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Frederick I, King of Sweden 1676–1751 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Apr 1676

Birth Location: Kassel, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Germany

Death Date: 25 Mar 1751

Death Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Father: Charles Hesse-Kassel

Mother: Marie Courland

Spouse(s): Hedvig I, Ulrika Sweden, Luise Hesse-Kassel

Children(s): Hedvig Sweden, Charles Sweden, Frederick Hessenstein

Frederick I, King of Sweden was born in 1676 in Kassel, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Germany, the child of Charles I Landgrave Of Hesse Kassel And Marie Amalie Princess Of Courland. Frederick I, King of Sweden married Hedvig Taube Mistress Of Frederick I, Luise Dorothea Sophie Of Prussia Hereditary Princess Of Hesse Kassel, Ulrika Eleonora Queen Of Sweden, and had children including Charles Edward Of Sweden, Frederick William Of Sweden Prince Of Hessenstein, Hedvig Amalia Of Sweden. Frederick I, King of Sweden passed away in 1751 in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Biography

  • Frederick I, King of Sweden was born in 1676 in Kassel, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Germany, the child of Charles I Landgrave Of Hesse Kassel And Marie Amalie Princess Of Courland.
  • Frederick I, King of Sweden married Hedvig Taube Mistress Of Frederick I, Luise Dorothea Sophie Of Prussia Hereditary Princess Of Hesse Kassel, Ulrika Eleonora Queen Of Sweden, and had children including Charles Edward Of Sweden, Frederick William Of Sweden Prince Of Hessenstein, Hedvig Amalia Of Sweden.
  • Frederick I, King of Sweden passed away in 1751 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Immediate Family

Parents

Charles Hesse-Kassel
1654–1730
Birth Location: Nassau, Deggendorf, Bayern, Germany
CH
Marie Courland
1653–1711
Birth Location: Zemgale, Daugavpils, Latvia
MC

Spouses(s)

Hedvig I
1714–1744
Birth Location: Stockholm, Sweden
HI
Ulrika Sweden
1688–1741
Birth Location: Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden
US
Luise Hesse-Kassel
1680–1705
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany, Prussia
LH

Children(s)

Hedvig Sweden
1743–1752
Birth Location: Stockholm, Sweden
HS
Charles Sweden
1737–1769
Birth Location: Stockholm, Sweden
CS
Frederick Hessenstein
1735–1808
Birth Location: Stockholm, Sweden
FH

Frederick Sweden's Ancestors

Self
Frederick Sweden
1676–1751
Birth Place: Kassel, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Germany
Parents
Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
1654–1730
Nassau, Deggendorf, Bayern, Germany
Marie (Amalie, Princess of) Courland
1653–1711
Zemgale, Daugavpils, Latvia
Grandparents
William (VI Landgrave of Hesse) Kassel
1629–1663
Nassau, Deggendorf, Bayern, Germany
Hedwig (Sofie Landgravine of Hesse) Cassel
1623–1683
Berlin, , Brandenburg, Germany
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Frederick Sweden's Descendants

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Frederick (I, King of) Sweden (17 Apr 1676–25 Mar 1751) m. Hedvig (Taube, Mistress of Frederick) I (1714–1744) m. Ulrika (Eleonora, Queen of) Sweden (23 Jan 1688–24 Nov 1741) m. Luise (Dorothea Sophie of Prussia, Hereditary Princess of) Hesse-Kassel (29 Sep 1680–23 Dec 1705)
  1. 1. Hedvig (Amalia of) Sweden 1743–1752
  2. 2. Charles (Edward of) Sweden 1737–1769
  3. 3. Frederick (William of Sweden, Prince of) Hessenstein 1735–1808

Frederick Sweden's Timeline

2 Records

1676
17 Apr 1676
Birth of Frederick I, King of Sweden in Kassel, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Germany
Kassel, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Germany
1751
25 Mar 1751
Age 75
Death of Frederick I, King of Sweden in Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm, Sweden

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Apr 1676
    Event Place: Kassel, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Mar 1751
    Event Place: Stockholm, Sweden
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