German-Swedish Duke. In English he was called Charles. He was Duke of Holstein-Gottorp in northern Germany, Oldenburg Dynasty, the son of Duke Frederick IV of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Duchess Hedwig Sophia, elder daughter of King Carl XI of Sweden. He became reigning duke as a two-year-old, upon his father's death in 1702, and all his life was a legitimate claimant to the throne of Sweden, as pro forma heir to King Carl XII. He was officially created a Prince of Sweden and a Royal Highness by the Swedish government, but when King Carl was killed, he was bypassed when his aunt seated herself on the throne as sovereign and began her short reign as Queen Ulrica Eleanor of Sweden. His marriage to an empress of Russia led to their son becoming tsar there and started a new Oldenburg branch of the Russian imperial family, which however continued to call itself Romanov. As young man, he had joined his cousin King Carl in wreaking havoc on Stockholm with various antics and sometimes violent mischief.
German-Swedish Duke. In English he was called Charles. He was Duke of Holstein-Gottorp in northern Germany, Oldenburg Dynasty, the son of Duke Frederick IV of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Duchess Hedwig Sophia, elder daughter of King Carl XI of Sweden. He became reigning duke as a two-year-old, upon his father's death in 1702, and all his life was a legitimate claimant to the throne of Sweden, as pro forma heir to King Carl XII. He was officially created a Prince of Sweden and a Royal Highness by the Swedish government, but when King Carl was killed, he was bypassed when his aunt seated herself on the throne as sovereign and began her short reign as Queen Ulrica Eleanor of Sweden. His marriage to an empress of Russia led to their son becoming tsar there and started a new Oldenburg branch of the Russian imperial family, which however continued to call itself Romanov. As young man, he had joined his cousin King Carl in wreaking havoc on Stockholm with various antics and sometimes violent mischief.
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