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History, Sweden
History of kings of Sweden from Gustav Vasa to today's monarch. Biographical data, historical facts, and anectdotes.
History of kings of Sweden from Gustav Vasa to today's monarch. Biographical data, historical facts, and anectdotes.
440 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1996
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March 4, 2013
I enjoyed this book. It gave a very good overview of all the Swedish kings/monarchs from the loosely collected beginnings to the Sweden that is today.
The first listings were without a doubt quite confusing at times; he was married to her, who was his mothers' cousin married with her uncles..... the intermarriage seemed quite popular (!). I also learned some interesting facts that I did not previously know about. For example, that Swedens' royals were relatives to the russian 'tsar'-family through Peter III. And also that quite a few female royals went to visit/live in Rome to become quite influential abroad.
One thing that you learn quite quickly though - is that being a king...is best done as an only-child. (at least in the early centuries)
The first listings were without a doubt quite confusing at times; he was married to her, who was his mothers' cousin married with her uncles..... the intermarriage seemed quite popular (!). I also learned some interesting facts that I did not previously know about. For example, that Swedens' royals were relatives to the russian 'tsar'-family through Peter III. And also that quite a few female royals went to visit/live in Rome to become quite influential abroad.
One thing that you learn quite quickly though - is that being a king...is best done as an only-child. (at least in the early centuries)
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