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Charles X Gustavus von Simmern
(1622-1660)
Hedwig Eleonora von Holstein-Gottorp
(1636-1715)
Frederick III of Denmark Oldenburg
(1609-1670)
Sophia Amalia of Brunswick
(1628-1685)
Charles XI of Sweden von Simmern
(1655-1697)
Ulrica Eleanor of Denmark Oldenburg
(1656-1693)

Ulrica Eleonora von Simmern
(1688-1741)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Frederick I of Sweden Hesse-Cassel

Ulrica Eleonora von Simmern 1 2

  • Born: 7 Feb 1688
  • Marriage: Frederick I of Sweden Hesse-Cassel on 4 Apr 1715
  • Died: 1741 aged 53 3

   Another name for Ulrica was Ulrike Eleonore von Holstein-Gottorp.

  General Notes:

Ulrica Leonora succeeded her brother, Charles XII, under a new constitution that strengthened the nobles and clergy.

  Noted events in her life were:

• She was employed from 1719 to 1720. Queen of Sweden.


Ulrica married Frederick I of Sweden Hesse-Cassel, son of Karl I von Hessen-Kassel and Unknown, on 4 Apr 1715. (Frederick I of Sweden Hesse-Cassel was born on 17 Apr 1676 in Kassel, Hessen, Germany and died on 25 Mar 1751 in Stockholm, Sweden.)


Sources


1 Columbia University Press, The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2000 Columbia University Press. (http://www.bartleby.com/65/).

2 Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical (Datahttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk).

3 Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/).

4 Darryl Lundy, thePeerage.com (http://www.thepeerage.com/).

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