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He was the ninth but sixth surviving son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg. When his father died in 1675, Ernest and his six brothers jointly assumed the government of the duchy; five years later, in 1680, and under the treaty of division of the family lands, he received the towns of Hildburghausen, Eisfeld ...
He was the ninth but sixth surviving son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg. When his father died in 1675, Ernest and his six brothers jointly assumed the government of the duchy; five years later, in 1680, and under the treaty of division of the family lands, he received the towns of Hildburghausen, Eisfeld ...
He was the ninth but sixth surviving son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg. When his father died in 1675, Ernest and his six brothers jointly assumed the government of the duchy; five years later, in 1680, and under the treaty of division of the family lands, he received the towns of Hildburghausen, Eisfeld ...
He was the ninth but sixth surviving son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg. When his father died in 1675, Ernest and his six brothers jointly assumed the government of the duchy; five years later, in 1680, and under the treaty of division of the family lands, he received the towns of Hildburghausen, Eisfeld ...
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The Kingdom of Svealand, Svealand, is a large constitutional monarchy on the Scandianavian peninsula. It is bordered to the North by Lade, to the West by Hordaland and Denmark and to the South by Gothenland. It also administers a section of the continent of Australia, which borders Alawaland and New Oland, and it also claims various Polynesian islands.
The population of Svealand proper is around three million and the capital is Stockholm.
The current Head of State is King Gustav IX.
The official language is Sveamål. There some small pockets of Livonian speakers in rural areas.
In 970 King Eric V, of Svealand attempted to unite the Eastern half of the Scandinavian peninsula by conquering, or at least having his suzerainty accepted in Gothenland. However, due to the temporary solidification of the Norwegian kingdoms, a huge number of mercenary soldiers were available to the petty Gothenlandic kings and Eric V's attempts would end in failure. Eric's successors appeared to be uninterested in trying again and instead turned their attention to Christianising the Svear tribe. Co-operating with Denmark on Norwegian issues gave it a small say over Hordaland which was drifting in between Danish rule and out-right rebellion. Two unions with Gothenland did occur, but these were personal unions only and little attempt was made to join the two properly.
Succession crises defined Svealand for 200 years and its nobles fought each other over vague and obscure claims of descent from Eric and the desire to shake off the rule of Gothenlandic kings. A modicum of stability was reached after 1170, under the rule of the Ericsson dynasty. Both Aland and Finland were brought into the Svealandic orbit during this time. The minority of John II slowed the eastward expansion and a sixty-year civil war between the three surviving branches of the House of Eric led to Finland ceding away and eventually Svealand losing its independence.
Conquered by Olaf the Great, King of Viken and soon to be Holy Roman Emperor, in 1333, Svealand was brought into the wider arena of European politics. To stop the infighting at home Olaf used the latent military might of Svealand to further his ambitions in Germany. Under the House of Rugia Svealand enjoyed great freedom, could bring pressure to bear on Novgorod and saw its wealth increase dramatically. Personal union with Viken led eventually to union with Denmark once the Estridssons inherited the combined holdings of the House of Rugia. Creating the first Kalmar Union in 1431 Denmark effectively sidelined the nobles of its junior partners and monopolised the trade of Scandinavia. Svealand soon bristled at its reduced role and became the Union's black sheep.
It regularly rebelled against Danish rule; however, a severe split between the noble families usually ensured the rebellions' defeat. Even in 1523, when Denmark was laid low by its near bankruptcy during the War of Anglian Succession and beset by revolts in Lade and Viken, Svealand managed to fall into civil war rather than fight the sparse Danish troops holding the kingdom. It was only after the Leijonhufvud family either out-married or simply dispensed with its rivals in the 1520-1550s that a clear figurehead appeared around which Svealandic independence could solidify. In 1551, with most of Kalmar's army in Germany supporting various shaky Schmalkaldic League regimes, Svealand rose in rebellion, this time with Gothenland's assistance. Within three years Svealand had pushed all Kalmar forces out of its borders and liberated Finland. The new king John IV Leijonhufvud recognised Svealand could not hold off Denmark indefinitely. Hoping to gain allies within Germany it joined a reconciled Denmark in the Second Schmalkaldic War. It balked at following its neighbours into the Schmalkaldic Empire however and merely allied with it and campaigned almost independently during the Fifty Years War, operating successfully out of Regensburg.
Svealand is a constitutional monarchy. King Gustav IX is the current head of state but has little real power. The majority of power lies with the lower house of the Riksdag and has done ever since the new constitution following the Great Baltic war. Elections are held every four years. It was the last Scandinavian country to approve votes for women and the measure would be rejected three times before passing in 2014.
The Prime Minister is Christopher Alfvengren.
Marie Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt ženatý Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild dne 1. března 1676. Jindřich Sasko-Römhildský bylo v den svatby 25 let (25 roky, 3 měsíců a 11 dny). Marie Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt bylo v den svatby 19 let (19 roky, 11 měsíců a 19 dny). Věkový rozdíl byl 5 roky, 3 měsíců a 21 dny.
