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Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden

1710 - 1771

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Adolf (or Adolph) Frederick (Swedish: Adolf Fredrik; German: Adolf Friedrich; 14 May 1710 – 12 February 1771) was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death in 1771. He was the son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, and Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach. He was an uncle of Catherine the Great and husband to Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. After 220 years the House of Oldenburg returned to the Swedish throne with Adolf Frederick through its Holstein-Gottorp branch. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden is the 737th most popular politician (up from 850th in 2019), the 191st most popular biography from Germany (up from 236th in 2019) and the 55th most popular German Politician.

Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, is most famous for being the last Swedish monarch to reign over both Sweden and Norway. He was the son of Gustav III of Sweden and Sophia Magdalena of Denmark.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden ranks 737 out of 19,576. Before him are Christian II of Denmark, Philippikos Bardanes, Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Nebuchadnezzar I, Al-Ma'mun, and Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator. After him are Tigranes the Great, Maximinus Thrax, Yesugei, Ptolemy III Euergetes, Taejong of Joseon, and Ion Antonescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1710, Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden ranks 3. Before him are Louis XV of France, and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. After him are Thomas Reid, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Muhammad bin Saud, András Hadik, Domenico Alberti, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Mohammed ben Abdallah, Thomas Arne, and Carl Alexander Clerck. Among people deceased in 1771, Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden ranks 1. After him are Claude Adrien Helvétius, Philip Miller, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Louis-Michel van Loo, Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Henri Pitot, John Bevis, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, František Brixi, Thomas Gray, and Tobias Smollett.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden ranks 191 out of 7,253. Before him are Nelly Sachs (1891), Sophia of Prussia (1870), Richard Willstätter (1872), Georgius Agricola (1494), Hermann von Helmholtz (1821), and Paul Heyse (1830). After him are Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900), Friedrich Schlegel (1772), Leopold Mozart (1719), Johann Christian Bach (1735), Ernst Röhm (1887), and Friedrich Ebert (1871).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden ranks 55. Before him are Olaf Scholz (1958), George II of Great Britain (1683), Frederick William I of Prussia (1688), Charles the Fat (839), Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1175), and Conrad III of Germany (1093). After him are Friedrich Ebert (1871), Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (990), Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756), Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (1808), Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882), and Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956).

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