, Prince of Orange, Frederick, Prince of Wales, Jacques I, Prince of Monaco, Louise of Great Britain, Tokugawa Yoshimune, Peter Lacy, Christopher Polhem, Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, and Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick I of Sweden ranks 337 out of 6,142Before him are Karl Haushofer (1869), Valdemar I of Denmark (1131), Otto Frank (1889), Thomas à Kempis (1380), Heinrich Schütz (1585), and Friedrich Fromm (1888). After him are Christian III of Denmark (1503), Carl Bosch (1874), Ludolph van Ceulen (1540), Franz Mesmer (1734), Fritz Sauckel (1894), and Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick I of Sweden ranks 95Before him are Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744), Baldur von Schirach (1907), Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811), Karl Haushofer (1869), Valdemar I of Denmark (1131), and Friedrich Fromm (1888). After him are Christian III of Denmark (1503), Fritz Sauckel (1894), Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845), Henry the Lion (1129), Georgy Lvov (1861), and Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737).