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Frederick (I) Frederick (I), detail from an oil painting by Martin von Mijtens the Younger, c. 1730; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden.

Frederick

king of Sweden
Also known as: Frederick of Hessen
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Frederick (I) (born April 17, 1676, Kassel, Hesse-Kassel [Germany]β€”died March 25, 1751, Stockholm) was the first Swedish king to reign (1720–51) during the 18th-century Age of Freedom, a period of parliamentary government. Frederick was the eldest surviving son of the landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. He fought bravely for England during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14). His marriage in 1700 to Louise of Prussia ended with her death in 1705, and in 1715 he married...

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