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Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp

1636 - 1715

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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. She served as regent during the minority of her son, King Charles XI, from 1660 until 1672, and during the minority of her grandson, King Charles XII, in 1697. She also represented Charles XII during his absence in the Great Northern War from 1700 until the regency of her granddaughter Ulrika Eleonora in 1713. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp has received more than 153,681 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp is the 3,600th most popular politician (up from 3,693rd in 2019), the 980th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,019th in 2019) and the 289th most popular German Politician.

Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp was a Swedish princess and the daughter of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. Hedwig married Duke Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, who died in 1767. She then married Duke Charles of Södermanland.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 3,600 out of 15,577Before her are Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria, Kato Svanidze, Vladimir Kryuchkov, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, Nikolai Ryzhkov, and Ebrahim Raisi. After her are Ferdinand II of León, Blanche II of Navarre, Emperor Tenmu, Antiochus XI Epiphanes, Tudḫaliya IV, and Godigisel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1636, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 4Before her are Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, and Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy. After her are Laura Mancini, Adriaen van de Velde, Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Edward Colston, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Nikolai Spathari, and Charles de La Fosse. Among people deceased in 1715, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 10Before her are François Fénelon, Dom Pérignon, Thomas Savery, Marie Mancini, William Dampier, and Antoine Galland. After her are Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Pu Songling, François Girardon, Mirwais Hotak, Nicolas Lemery, and Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 980 out of 6,142Before her are Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719), Georg Bednorz (1950), Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887), Günther Lütjens (1889), John B. Goodenough (1922), and Felix Magath (1953). After her are Godigisel (359), Alfred von Waldersee (1832), Christian Thomasius (1655), Berti Vogts (1946), Conrad Schumann (1942), and Henry II, Duke of Austria (1107).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 289Before her are Emil Maurice (1897), Harald Quandt (1921), Lothar von Richthofen (1894), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728), Hans Oster (1887), and John, Elector of Saxony (1468). After her are Godigisel (359), Henry II, Duke of Austria (1107), Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823), Emil Jellinek (1853), Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (1658), and Erhard Heiden (1901).