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At the nobles' request, Albert of Mecklenburg launched an invasion of Sweden supported by several German dukes and counts. Several Hanseatic cities and dukes in Northern Germany expressed support of the new king. Stockholm and Kalmar, with large Hanseatic populations, also welcomed the intervention. Albert was proclaimed King of Sweden and ...
Feb 10, 2004 · Well I have been an Albert King fan since he released "King Of The Blues Guitar" when I was in college. Any material about him has always been of interest to me, for one thing, it is so scarce!! This DVD is in the new Blues Legends series and after seeing the excellent Freddie King release last year (even though the last set taped in Sweden had ...
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name = Albert title = King of Sweden; Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin imgw = 150 reign = 1364-1389 coronation = 18 February, 1364 predecessor = Magnus Eriksson and Haakon VI Magnusson successor = Margaret spouse = Rikardis of Schwerin Agnes of Braunschweig-Lüneburg issue = royal house = royal anthem = father = Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg
Albert I (8 April 1875 – 17 February 1934) was King of the Belgians from 23 December 1909 until his death in 1934. Albert was born in Brussels as the fifth child and second son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Albert succeeded his uncle Leopold II to the Belgian throne in 1909.
Astrid of Sweden. Astrid of Sweden (17 November 1905 – 29 August 1935) was a member of the Swedish House of Bernadotte and later became Queen of the Belgians as the first wife of King Leopold III. Following her marriage to Leopold in November 1926, she assumed the title of Duchess of Brabant. [2] Astrid held the position of Queen of the ...
5 days ago · The name Albert is a boy's name of German origin meaning "noble, bright". Albert has acquired a new gloss as one of the top royal baby boy names, a considerable upgrade from its serious, studious image (think Einstein, Schweitzer). Albert became popular in Britain following the 1840 marriage of Queen Victoria to the German Prince Albert and ...
Apr 16, 2024 · Sweden occupies the greater part of the Scandinavian Peninsula in northern Europe. It has a 1,000-year-long continuous history as a sovereign state, but its territorial expanse changed often until 1809. Today Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a well-established parliamentary democracy that dates from 1917.
