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Frederick Charles was elected the King of Finland by the Parliament of Finland on 9 October 1918. However, with the end of World War I , in light of his German birth (and despite his Danish roots through his paternal grandmother) and the abdication of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany ending monarchies in Germany, the arrangement was quickly ...
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This is a list of monarchs and heads of state of Finland; that is, the kings of Sweden with regents and viceroys of the Kalmar Union, the grand dukes of Finland, a title used by most Swedish monarchs, up to the two-year regency following the independence in 1917, with a brief flirtation with a truly domestic monarchy .
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Contents. 1 Early life. 2 The Finnish throne. 3 Later life. 4 References. 5 Credits. His election as king of Finland resulted from the temporary ascendancy of pro-monarchist groups in the Finnish parliament. With the defeat of Germany in World War I, the monarchy was abandoned, and Finland was declared a republic.
The Kingdom of Finland (Finnish: Suomen kuningaskunta; Swedish: Konungariket Finland; 1918–1919) was a failed attempt to establish a monarchy in Finland in the aftermath of the Finnish Declaration of Independence from Russia in December 1917 and the Finnish Civil War from January–May 1918.
Ancient kings of Finland are kings of Finland mentioned in early historical sources. The word kuningas ( Finnish for "king") is an old Finnic word deriving from the ancient Germanic word kuningaz. [1] In the time the sources were written, "Finland" mainly referred to the Finland Proper area, and depending on the source, the "kings of Finland ...
Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. Carl Gustaf was born during the reign of his paternal great-grandfather, King Gustaf V. He is the youngest child and only son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. His father died in January 1947 in an ...
The attempt to create a Kingdom of Finland in 1742 is a little-known chapter in the history of Finland. After the Russian occupation during the Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743) and vague promises of making Finland independent, Finns elected the Duke Peter of Holstein-Gottorp , who later became heir to the throne of Russia and Emperor as Peter ...
