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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. Hedwig Eleonora was described as a dominant personality, and was regarded as the de facto first lady of the royal court for 61 years, from 1654 until her death. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp is the 3,446th most popular politician (up from 3,512th in 2019), the 890th most popular biography from Germany (up from 953rd in 2019) and the 257th 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 3,446 out of 19,576. Before her are Antiochus IX Cyzicenus, Hyeokgeose of Silla, Psamtik II, Mohammad bin Salman, Kim Koo, and Pharamond. After her are Fulvia, Mikhail Mishustin, Lucius Julius Caesar, Emperor Kōtoku, Sajida Talfah, and Fujiko Fujio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1636, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 3. Before her are Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, and Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria. After her are Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Adriaen van de Velde, Laura Mancini, Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Edward Colston, Nikolai Spathari, and Libéral Bruant. Among people deceased in 1715, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 9. Before her are François Fénelon, Gülnuş Sultan, Dom Pérignon, William Dampier, Antoine Galland, and Marie Mancini. After her are Pu Songling, Thomas Savery, Mirwais Hotak, François Girardon, Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Pierre Magnol.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 890 out of 7,253. Before her are Walther Wenck (1900), Alfred Hugenberg (1865), Fritz Perls (1893), Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), William Stern (1871), and Kurt Zeitzler (1895). After her are Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919), Harald Quandt (1921), Markus Wolf (1923), Götz von Berlichingen (1480), Radegund (518), and Wilhelm Kempff (1895).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp ranks 257. Before her are Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1578), Henry II, Duke of Austria (1107), Saloninus (242), William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493), Alfred Hugenberg (1865), and Kurt Zeitzler (1895). After her are Harald Quandt (1921), Constantin Fehrenbach (1852), Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1441), Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876), John George I, Elector of Saxony (1585), and Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1680).

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