Swedish Monarchs Family Tree
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@@wennextheproffesional3925 rude much
Random European kingdom: runs out of male heirs
Some branch of the house of Oldenburg: It's free real estate
Can't make a big kingdom store bought is fine too
Underrated
The uk apparently also has too many nowadays
Hairs
@@ameyaagarwal1170 yes, thank you, I'll correct it
Long awaited! As a Swede it's funny hearing you pronounce Swedish words and names lol.
I tried 🤓
@@UsefulCharts You did a fairly good job at it :) Though some words were better pronounced than others. Not that I blame you or anything lol.
Concur. As a Finn, however, I like to point out that even if we don't know how to speak Swedish properly, at least we sometimes reach mutual intelligibility. Not that if you don't know the language, just use consistent manner how to pronounce words, in this sense, this is spot on. Keep up the good work!
As a Swiss, I find it also hilarious how he pronounces German names :D
stientjill
A Swedish-Polish-Lithuanian union in the 17th-century, what a powerhouse that could have been!
We could have ruled the world! THE WORLD I TELL YOU
Imaging a union of Swedish-Polish-Lithuanian-Muscovy looks like on the map.
*EU4 INTENSIFIES*
GluttonousDragon, what do you mean Slavic Culture is too different... They're exactly the same as the Swedes. How do I know that? Well because I'm a fucking Scanian. AKA the only tribe of people in the world who is allowed to speak on the matter because we're the only tribe left in Sweden who fucking know what Traditions mean. Sure there are some differences, Swedes are batshit insane, tyrannical, hateful beings, but the non-Swear in this country such as the Geats the Goths and the Scanians and the Dalecarls, have the exact same culture as the Russians have. AKA DRINK FEAST AND WORK HARD. Oh and the only thing that differs is language. Kurwa, Blyat, Svenskjävel, same shit different name, oh and yes I'm allowed to say Svenskjävel because I hate Swedes from the depth of my heart, for ruining the once glorious place that is called Scandinavia, by their mere existence. I'm 100% for the idea of digging a trench between where the Kingdom of the Geats had it's borders with Scania Proper. I'm also for the idea of bringing back Scanian as a language, and I'm also for the idea of massmurder of Swedes, but that's beyond the point. The Swedish population except for the cunts around Stockholm(previously known as just Bo, before Birger Jarl), are pretty much A OK people, and so are the Polski, Russki, Suomalainen, Eesti, Latvians and Lithuanians.
I'm kind of glad that we lost at Poltova, because those god damn Swedes are too fucking Full of themselves, and they just have to ruin everything they touch.
I'm not saying that Slavs are Batshit insane, I started by comparing Slavs with the General population of Sweden, Dalecarls, Bonnsk, Geats, Goths, Scanians, Sapmi, Finns, Danes and Norwegians. Not the shit people I dislike the Swear.
@GluttonousDragon All it would have needed was to beat the rising Russia at the time. The Swedes nearly did it by themselves, with the Commonwealth they probably could have done it. With Russia weakened and the HRE in shambles history would have been extremely different for northern and eastern Europe.
Any painting of Sigrid the Hottie ?
😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Fuck. You made me laugh so hard i snored 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Dammit Frank!
For research purposes?
@@russianelectioncolludingtr9724 Am glad that I am not the only one who heard him say it that way!
Bernadotte wasn't just a veteran officer in the French Army, he was one of the Marshalls of Napoleon, and even being very close to the Emperor himself in early years.
He was also made a in Swedish Første.It is a Royal Title but i dont know the English word.Can some one translate?
@@annenissen3055 Furste?
It is usually translated with "prince".
And Not A Royal. So new house of Swedish Royalty the Heiress. Or Crown princes married her Trainer .made Prince Daniel. How very modern....
True. His wife, Queen Desideria, was born Desiree Clary and had been engaged to Napoleon as a young girl. Napoleons older brother Joseph was married to Desiree's older sister Julie.
@@tobyrose6906I can’t take modern royalty seriously, definitely not the Swedish house of Bernadotte impostor non royals to a Kingdom they have no roots in.
To quote my old Danish teacher: “If all else fails, you can always become king of Sweden”
We would sooner bend the knee to a Frenchman!
Pff Denmark, isnt that swedens poop?
@@tyskbulle dont get your butt hurt over a quote lmao
@@michael-gb3rn lmao, its a joke stupid. Because that was exactly what we did 200 years ago.
@@tyskbulle how should i know those swedish people are not normal
A bit sad that you didn't bring up that Sweden before The Vasa Dynasty was not a hereditary monarchy but elective.
Good point!
@@UsefulCharts and you skipped talking about the king who established the flag of Sweden, and the royal coat of arms used ever since. Karl of House Bonde
@@WeFailAtMw2 He did mention Karl Knutsson Bonde, as the alternative king when the kalmar union was going on.
DJ Meme Xtreme Did he have a kid named Johan? (Jakob Bonde/James Bond)
What's the point when they almost always elect the eldest son of the previous king anyways
I want the Swedish-Norwegian-Danish-Finnish-Estonian-Latvian-Icelandic-Faroese-Nicaraguan-Polish-Lihuanian union
jeg er med
sammen kan vi knuse svenske sossene
Nicaragua?!
Soooo...
Northern Europe + Poland and Nicaragua??
Lmao what?
Nicaragua? Guess it was a colony.
Kalmar union +Estonian-Latvian-Icelandic-Faroese-Nicaraguan-Poland
Out of all of these I think Bernadotte (the napoleonic Marshal) is the most interesting, rising through the ranks without (I beleive) royal blood to eventually be offered the king of Sweden and then betraying his former emperor to benefit his new kingdom
It is said that he didn't let his doctor see his chest as he had a tattoo with the text "Death to kings".
He's basically Tacticus in the discworld series.
What’s even better is that he managed to get his descendentes officially blood related to other royalty afterward!
He didn't really betray Napoleon though. Napoleon gave him his blessing to leave command as a Marshall and take the Swedish crown, even though Bernadotte was clear that once king of Sweden he would pursue Swedish interests even if they came in conflict with France. Really an incredibly conscientious and loyal head of state and probably one of the best choices sweden could have made for a new monarch with no blood ties. Perhaps Bernadotte did so well not just out of ambition and loyalty, but a from a sense of poetic justice from once being an anti-royalist and revolutionary.
@@aurelmatthews4164 Yes, considering it was Napoleon who invaded Swedish territory south of the Baltic in 1812 it was Napoleon who betrayed Bernadotte, who was then crown prince. Sweden had lost Finland a few years earlier because Napoleon befriended Czar Alexander I. The Napoleon legend is an example why we need to learn from history, not only indulge in hero worship. The Napoleon mythology will be replicated if future generations are taught that Mike Pence "betrayed" Trump by not reversing the Electoral College (which he couldn't do anyway).
King Olofs daughter was named Ingegerd Olofsdotter, when she married Yaroslav the Wise (his name was not Vladimir) she was called Irina.
Later when she joined a convent she took the monastic name Anna.
I probably should have said more about Charles XII. Since I didn't, you should check out this awesome video by my friend Jack Rackham. Consider it a Part 2:
czcams.com/video/r6QZssDiLTQ/video.html
Thanks for the shoutout! :D
Sir Spanish Bloodline?
UsefulCharts you also wrote his name as Charles XII Gustav...
And on that note, the father of the current king is commonly referred to as Gustav Adolf.
Morocco kingdom dynasty next. thanks
I think you missed that Queen Ulrika Eleonora had an older sister. That older sister had a son, who married the heir to the Russian throne. If the throne had passed to him instead of her husband, history could have gone very different. That also means that the current head of the Romanov family are more closely related to Gustav Vasa then King Carl XVl Gustav.
Great video though!
Yes, but the chart doesn’t show his connection to the Swedish royal family
People aren’t more closely related to someone because they are decendants from male line.
@@goran2268 wait the sister of empress elizabeth of russia was the mother of peter iii not tsarevna anna, you see the romanov family has two branch the oldest and the youngest it end with the reign of the baby emperor i forgot his name and the throne was passed to elizabeth of russia then his niece which is peter iii continued the line and btw peter iii was came from the youngest branch of romanov
That may be true but it is fact that the Romanov Family at least when they were running Russia were not keeping up with democracy and Russian beads especially for pour people.I know the Sowjet Union was no democracy, and many under Stallin started to death,millions.But i dont know what you mean?Are you only stating facts or do you really mean they should have been on the Swedish Thrown?
duke Charles Frederick's descendants were eventually barred from the Swedish throne by a law
King Carl XVI Gustaf was doubly descended from Queen Victoria; firstly through Prince Arthur, as shown here, but also through Arthur's younger brother Prince Leopold's son Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (having succeeded his uncle, Prince Alfred for the title due to Alfred not having a surviving heir). His daughter, Sibylla, was married to Prince Gustav Adolf, making her the mother of the current king.
One link you missed was that Christian I was descended from the main Swedish line, and was actually a closer relative to the Swedish kings than the Danish. His mother Helvig (who you have on the chart) was the granddaughter of King Albert's sister Ingeborg. Basically, the line goes: Princess Euphemia (Albert's mother) -> Ingeborg -> Gerhard VI of Holstein-Rendsburg -> Helvig -> Christian I.
Also, Eric of Pomerania didn't die in 1442, he was deposed by his exasperated nobles in all three kingdoms and replaced by his nephew. Eric then went on living as a pirate king on Gotland until 1449, moved back to Pomerania, and ruled part of it until his death in 1459.
Albrekt (german. Albrecht) not Albert.
Fascinating. As I’m half Swedish, I’ve been (slowly) trying to learn Swedish history as I was never taught any of it at school (in uk so why would that be on the syllabus?) and this vid covers two of my favourite historical topics; history and genealogy! The tree you’ve made is great and so clear. Good work!
I was intrigued as to why Carl XVI Gustaf had his regnal number in the middle of his name rather than at the end, so I had to look it up. It looks like in Sweden they do not count double names as a single regnal name (for example, Popes John Paul I and John Paul II have the regnal and papal name John Paul, not John), so only his first name Carl is counted towards his regnal number and his second given name is Gustaf. Just something intriguing that I didn’t know until today.
Yeah it seems really random how the regnal names work, the Charles/Karl/Carl list is Karl 9, Karl 10 Gustav, Karl 11, Karl 12, Karl 13, Karl 14 Johan, Carl 15 and Carl 16 Gustav, while the Gustav line is a bit more consistent, with Gustav 1, Gustav 2 Adolf, Gustav 3, Gustav 4 Adolf, Gustav 5, Gustav 6 Adolf, even though most if not all of em had multiple secondary names that don't get mentioned.
Well we go with what sounds the best :)
@@Lord_Raymund nope. Rules.
@@Errycane The numbers where introduced by Erik XIV based on Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus (or "Historia om alla göternas och svearnas konungar") by Archbishop Johannes Magnus who made up a list of Swedish monarchs all the way back to Noah´s grandson! In that list there were 13 earlier kings named Erik, and 8 earlier kings named Karl.
Interesting. Don't know why this was recommended but sometimes CZcams does something good.
So, when the Swedish monarchy was in its infancy, you could say it was carried in a baby Björn!
xD ye
Lol
Sigrid the Hottie yes indeed
I’ve been looking for these charts all my life. They filled so many gaps in my knowledge of the historical puzzle. Thank you. I purchased both European charts.
I love your videos not only because they contain so much well organised information but also because your narration is very pleasant to listen to.
Spelling error: she's called Sigrid the Hottie ;)
Now we know the true origin of the legendary Birger King... he was a real whopper!
hehe That was "CHEESY"! hehe
That the royal family your talking about
I have your posters on order and I can't wait to get them. Your poster are some of my favourite thing. Keep up the good work
Fantastic as usual! But I'm a bit disappointed that you didn't spend any time on Charles XII aka Carolus Rex, one of the most famous kings of Sweden
Check out my pinned comment.
Broken dreams so grand,
sing of his final stand
long live Carolus
Brought by soldiers hand
back to the fatherland
Long live Carolus Rex
(I hope you like Sabaton)
@@omegraptorch3624 Probably one of the worst kings Sweden has had. Endless wars, no good came of them. The country was in shambles after he died. I have alway wondered why the neo-nazis is so fond of a king like old Charlie.
The norwegians managed to off him in 1718 at Fredrikshald though.
@@oggbogg2 Not a neo-nazi, so can't speak for them, but it's pretty easy to see why he's admired. The endless wars isn't really his fault considering that it was his neighbours who tried to exploit his youth and inexperience. The fact is that he managed to exert such an effort, despite his age, that he brought three major European kingdoms to, or beyond, the brink of defeat is reason enough to admire him. His biggest, and perhaps only, mistake was that he didn't know when enough was enough. His youth and experience showed, and he thought his successes made him invincible and invulnerable. I'm saying this as a Norwegian, and we pride ourselves on how we repelled the Carolingian invasion and brought an end to his reign.
As a famous quote goes; "The circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are."
And Charles XII did a lot.
The same impression which I have given in my commentary above
I'm a HUGE Napoleon nerd and I love the connection between Napoleon and the Bernadotte dynasty. I also find Queen Kristina a fascinating woman.
Enjoyed this week's video, and I was able to clarify some info, I love your work so very much can't wait for next week
Nice will def buy that poster! But i must say u made strange choices on which kings u show a portrait of. Gustav III, carlous X, XI, and XII are all super famous kings that made game changing actions for Sweden and european history, while adolph Frederick or Fredrik I are like super unimportant nobodies. Oscar II’s magnificent beard is also missing
THx from Sweden
Interesting feedback. Will consider this when I reprint.
@@UsefulCharts Well, if I had been the one choosing the portraits, with the same ratio of portrait/no portrait as you have, I would pic:
Gustav I Vasa (Founder of Sweden)
Gustav II Adolphus (The only "Great" king we had)
Kristina (One of the most interesting women in history, she killed Descartes for instance... :) )
Charles XII (Obviously)
Gustav III (staged a coup de tat to retake monarchical power, basically founded all the still going cultural institutions)
Carl XIV Johan (One of the most interesing men in history, Napoleons second man for periods)
Oscar II (Long reigning king which carries the face of Sweden transistioning into mdernity)
Gustav V (King during the wars, secretly homosexual)
Carl XVI Gustav (Well, all hail the king!)
Hope you find this helpful!
PS: We had another "Birger Jarl"-charchter called Axel Oxenstierna who ruled when Kristina was 5-18. He is together with Cardinal Richelieu of france often credited with inventing modern state administration. Something to also consider, i dont know :)
@@adamberthold5941 From a Swedish perspective Charles XI is much more important than any of the kings on the list here. Sure he never left an international mark on history, but that is because he improved so much in Sweden domestically. Arguably the greatest king we had.
anno8369 yeah in the same sense as Philip II is more important than Alexander the Great, since he built the army and political infrastructure of macedon. However, if someone constructs a chart over greek history i expect Alexander to be more highlighted than Philip, and i expect Charles XII to be more highlighted than Charles XI in a swedish history chart.
Fredrik I did a lot of things before becoming king. His ascent was more or less a coup as his men started arresting supporters of Charles XII immediately att he kings death. He was a descent general in the war. But as King he did not do much except making sure to keep the now constitutional monarchy.
Adolohp Frédéric was important because of who he was and how he was elected and also who he married and fathered. The election of him guaranteed Russian influence over Swedish foreign policy for a time, before his wife from Prussia, changed that and started brewing her son for royal restoration.
An often missed king is Charles X who was probably the greatest military leader Sweden ever had. While Gustavus Adolphus won victories, he never beat a bigger foe. The battles fought by Charles X in both Poland and in the first war with Denmark are on a different scale entirely. He invaded and occupied all of Denmark with half the men of Denmark, using only 6000 of his elit regiments while the bulk of the army stayed in Poland. In Poland on several occasions his forces fought off up to ten times their numbers. It was the ideas of his uncle, but perfected and fully implemented along with the kings long experience as an officer in the 30 years war. And of course, the marsh across the straights in Denmark, daring his elite force on think ice, that's just one of the craziest and spectacular moves in military history.
i just now found out sweden has a royal family and it’s continuing to this day
How did you not know that??
Awesome!!! My wife and I listened to a documentary of the house of Wasa and begun to think about the continuation. This was all we wanted and then some! Thanks!!!
Birger Jarl’s real name was Birger Magnusson. “Jarl” was actually his title.
Dying over "Canute" being the English name for Knut 🤣 it honestly took me a second to connect the two
Coincidentally, Princess Victoria's husband, Prince Daniel, was born the same day his father-in-law became the king of Sweden (Sept. 15, 1973).
Additionally, it would've been interesting to expand on Charles XII of Sweden, seeing as how he was an extremely gifted military genius that managed to defeat Peter the Great several times during the Great Northern War, especially when he was younger, due to his opponents' belief that he'd have been inexperienced in warfare early on. Boy, were they wrong. Peter the Great did win eventually, but only after many years of conflict, rendering it a somewhat pyrrhic victory.
Charles XII is a controversial figure in Swedish history. Some say that he was a military genius who kept the Russians and Poles at bay for the first half of the Great Northern War. It is true that Charles achieved numerous victories against both Saxony-Poland-Lithuania and Russia, even achieving a few decisive victories at Narva and Holowczyn, the latter being Charles' favorite victory. However, other people blame Charles for the fall of the Swedish Empire, as he wanted a total victory, essentially. Charles famously said, "I have resolved never to start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies." In fact, Peter the Great offered a peace treaty to Charles, but Charles rejected it because Peter wanted St. Petersburg.
wait that's also my birthday
I remember when the Swedish King had his 60th birthday and was inspecting a military parade on the outer Palace Courtyard in Stockholm.
Meanwhile the children of the Swedish Norwegian Danish royal families where in the windows above being very relaxed and one of the princes i think it was the Crown prince of Denmark sat in the window conversing with the Swedish crown princess who stood behind him.
Great comperehensive vid, though I think you should have given an "honorable mentions" to Axel Oxenstierna who was chancellor after Gustavus Adolphus death until Queen Christina came of age. He is commonly considered the founder of the modern swedish state "apparatus" (for lack of a better term).
I was chosen by heaven!
Say my name when you pray
To the skies,
SEE CAROLUS RISE!
O7
Gustav III of the House of Holstein-Gottorp deserves a mention much more than being "a first-born son". He was the first formally neutral head of state in the world to recognize the United States during its war for independence from Great Britain. He seized power from the government in a coup d'état and later swept away most of the powers exercised by the Swedish Riksdag (parliament), but at the same time opened up the government for all citizens, thereby breaking the privileges of the nobility. He was wounded by a gunshot in the lower back during a masquerade ball as part of an aristocratic-parliamentary coup attempt and died 13 days later. His statue stands outside Stockholm Palace today. The assassination inspired the plot line of Giuseppe Verdi's opera _Un ballo in maschera_ (A Masked Ball), with the specifics changed under the pressure of censorship.
In the 1980's, the leader of the Conservative party "Moderaterna", Ulf Adelsohn, was the most probable candidate for prime minister for the non socialist, or center-right wing parties, had they kept a majority in parliament in 1982, or regained it in 1985, and managed to form a government with all three parties. By then his party was the clearly biggest one of them (as in 1979, but not on 1976).
Actually, Ulf becoming prime minister would have been a very curious fact, had it happened, since his maternal 3rd great grand mother was the daughter of Gustaf III's assassin Jacob Johan Anckarström! :)
Mohammed ben Abdellah, just rolled his eyes. 🙄
Awesome vid, as usual! 👏🏽
GUSTAVUS! ADOLPHUS!
LIBERA ET IMPERA!
ACERBUS! ET INGENS!
AUGUSTA PER ANGUSTA!
Ik Hustavus Adolphus was a greeeeaaaaat king, but dude calm down lol
i can't tell if you're being sarcastic or if you just don't know that song lol
Is it Swedish or Latin anthem of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden? Seems interesting for me :)
@@farrelpermadi5471 It's sabaton the song is 'Lion of the north'
I love all your videos and the knowledge, I listen while gardening among other things and can't see the screen at all times. It would be really helpful if you could mention years a little more often.
I'm starting a new organisation for Scandinavian seafood chefs.
It's called the Calamari Union.
This IS incredibly useful, for my specific research needs. Damn, thanks dude!
I sit and watch your channel for hours.
I find your videos quite informative and entertaining! It was quite fun to hear you talk about our Swedish monarchs from the outsider's perspective.
I do feel as many have commented that you briefed over the period after Gustav Adolf II quite a bit too much. Karl XII and Gustav III are especially important to the development of the country (in different ways), but I see you've already pointed that out. :) of course there's way too much to cover in a single 20-ish minute video.
And hearing you struggle with the pronunciations is charming. :)
Fun facts:
- in Poland, we know Sigrid under name much easier to pronounce: Świętosława;
- Eric of Pomerania descended from the House of Griffin. Yes, that's how it was called.
Yes, that's why a lot of Swedish towns and areas have a Griffin as their heraldic emblem and in continuation some Swedish brands such as Scania and Saab, the latter having made the fighter jet Saab 39 Gripen, meaning Griffin in Swedish.
I’m surprised you didn’t spend more time on Charles XII and Gustav III. The former was one of the greatest commanders in history, and the latter was assassinated by his own parliament, I believe. Also, Baden is pronounced like “bah-den”, I believe.
yeah
Extremely aesthetically pleasing.
And Gustaf VI Adolf's second wife Louisa was a sister of Louis Mountbatten, the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and an aunt to Prince Philip (and therefore great-aunt to King Charles III).
Been waiting for this 😀
Me who had no previous interest in monarchy family trees, but has now been binge watching these videos all week:
To add a connection, daughter of king Valdemar 1250-75 Rikissa was married to Przemysław II of Poland (not yet the king) and gave birth to Princess Elisabeth (original name Rikissa, adopted name Elisabeth with marriage to king Venceslaus of Bohemia)
Fun thing Carl XIV Jon aka Marshall Jean Bernadotte has a tatoo on right arm where in french was written "Death To Monarchy" because in 1789-93 Francr he was Revolutioner after that he joined Napoleon and become marshall of his empire army and in 1813 with his help Bernadotte became king of Sweden and his dynasty rule it still ..
14:16 Gustav II Adolf acually wanted her to become monarch
Useful Charts is very useful,amazing,exciting on history!
This was very very interesting both as a swede and as I am a history teacher in the making, thank you.
I am swedish (with some finnish on the side :) and i have never really thought that the swedish king line was anything interesting or fun but this was really fun and cool to see (GO KALMAR UNIONEN!)
Really great video and i thank you (and your mates?) for this!
//William.
Interesting take on the Swedish Royal Family.
I recommend the History of Northern Europe on Ollie Bye's channel.
My grandmother lives in the little town, Hova, where King Valdemar and his brother Magnus (ladulås) fought over the country. They celebrate it every year with a mideaval week and it has been going on for almost 30 years now.
There was also a battle where I live, Falköping, it was between Albrekt of Mecklenburg (guess it's the king Albert you speak of), who had the Swedish throne, and queen Margaret.
I'm not usually interested in the monarchys, but your videos are so interesting. Keep up the good work!
As usual very interesting! I once traveled with a big Viking ship in lake Vänern that were named after Eric the Victorious wife Sigrid. I didn’t know anything about her before watching your movie.
I'd love to see an alternate history of the 2 world wars if Sweden and Poland had United
If Sigismund had managed to hold the throne against his uncle then consider that Gustavus Adolphus would have been the next in line to rebel.
That would have been exciting history.
Footnote (in a footnote) about royal numbering: While your point about the numbering of the post-Vasa kings being exaggerated is correct, it would have been good of you to elaborate on why this was the case. Namely, that Swedish (and proto-Swedish) kings prior to Eric XIV didn't use their numbers at all. They went by first name and last name, and historians have reckoned their numbers retroactively because it's easier to tell them apart. Consequently, when Eric XIV and his brothers decided to start using royal numbering there was no such tradition present in Swedish history, which meant they just did a quick tallying of every single historical, mythical, semi-mythical and utterly ficticious king they could find.
Great video though! Appreciate you taking the time to mark the difference between kings prior to the House of Bjelbo and post. Sometimes historians use the term "regional kings" to refer to those who reigned prior to Birger Jarl's consolidation.
love your videos
Excellent video. I will buy your chart
Love history so much. And your charts are amazing. I haven’t decided which iam gonna buy yet though. It is worth noticing that Gustav Vasa had 9 children. 5 females and 4 males.
And Boris Johnson is descended from the "wild party princess" daughter Cecilia. :)
I'm astonished that you didn't include a picture of Charles XII. After all, he is often considered to be one of the most important Kings of Sweden.
*Although I just saw that you included a link to a video about him.
Karl XII is the king who destroyed the Swedish empire. Nothing to brag about. Gustaf II Adolph was the swedish king who nearly singlehanded won the 30-year old war and made sweden into an empire.
Karl XII, one of the most famous, yes. One of the most important, not so sure.
@@reineh3477, I wouldn't even say he's the most important Karl. Much of his early successes could more than likely be the result of systems set up by Karl X and Karl XI. There's also the fact that Karl XII's reign didn't even really have an impact on the borders in a way that is relevant today, compared to his grandfather Karl X, who finally took control over Skåne, Blekinge, Halland, and Bohuslän. I was honestly more surprised that he wasn't mentioned.
@@vetgirig4209 Hehe well, he died like 16 years before the war ended, so you are really stretching the meaning of the word Singlehanded here.
Most worthless king you mean?
So, the most important question: who was first swedish monarch to descend from Charlemagne?
That might be the sons of Birger Jarl, I think.
According to Gesta Danorum (the great Danish medieval chronicle), Birger's uncle Birger (who also was a jarl) was the great-grandson of a Adele of Flanders, which means that Birger Jarl could be her descendant as well. The House of Flanders, in turn, were descendants of Charlemagnes great-granddaughter Judith, who was also the inspiration for the character Judith from the show Vikings. In other words, the real Judith was from Francia, not Northumbria.
I hope that cleared things up for you :)
Brynden Rivers well done
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2.45 The son of Vladimir (The Red Sun or The Great) is Yaroslav The Wise. And Anna was not the only northern princess that he was married to. His second wife was Ingegerd - the daughter of Olaf Skötkonung who was the king of Sweden. So the connections between swedish, norway and russian dynasties were pretty strong.
In Italy queen Christina became a major celebrity and was a great patron of the arts especially music -Scarlatti the great opera composer was one of her proteges.Christina's fame was tarnished by the fact that she had the Italian aristocrat Monadelschi assassinated in front of her eyes for betraying her interests -this happened in the great chateau of Fontainbleu in France.She was famously portrayed by Greta Garbo in the older movie about her.
Eric “The Victorious” is one of my 34th great grandfathers on my mother’s side.
I find this very fascinating
As a Swede I would think Gustav III deserves more of a mention as well.
Thanks for useful information
Wow, this one was really complicated! Look at all those horizontal dotted lines.
Great video!
Many asks about Sigrid the haughty. Between her marriages to Eric the victorious and Sweyn Forkbeard, king Olaf I of Norway (see chart) proposed to her. She accepted, but when he demanded her to adopt Christianity, she refused. He then hit her in the face with his glove, and said "Why then should I marry you, your heathen dog!" She replied: "That will cause your death." Her son the king of Sweden and her new husband the king of Denmark then attacked King Olaf, who died in the war. - All according to Snorre Sturlason, who never fails to tell a good story.
When are you making a video about belgium royal family?
I think they are the only monarchy on my original chart that I haven't covered yet so soon maybe? Not sure though.
Great video...but ehkm you should mension Charles X when he was king Sweden reached it's territorial peak
Thank you so much! Tack så mycket! Kiitos paljon! 😚❤❤ I've been waiting this for so long! Thank you! 💙💛💙💛💙
I remember hearing or reading in the past that Canute the Great's mother was the daughter of Mieszko I, and sister to Bolesław I.
He mentioned that during the video. Some say that is mother was Sigrid the Haughty, others say that his mother was a sister of Bolesław the Brave.
lovely
Finally thank you!
I always get a bit confused about Swedens royal connections with other country's, especially our neighbours. Thanks for clearing that up! Note: Gustav Vasa was never called "Vasa" during his living, he had the name Gustav Eriksson.
You are right, Gustav Eriksson (patronymic) of the house Vasa. Older nobility had that system of name. Patronymic being the "true" surname, and then the house on the end.
It would have been nicer to see this with the camera zoomed in a bit more. Can't make out the faces or the names from where I'm sitting from my television.
Can you do a video on the Roosevelt family? There's a lot of material there, and they're very important in American politics.
Um, they're very important to Progressive Politics and also to the UN history parallel to the Banking Royalty of the World as the new Cartel in Thief. GO smoke some Opium and make a fortune on Colonial War for Drugs. America, could do without Pearl Harbor false flags and Manchurian Honolulu Presidents.
So my question has nothing to do with any of what I learned today....where were you when I was in school (eons ago) this makes everything so clear and easy to learn....my question,the real one....what is your intro music,it is so familiar but I cannot place where I have heard it before....thank you...
The details on it are listed in the description.
Nice to see my ancestors the House of Bjälbo explained so well
Wow.. Nice vid man
Saying "Having no legitimate sons the throne therefore passed to his 6 year old daughter Christina" makes it sound like she was an afterthought when in reality she was raised since birth to become "king" and was thus given a male upbringing. She was born in the middle of the 30 year war and her father had no other heirs and was barely ever home. If he hadn't died during the war he might have eventually fathered a son, but when she was very little he declared that she would be raised like a boy and inherit the throne.
Also, Eric II of Pomerania is said to be the last Viking of the Baltic, as because after his throne was usurped he settled on Gotland and was raiding and pillaging coastal villages. And then he became a Duke of Słupsk which im proud to be a citizen of.
thank u
What a hecking ride dude
Stenkil = Stone Wedge. That is why their heraldric symbol is a wedge.
I thought you said 'Sigrid the HOTTIE' for a second there.
We say haw-tee in Britain.
I'd love to see a video that concentrated on the Norwegian royal line. Last week I connected my wife's ancestry to the current Crown Princess (wife of the heir apparent).
Men Mette-Marit är ikke kongelik. Hon är bara gift med Magnus af norge, som i sin tur är bara 1/2 kongelig: Droenning Sonja härstammer fra borgerlig släkt!
Its funny that you bring up Birger Jarl (5:04). That is the name of a night club in the city i live in, Uppsala. It is the fourth largest city in Sweden.
This is really intresting 👏
Great work! Funny pronounciaton at 3:52 :D Where did the SCH come from?
Very interesting!