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    Hedvig Sophia Augusta of Sweden (26 June 1681 – 22 December 1708), Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, was the eldest child of Charles XI of Sweden and Ulrike...
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    alliance between Sweden and Holstein-Gottorp through the wedding of her granddaughter Hedvig Sophia of Sweden to the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. She opposed the...
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    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...
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    Karl den elfte och hans samtida av konungahuset och af högadels- och råds-partierna. Nanna Lundh-Eriksson (1947). Hedvig Eleonora. Stockholm: Wahlström...
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    claimed the throne. Her deceased older sister, Hedvig Sophia, had left a son, Charles Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, who had the better claim by primogeniture...
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    Charles XIII (category House of Holstein-Gottorp)
    is known as Charles II. Prince Charles was placed under the tutelage of Hedvig Elisabet Strömfelt and then Ulrica Schönström. He was appointed grand admiral...
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  • in 1693. In 1698, she followed Hedvig Sophia of Sweden to Gottorp after her marriage to Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and acted as her chief...
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    urn:sbl:11772, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Ivan Svalenius), hämtad 2013-12-05. Christina of Holstein-Gottorp at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon...
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    Italy. Sophie Piper is known for her intimate friendship to Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, the spouse of Charles XIII of Sweden. In May 1774...
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    Ulrika Eleonora was childless, but he had several children by his mistress, Hedvig Taube. In 1723 Frederick rewarded the military inventor Sven Åderman with...
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