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Frederick IV (18 October 1671 – 19 July 1702) was the reigning Duke of Holstein - Gottorp . He was born in Gottorf Castle as the elder son of Duke Christian Albert of Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark. He was married on 12 May 1698 to Princess Hedwig Sophia of Sweden and they had an only child, Charles Frederick, who ...
Arms of the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov. The Holstein-Gottorps of Russia retained the Romanov surname, emphasizing their matrilineal descent from Peter the Great, through Anna Petrovna (Peter I's elder daughter by his second wife). In 1742, Empress Elizabeth of Russia brought Anna's son, her nephew Peter of Holstein-Gottorp, to St. Petersburg
Carl Löwenhielm (ill.) Charles XIII, or Carl XIII ( Swedish: Karl XIII, 7 October 1748 – 5 February 1818 [1] ), was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway from 1814 to his death. He was the second son (and younger brother to King Gustav III) of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great.
Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta av Holstein-Gottorp, drottningnamn Charlotta [1], född 22 mars 1759, död 20 juni 1818, hertiginna av Södermanland, var drottning av Sverige 1809–1818, drottning av Norge 1814–1818, dotter till hertig Fredrik August I av Oldenburg och Friedrike av Hessen-Kassel och kusin till Gustav III och hans bror Karl (XIII), med vilken hon gifte sig 7 juli 1774.
Christian Albert was a son of Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and his wife Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony. He became duke when his father died in the Castle Tönning, besieged by the King Christian V of Denmark. He was forced to flee at that point, and the remainder of his life was characterized by his fight with Denmark.
Charles Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp ( German: Karl Friedrich, Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp) (30 April 1700 – 18 June 1739) was a Prince of Sweden and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp and an important member of European royalty. His dynasty, the Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, were a cadet branch of the ...
Holstein-Gottorp nebo Holstein-Gottorf plným názvem Haus Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (česky: Šlesvicko-Holštýnsko-Gottorpská dynastie) je název mladší větve rodu Oldenburků, která vládla v domácím Šlesvicku-Holštýnsku, Oldenbursku, dále též v Rusku, Švédsku a nakrátko i Norsku .
