{"slug": "frederick-i-of-sweden", "label": "Frederick I of Sweden", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_I_of_Sweden", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52932", "qid": "Q52932", "description": "king of Sweden (1676-1751)", "entries": 13, "years": 9, "span": [1676, 1751], "span_label": ["1676 CE", "1751 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "william-iii-of-england", "label": "William III of England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "riksdag-of-the-estates", "label": "Riksdag of the Estates", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mary-ii", "label": "Mary II", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "charles-xi-of-sweden", "label": "Charles XI of Sweden", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "old-style-and-new-style-dates", "label": "Old Style and New Style dates", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "stockholm", "label": "Stockholm", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1676, "year_label": "1676 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "April 23", "text": "April 23 – King Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365992596#Births", "title": "1676", "revid": 1365992596, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1715, "year_label": "1715 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 24", "text": "24 March - The wedding between Princess Ulrika Eleonora and Frederick of Hesse.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373334157#Events", "title": "1715 in Sweden", "revid": 1373334157, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1718, "year_label": "1718 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 1", "text": "December 1 – The brother-in-law of Charles XII and spouse of Princess Ulrika Eleonora, Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, discontinue the siege of Fredrikshald.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360128973#Events", "title": "1718 in Sweden", "revid": 1360128973, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1718, "year_label": "1718 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "December 2", "text": "December 2 – Georg Heinrich von Görtz is arrested by Frederick of Hesse for supporting Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, the rival of Ulrika Eleonora to the throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360128973#Events", "title": "1718 in Sweden", "revid": 1360128973, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1719, "year_label": "1719 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 13", "text": "August 13 – In the Battle of Stäket, Crown Prince Frederick I of Sweden leads the successful defense of Stockholm from Russian Admiral Fyodor Apraksin's Baltic Fleet during the Russian Pillage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365415998#July–September", "title": "1719", "revid": 1365415998, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1720, "year_label": "1720 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 29", "text": "February 29 – Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden resigns to let her husband Frederick I take over as king of Sweden. She had desired a joint rule, in a similar manner to William III and Mary II in Britain, but as the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates refuses this, she abdicates in her husband's favour instead.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358058850#Events", "title": "1720 in Sweden", "revid": 1358058850, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1720, "year_label": "1720 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 (February 29 Old Style) – Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden resigns, to let her husband Frederick I take over as king of Sweden. She had desired a joint rule, in a similar manner to William III and Mary II in Britain, but as the Riksdag of the Estates (Sweden's parliament) refuses this, she abdicates in her husband's favour instead.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358044251#January–March", "title": "1720", "revid": 1358044251, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1720, "year_label": "1720 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3 – The coronation of King Frederick I of Sweden takes place in Stockholm, six weeks after his rule began.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358044251#April–June", "title": "1720", "revid": 1358044251, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1725, "year_label": "1725 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Young sailor Erik Persson Ångerman is abducted and enslaved by corsairs in Algiers on May 10th. His wife appeals to King Frederick I to gather money to buy his freedom. The king grants her request.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372240882#Events", "title": "1725 in Sweden", "revid": 1372240882, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1743, "year_label": "1743 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 3", "text": "July 3 – As a concession to Russia, Sweden's parliament ratifies the election of Adolphus Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, a great-grandson of King Charles XI, to be heir to the throne of Sweden. Adolphus becomes king on the death of King Frederick on April 5, 1751, marking the end of the Hesse-Kassel dynasty and the start of the dynasty of the Holstein-Gottorp that will rule Sweden from 1751 to 1818", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360887949#July–September", "title": "1743", "revid": 1360887949, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1744, "year_label": "1744 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11 – Hedvig Taube, mistress to King Frederick I of Sweden (b. 1714)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370823870#Deaths", "title": "1744", "revid": 1370823870, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1751, "year_label": "1751 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 25", "text": "March 25 – King Frederick I of Sweden (b. 1676)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351037611#Deaths", "title": "1751", "revid": 1351037611, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1751, "year_label": "1751 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 5", "text": "April 5 – Sweden's King Frederick I dies at the age of 74 (March 25 on the Julian calendar, which remains in effect in Sweden and Finland until 1753), after a reign of 31 years, bringing an end to the rule of Sweden by the House of Hesse because he has no legitimate heirs. Prince Adolf Frederick of the House of Holstein-Gottorp, who had been elected as the crown prince in 1743, becomes the new King.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351037611#April–June", "title": "1751", "revid": 1351037611, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}