Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden
Monarch
1710 – 1771
Who was Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden?
Adolf Frederick or Adolph Frederick was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death. He was the son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin and Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach.
The first King from the House of Holstein-Gottorp, Adolph Frederick was a weak monarch, instated as first in line of the throne following the parliamentary government's failure to reconquer the Baltic provinces in 1741–43. Asides from a few attempts to — supported by pro-absolutist factions among the nobility — reclaim the absolute monarchy held by former predecessors, he remained a mere constitutional figurehead until his death, by popular belief attributed to a heavy consumption of semlas. His reign saw an extended period of internal peace, although the finances stagnated following failed mercantilist doctrines pursued by the Hat administration ended only in the 1765–66 parliament, where the Cap opposition overtook the government and enacted reforms towards greater economic liberalism as well as a Freedom of Press Act almost unique at the time for its curtailing of all censorship, retaining punitive measures only for libeling the monarch or the Lutheran state church.
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- Born
- May 14, 1710
Gottorf Castle - Parents
- Spouses
- Louisa Ulrika of Prussia
(1744/08/29 - 1771/02/12)
- Louisa Ulrika of Prussia
- Children
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Died
- Feb 12, 1771
Stockholm Palace - Resting place
- Riddarholm Church
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on July 23, 2013
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