Duchies in Sweden, the Glossary

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1. 146 relations: Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, Alma Söderhjelm, Assassination, Ångermanland, Öland, Östergötland, Bengt Algotsson, Bengt Birgersson, Birger Jarl, Blekinge, Bohuslän, Bonnier Group, Bremen-Verden, Bridget of Sweden, Burke's Peerage, Canute Porse the Elder, Carl Bernadotte, Carl Johan Bernadotte, Carl XVI Gustaf, Catherine Jagiellon, Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, Charles IX of Sweden, Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland, Charles X Gustav, Charles XIII, Charles XV, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Christina, Queen of Sweden, Coronet, Count of Wisborg, County administrative boards of Sweden, Courtesy title, Crown prince, Dalarna, Dalsland, Désirée Clary, Duchy, Duke, Duke of Estonia, Duke of Finland, Duke of Halland, Dynasty, Elsa Elisabeth Brahe, Endonym and exonym, English language, Eric Birgersson, Eric Linklater, Eric Magnusson (duke), Eric XIV of Sweden, Estonia, ... Expand index (96 more) »

2. Dukedoms of Sweden
3. Dukes of provinces of Sweden

Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg

Adolph John I (Adolf Johann I.; Adolf Johan; 11 October 1629 – 14 October 1689) was Count Palatine of Kleeburg from 1654 until 1689 and was considered Prince of Sweden until 1660.

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Alma Söderhjelm

Alma Söderhjelm (10 May 1870 – 16 March 1949) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish historian and the first female professor in Finland.

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Assassination

Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important.

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Ångermanland

Ångermanland is a historical province (landskap) in the northern part of Sweden.

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Öland

Öland (sometimes written Oland internationally; Oelandia) is the second-largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden.

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Östergötland

Östergötland (English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (landskap in Swedish) in the south of Sweden.

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Bengt Algotsson

Bengt Algotsson (also Benedictus; d. 1360) was a medieval Swedish lord.

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Bengt Birgersson (1254 – 25 May 1291) was the youngest son of Birger Jarl.

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Birger Jarl

Birger Jarl (21 October 1266), also known as Birger Magnusson, was a Swedish statesman and regent, jarl, and a member of the House of Bjelbo, who played a pivotal role in the consolidation of Sweden.

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Blekinge

Blekinge is one of the traditional Swedish provinces (landskap), situated in the southern coast of the geographic region of Götaland, in southern Sweden.

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Bohuslän

Bohuslän is a Swedish province in Götaland, on the northernmost part of the country's west coast.

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Bonnier Group

Bonnier AB, also the Bonnier Group, is a privately held Swedish media group of 175 companies operating in 15 countries.

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Bremen-Verden

Bremen-Verden, formally the Duchies of Bremen and Verden (Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden), were two territories and immediate fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire, which emerged and gained imperial immediacy in 1180. By their original constitution they were prince-bishoprics of the Archdiocese of Bremen and Bishopric of Verden.

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Bridget of Sweden

Bridget of Sweden, OSsS (– 23 July 1373), born Birgitta Birgersdotter and also known as Birgitta of Vadstena (heliga Birgitta), was a Swedish Catholic mystic and the founder of the Bridgettines.

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Burke's Peerage

Burke's Peerage Limited is a British genealogical publisher, considered an authority on the order of precedence of noble families and information on the lesser nobility of the United Kingdom.

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Canute Porse the Elder

Canute Porse the Elder or Knud/Knut Porse (died 30 May 1330) was a medieval Danish nobleman and Duke of Samsø, Duke of Halland, Duke of Estonia, and Count of Kalundborg.

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Carl Bernadotte

Carl Gustaf Oscar Fredrik Christian, Prince Bernadotte (10 January 1911 – 27 June 2003), originally Prince Carl, Duke of Östergötland, was the youngest child and only son of Prince Carl of Sweden and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark and eventually a prince of the Belgian nobility.

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Carl Johan Bernadotte

Carl Johan Arthur, Prince Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg, (31 October 1916 – 5 May 2012) was the fourth son and fifth and youngest child of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught.

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Carl XVI Gustaf

Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. Duchies in Sweden and Carl XVI Gustaf are dukes of provinces of Sweden.

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Catherine Jagiellon

Catherine Jagiellon (Katarzyna Jagiellonka; Katarina Jagellonica, Lithuanian: Kotryna Jogailaitė; 1 November 1526 – 16 September 1583) was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth princess and Queen of Sweden from 1569 as the wife of King John III.

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Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg

Catherine of Sweden (Katarina; 10 November 1584 – 13 December 1638) was a Swedish princess and a Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken as the consort of her second cousin John Casimir of Palatinate-Zweibrücken.

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Charles IX of Sweden

Charles IX, also Carl (Karl IX; 4 October 1550 – 30 October 1611), reigned as King of Sweden from 1604 until his death.

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Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland

Prince Charles Philip of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland, (Carl Filip; Reval 22 April 1601 – Narva, 25 January 1622) was a Swedish prince, Duke of Södermanland, Närke and Värmland.

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Charles X Gustav

Charles X Gustav, also Carl X Gustav (Karl X Gustav; 8 November 1622 – 13 February 1660), was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death.

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Charles XIII

Charles XIII, or Carl XIII (Karl XIII, 7 October 1748 – 5 February 1818), was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway from 1814 to his death.

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Charles XV

Charles XV or Carl (Carl Ludvig Eugen; Swedish and Norwegian officially: Karl; 3 May 1826 – 18 September 1872) was King of Sweden and Norway, there often referred to as Charles IV, from 8 July 1859 until his death in 1872.

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Christina of Holstein-Gottorp

Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (13 April 1573 in Kiel – 8 December 1625 at Gripsholm Castle) was Queen of Sweden as the second wife of King Charles IX.

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Christina, Queen of Sweden

Christina (Kristina; 18 December 1626 – 19 April 1689) was a member of the House of Vasa and the Queen of Sweden in her own right from 1632 until her abdication in 1654.

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Coronet

In British heraldry, a coronet is any crown whose bearer is less than sovereign or royal in rank, irrespective of the crown's appearance.

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Count of Wisborg

The Count of Wisborg (Comte de Wisborg, Graf von Wisborg) is a title of nobility granted by the Monarch of Luxembourg to some male-members of the Swedish royal family, including their spouses and descendants.

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County administrative boards of Sweden

A county administrative board (länsstyrelse) is a Swedish Government Agency in each of the counties of Sweden, led by a vice-regal governor (landshövding) appointed by the government for a term of six years.

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Courtesy title

A courtesy title is a title that does not have legal significance but is rather used by custom or courtesy, particularly, in the context of nobility, the titles used by children of members of the nobility (cf. substantive title).

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Crown prince

A crown prince or hereditary prince is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy.

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Dalarna

Dalarna, also referred to by the English exonyms Dalecarlia and the Dales, is a landskap (historical province) in central Sweden.

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Dalsland

Dalsland is a Swedish traditional province, or landskap, situated in Götaland in southern Sweden.

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Désirée Clary

Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary (Eugenia Bernhardina Desideria; 8 November 1777 – 17 December 1860) was Queen of Sweden and Norway from 5 February 1818 to 8 March 1844 as the wife of King Charles XIV John.

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Duchy

A duchy, also called a dukedom, is a country, territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess, a ruler hierarchically second to the king or queen in Western European tradition.

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Duke

Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility.

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Duke of Estonia

The first duke of Estonia (Hertug af Estland&thinsp) was appointed in 1220 by King Valdemar II of Denmark after the Danish conquest of Estonia during the Livonian crusade.

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Duke of Finland

Duke of Finland (Suomen herttua; hertig av Finland) was an occasional medieval title granted as a tertiogeniture to the relatives of the King of Sweden between the 13th and 16th centuries.

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Duke of Halland

This lists those feudal magnates (counts, dukes, and other sort of princes) who have held Halland (Hallandia) as fief, or its southern or northern part, as a substantive title.

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Dynasty

A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,Oxford English Dictionary, "dynasty, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897.

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Elsa Elisabeth Brahe

Elsa Elisabeth Brahe (29 January 1632 – 24 February 1689), was a Swedish countess and duchess, married to Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, Duke of Stegeborg, the brother of king Charles X of Sweden.

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Endonym and exonym

An endonym (also known as autonym) is a common, native name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside a particular group or linguistic community to identify or designate themselves, their homeland, or their language.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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Duke Erik Birgersson (c. 1250 – 17 December 1275) was a Swedish duke of the House of Bjelbo (Folkungaätten).

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Eric Linklater

Eric Robert Russell Linklater CBE (8 March 1899 – 7 November 1974) was a Welsh-born Scottish poet, fiction writer, military historian, and travel writer.

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Eric Magnusson (duke)

Eric Magnusson (c. 1282 – 1318) was a Swedish prince, Duke of Svealand, Södermanland, Dalsland, Västergötland, Värmland and North Halland and heir to the throne of Sweden.

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Eric XIV of Sweden

Eric XIV (Erik XIV; 13 December 153326 February 1577) was King of Sweden from 1560 until he was captured in a rebellion led by his brother John in 1568 and formally deposed 26 January 1569.

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Estonia

Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe.

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Fief

A fief (feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law.

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Fratricide

Fratricide (– the assimilated root of 'to kill, cut down') is the act of killing one's own brother.

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Gästrikland

Gästrikland is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden.

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Gävleborg County

Gävleborg County (Gävleborgs län) is a county or län on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden.

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Gotland

Gotland (Gutland in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland, is Sweden's largest island.

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Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890–1958)

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (Великая Княгиня Мария Павловна; – 13 December 1958), known as Maria Pavlovna the Younger, was a granddaughter of Alexander II of Russia.

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Grand Duke of Finland

The Grand Duke of Finland, alternatively the Grand Prince of Finland (Suomen suuriruhtinas, Storfurste av Finland, p) after 1802, was, from around 1580 to 1809, a title in use by most Swedish monarchs.

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Gustaf V

Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf; 16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950) was King of Sweden from 8 December 1907 until his death in 1950.

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Gustaf VI Adolf

Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf; 11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death in 1973.

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Gustav III

Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called Gustavus III, was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792.

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Gustav Vasa

Gustav I (born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family; 12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), commonly known as Gustav Vasa, was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560, previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm (Riksföreståndare) from 1521, during the ongoing Swedish War of Liberation against King Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

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Gustavus Adolphus

Gustavus Adolphus (9 December 15946 November 1632), also known in English as Gustav II Adolf or Gustav II Adolph, was King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, and is credited with the rise of Sweden as a great European power (Stormaktstiden).

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Halland

Halland is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (landskap), on the western coast of Götaland, southern Sweden.

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Hälsingland

Hälsingland, sometimes referred to as Helsingia in English, is a historical province or landskap in central Sweden.

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Härjedalen

Härjedalen is a historical province (landskap) in the centre of Sweden.

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Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp

Hedwig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta; 22 March 1759 – 20 June 1818) was the queen consort of Charles XIII of Sweden and II of Norway.

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Herzog

(feminine; masculine plural; feminine plural) is a German hereditary title held by one who rules a territorial duchy, exercises feudal authority over an estate called a duchy, or possesses a right by law or tradition to be referred to by the ducal title.

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House of Bernadotte

The House of Bernadotte is the royal family of Sweden, founded there in 1818 by King Charles XIV John of Sweden.

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Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden

Ingeborg Eriksdotter (after 1214 – 17 June 1254) was a Swedish princess and duchess, daughter of King Eric X of Sweden, eldest sibling of King Eric XI of Sweden, wife of Birger Jarl, and mother of Kings Valdemar and Magnus III of Sweden.

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Ingeborg of Norway

Ingeborg of Norway (Old Norse Ingibjörg Hákonardóttir, Swedish Ingeborg Håkansdotter, Norwegian Ingebjørg Håkonsdatter; 1301 – 17 June 1361), was a Norwegian princess and by marriage a Swedish royal duchess with a position in the regency governments in Norway (1319–27) and Sweden (1319–26) during the minority of her son, King Magnus of Norway and Sweden.

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Ingeborg, Duchess of Öland

Ingeborg, Duchess of Öland (Ingebjørg Eiriksdatter; 1297–1357) was a Norwegian princess and a Swedish duchess.

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Jämtland

Jämtland (Jamtish: Jamtlann; Iemptia) is a historical province (landskap) in the centre of Sweden in northern Europe.

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John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg

John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg (20 April 1589, Zweibrücken – 18 June 1652, Stegeborg Castle) was the son of John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife, Duchess Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.

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John III of Sweden

John III (Johan III, Juhana III; 20 December 1537 – 17 November 1592) was King of Sweden from 1569 until his death.

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John, Duke of Östergötland

John of Sweden, Duke of Östergötland (in Swedish Johan) (18 April 1589 – 5 March 1618) was a Swedish royal dynast.

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Josephine of Leuchtenberg

Josephine of Leuchtenberg (Joséphine Maximilienne Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais; 14 March 1807 – 7 June 1876), also Josefina, was Queen of Sweden and Norway from 8 March 1844 to 8 July 1859 as the wife of King Oscar I. She was also Princess of Bologna from birth and Duchess of Galliera from 1813.

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Kalmar Union

The Kalmar Union (Danish, Norwegian, and Kalmarunionen; Kalmarin unioni; Kalmarsambandið; Unio Calmariensis) was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden as designed by widowed Queen Margaret of Norway and Sweden. Duchies in Sweden and Kalmar Union are monarchy of Sweden.

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Karl Knutsson

Karl Knutsson Bonde (1408–1470), also known as Charles VIII and called Charles I in Norwegian contexts, was King of Sweden (1448–1457, 1464–1465 and 1467–1470) and King of Norway (1449–1450).

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Lapland (Sweden)

Lapland, also known by its Swedish name Lappland (Lappi, Lapponia), is a province in northernmost Sweden.

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Lennart Bernadotte

Prince Lennart Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (born Prince Lennart of Sweden, Duke of Småland; 8 May 1909 – 21 December 2004) was a Swedish-German landscaper, filmmaker, photographer and was a grandson of King Gustaf V of Sweden. Duchies in Sweden and Lennart Bernadotte are dukes of provinces of Sweden.

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Linköping

Linköping is a city in southern Sweden, with around 165,000 inhabitants as of 2021.

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Louise Mountbatten

Louise Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten (born Princess Louise of Battenberg; 13 July 1889 – 7 March 1965) was Queen of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until her death in 1965 as the wife of King Gustaf VI Adolf.

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Louise of the Netherlands

Louise of the Netherlands (Wilhelmina Frederika Alexandrine Anna Louise; 5 August 1828 – 30 March 1871), also called Lovisa, was Queen of Sweden and Norway from 8 July 1859 until her death in 1871 as the wife of King Charles XV & IV.

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Magnus Ladulås

Magnus Ladulås or Magnus Birgersson, (1240 – 18 December 1290), was King of Sweden from 1275 until his death in 1290.

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Magnus, Duke of Östergötland

Magnus Vasa (25 July 1542 – 26 June 1595), prince of Sweden, Duke of Östergötland from 1555.

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Maria of the Palatinate, Duchess of Södermanland

Maria of the Palatinate (24 July 1561 – 29 July 1589), also known as Anna Maria, was a Swedish princess and Duchess of Södermanland by marriage, the first spouse of the future King Charles IX of Sweden.

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Matilda of Holstein

Matilda of Holstein or Mechthild (1220 or 1225 – 1288 in Kiel) was a Danish queen consort, married to King Abel of Denmark and later to Birger Jarl, Regent of Sweden.

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Medelpad

Medelpad is a historical province or landskap in the north of Sweden.

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Nationalencyklopedin

("The National Encyclopedia" in English), abbreviated NE, is a comprehensive contemporary Swedish-language encyclopedia with several hundred thousand articles.

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Närke

Närke is a Swedish traditional province, or landskap, situated in Svealand in south central Sweden.

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Norrbotten

Norrbotten, known in English as North Bothnia, is a Swedish province (landskap) in northernmost Sweden.

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Oscar Bernadotte

Prince Oscar Carl August Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (15 November 1859 – 4 October 1953) was a Swedish religious activist, the second son of King Oscar II of Sweden and his consort, Sofia of Nassau.

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Oscar I of Sweden

Oscar I (born Joseph François Oscar Bernadotte; 4 July 1799 – 8 July 1859) was King of Sweden and Norway from 8 March 1844 until his death.

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Oscar II

Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik; 21 January 1829 – 8 December 1907) was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907 and King of Norway from 1872 to 1905.

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Prince August, Duke of Dalarna

Prince Nikolaus August of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Dalarna (24 August 1831 – 4 March 1873) was the youngest of the five children of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg.

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Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland

Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (Bertil Gustaf Oskar Carl Eugén; 28 February 1912 – 5 January 1997), was a member of the Swedish royal family.

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Prince Carl Gustav, Duke of Småland

Prince Carl Gustav, Duke of Småland (25 August 1782 – 23 March 1783) was a prince of Sweden, being the son of King Gustav III of Sweden and Queen Sophia Magdalena.

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Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland

Prince Carl Oscar of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland (Carl Oscar Vilhelm Frederik; 14 December 1852 – 13 March 1854) was a prince of Sweden and Norway.

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Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland

Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland (Carl Philip Edmund Bertil; born 13 May 1979) is the only son and the second of three children of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia.

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Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland

Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Västergötland (27 February 1861 – 24 October 1951) was a Swedish prince.

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Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland

Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland (born Olof Daniel Westling; 15 September 1973), is a member of the Swedish royal family by marriage to Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden making Daniel the likely next consort of Sweden.

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Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland

Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (Erik Gustav Ludvig Albert; 20 April 1889 – 20 September 1918) was a Swedish and Norwegian prince. Duchies in Sweden and prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland are dukes of provinces of Sweden.

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Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke

Prince Eugen of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Närke (Eugen Napoleon Nicolaus; 1 August 1865 – 17 August 1947) was a Swedish painter, art collector, and patron of artists.

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Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland

Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland (Fredrik Adolf; 18 July 1750 – 12 December 1803) was a Swedish Prince, youngest son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, a sister of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia.

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Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten

Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (Gustaf Adolf Oscar Fredrik Arthur Edmund; 22 April 1906 – 26 January 1947) was a Swedish prince who for most of his life was second in the line of succession to the Swedish throne. Duchies in Sweden and prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten are dukes of provinces of Sweden.

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Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland

Prince Gustaf of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Uppland (Frans Gustaf Oscar, 18 June 1827 – 24 September 1852), also known officially as Gustav, was the second son of Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg, and the younger brother of Prince (from 1844 Crown Prince) Charles.

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Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne

Prince Oscar of Sweden, Duke of Skåne (Oscar Carl Olof; born 2 March 2016) is the younger child and only son of Crown Princess Victoria and her husband, Prince Daniel.

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Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland

Prince Wilhelm of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland (Carl Wilhelm Ludvig; 17 June 1884 – 5 June 1965) was a Swedish and Norwegian prince.

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Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland

Princess Estelle of Sweden, Duchess of Östergötland (Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary; born 23 February 2012) is a member of the Swedish royal family.

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Princess Ingeborg of Denmark

Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (Ingeborg Charlotte Caroline Frederikke Louise; 2 August 1878 – 12 March 1958), was a Princess of Sweden by marriage to Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland.

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Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland

Princess Lilian of Sweden, Duchess of Halland (born Lillian May Davies, later Craig; 30 August 1915 – 10 March 2013), was a British fashion model who became a member of the Swedish royal family through her 1976 marriage to Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (1912–1997).

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Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland

Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (Madeleine Thérèse Amelie Josephine; born 10 June 1982) is the second daughter and youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. Duchies in Sweden and Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland are dukes of provinces of Sweden.

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Princess Margaret of Connaught

Princess Margaret of Connaught (Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah; 15 January 1882 – 1 May 1920) was Crown Princess of Sweden as the first wife of the future King Gustaf VI Adolf.

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Princess Maria Elizabeth of Sweden

Maria Elizabeth Vasa (10 March 1596 – 7 August 1618) was a Swedish princess, daughter of King Charles IX of Sweden and Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, and by marriage Duchess of Östergötland.

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Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Sibylle Calma Marie Alice Bathildis Feodora; 18 January 1908 – 28 November 1972) was a member of the Swedish royal family and the mother of the current king of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf.

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Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland

Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland (born Sofia Kristina Hellqvist; 6 December 1984), is a member of the Swedish royal family.

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Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg

Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg (21 December 1836 – 9 November 1914) was a Princess of Saxe-Altenburg by birth and a Princess of Sweden and Norway as the wife of Prince August, Duke of Dalarna.

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Provinces of Sweden

The 25 provinces of Sweden (Sveriges landskap) are historical, geographical and cultural regions.

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Public relations

Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception.

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Queen Silvia of Sweden

Silvia (born Silvia Renate Sommerlath; 23 December 1943) is Queen of Sweden as the wife of King Carl XVI Gustaf.

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Regent

In a monarchy, a regent is a person appointed to govern a state for the time being because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been determined.

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Royal Court of Sweden

The Royal Court (Kungliga Hovstaterna) is the official name for the organisation (royal households) that supports the monarch and the royal house. Duchies in Sweden and royal Court of Sweden are monarchy of Sweden.

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Södermanland

Södermanland, locally Sörmland, sometimes referred to under its Latinized form Sudermannia or Sudermania, is a historical province (or landskap) on the south eastern coast of Sweden.

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Scania

Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne, is the southernmost of the historical provinces (landskap) of Sweden.

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Sigismund III Vasa

Sigismund III Vasa (Zygmunt III Waza, Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to 1599.

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Sigvard Bernadotte

Sigvard Oscar Fredrik, Prince Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (7 June 1907 – 4 February 2002) born as, and until 1934 known as, Prince Sigvard of Sweden, Duke of Uppland, was a member of the Swedish Royal Family and a successful industrial designer.

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Småland

Småland is a historical province (landskap) in southern Sweden.

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Sophia of Nassau

Sophia of Nassau (Sophia Wilhelmine Marianne Henriette; 9 July 1836 – 30 December 1913), also Sofia, was Queen of Sweden and Norway as the wife of King Oscar II.

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Stegeborg Castle

Stegeborg Castle is a ruined castle in St Anna parish, Söderköping, Östergötland, located on an island in a narrow sound at the bay of Slätbaken.

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Substantive title

A substantive title, in the United Kingdom, is a title of nobility which is owned in its own right, as opposed to titles shared among cadets, borne as a courtesy title by a peer's relatives, or acquired through marriage.

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Svealand

Svealand, or Swealand, is the historical core region of Sweden.

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Svenskt biografiskt lexikon

Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (abbreviated SBL), in English Dictionary of Swedish National Biography, is a Swedish biographical dictionary, started in 1917.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Swedish Act of Succession

The 1810 Act of Succession (lit) is one of four Fundamental Laws of the Realm (rikets grundlagar) and thus forms part of the Swedish Constitution. Duchies in Sweden and Swedish Act of Succession are monarchy of Sweden.

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Swedish jarls

Swedish jarls were powerful noblemen in Sweden.

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Swedish Tax Agency

The Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) is a government agency in Sweden responsible for national tax collection and administering the population registration.

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Treaty of Fredrikshamn

The Treaty of Fredrikshamn (Freden i Fredrikshamn; Фридрихсгамский мирный договор), or the Treaty of Hamina (Haminan rauha), was a peace treaty concluded between Sweden and Imperial Russia on 17 September 1809.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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Uppland

Uppland is a historical province or on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital.

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Valdemar, Duke of Finland

Valdemar Magnusson (c. after 1282 – 1318) was a Swedish prince, heir to the throne of Sweden, and Duke of Finland.

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Värmland

Värmland is a landskap (historical province) in west-central Sweden.

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Västerbotten

Västerbotten, known in English as West Bothnia or Westrobothnia, is a province (landskap) in the north of Sweden, bordering Angermannia, Lapland, North Bothnia, and the Gulf of Bothnia.

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Västergötland

Västergötland, also known as West Gothland or the Latinized version Westrogothia in older literature, is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden (landskap in Swedish), situated in the southwest of Sweden.

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Västmanland

Västmanland is a historical Swedish province, or landskap, in middle Sweden.

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Victoria of Baden

Victoria of Baden (Sophie Marie Viktoria; 7 August 1862 – 4 April 1930) was Queen of Sweden from 8 December 1907 until her death in 1930 as the wife of King Gustaf V. She was politically active in a conservative fashion during the development of democracy and known to be pro-German during the First World War.

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Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden

Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland (Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée; born 14 July 1977) is the heiress apparent to the Swedish throne, as the eldest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf.

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See also

Dukedoms of Sweden

• Duchies in Sweden
• Duke of Öland
• Duke of Dalsland
• Duke of Nericia
• Duke of Uppland
• Dukes of Östergötland
• Dukes of Halland
• Dukes of Södermanland

Dukes of provinces of Sweden

• Carl XVI Gustaf
• Duchies in Sweden
• Dukes of Östergötland
• Dukes of Halland
• Dukes of Södermanland
• Lennart Bernadotte
• Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland
• Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
• Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchies_in_Sweden

Also known as Duchess of Blekinge, Duchess of East Gothland, Duchess of Gotland, Duchess of Gästrikland, Duchess of Hälsingland, Duchess of Stegeborg, Duchess of Vermelandia, Duchess of Värmland, Duchess of Östergötland, Duke of Dalarna, Duke of Dalecarlia, Duke of East Gothland, Duke of Gotland, Duke of Ostrogothia, Duke of Scania, Duke of Skåne, Duke of Småland, Duke of Stegeborg, Duke of Södermanland, Duke of Vermelandia, Duke of Värmland, Duke of Västergötland, Duke of Västmanland, Duke of Westmania, Duke of the Smallands, Duke of Ångermanland, Duke of Östergötland, Dukes of Östergötland, Dukes of Södermanland, Dukes of Swedish Provinces, List of Dukes and Duchesses of Östergötland, List of Dukes of Södermanland.

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