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  1. May 25, 2024 · The House of Oldenburg is an ancient dynasty of German origin whose members rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Livonia, Schleswig, Holstein, and Oldenburg. The current King of the United Kingdom and King of Norway are agnatic members of this house, meanwhile the King of Spain and King of ...

  2. May 21, 2024 · Sweyn Forkbeard 963–1014 King of Denmark r. 986–1014: Thorgil Sprakling: Anund Jacob 1008/1010–c. 1050 King of Sweden: Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir d. c. 1060

  3. May 17, 2024 · Christian I (born 1426—died May 21, 1481, Copenhagen, Den.) was the king of Denmark (1448–81), Norway (1450–81), and Sweden (1457–64, 1465–67), and founder of the Oldenburg dynasty, which ruled Denmark until 1863. He tried to gain control over Sweden and maintain a union of the Scandinavian nations but was defeated by rebellious ...

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  4. 3 days ago · House Oldenburg Grand Dukes in the Nazi Party; NSDAP – 4085803: Joined: 1 May 1937: Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg: Oldenburg: Born 10 August 1897. Grand Duke Nikolaus was the eldest son of Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, last ruling Grand Duke of Oldenburg.

  5. 3 days ago · Second regency of Sten Sture the Elder (12 November 1501 – 14 December 1503) Regency of Svante Nilsson (21 January 1504 – 31 December 1511/2 January 1512) Regency of Eric Trolle (January – 23 July 1512) Regency of Sten Sture the Younger (23 July 1512 – 3 February 1520) Christian II. "the Tyrant". Kristian II.

  6. 4 days ago · Queen Anne was the consort of his successor Prince George of Denmark, from the House of Oldenburg, who had no surviving children. In 1714, George I, a German-speaking Hanoverian prince of mixed British and German descent, ascended to the British throne, founding the House of Hanover.

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  8. May 31, 2024 · The House of Habsburg-Lorraine retained Austria and attached possessions after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire; see below. A son of Leopold II was Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria whose wife was from the House of Savoy ; a daughter Adelaide, Queen of Sardinia was the wife of King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia and King of Italy .

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