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See also:ADOLPHUS See also:FREDERICK (1710-177.1) , See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Sweden, was See also:born at Gottorp on the 14th of May 1710. His See also:father was See also:Christian See also:Augustus (1673-1726), See also:duke of See also:Schleswig-See also:Holstein-Gottorp, See also:bishop of See also:Lubeck, and See also:administrator, during the See also:war of 1700-1721, of the duchies of Holstein-Gottorp for his See also:nephew See also:Charles Frederick; his See also:mother was Albertina Frederica of See also:Baden-See also:Durlach. From 1727 to 1750 he was bishop of Lubeck, and administrator of Holstein-See also:Kiel during the minority of Duke Charles See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter See also:Ulrich, afterwards Peter III. of See also:Russia. In 1743 he was elected See also:heir to the See also:throne of Sweden by the " See also:Hat " See also:faction in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order that they might, obtain better conditions of See also:peace from the empress See also:Elizabeth, whose fondness for the See also:house of Holstein was notorious (see SWEDEN, See also:History). During his whole reign (1751-1771) Adolphus Frederick was little more than a See also:state decoration, the real See also:power being lodged in the hands of an omnipotent riksdag, distracted by fierce party
strife. Twice he endeavoured to See also:free himself from the intoler- ( propitious in the coming See also:year. This festival, like that at See also:Athens, able tutelage of the estates. The first occasion was in 1755 f was held See also:late in summer; at Byblus, where' the See also:mourning when, stimulated by his imperious See also:consort Louisa Ulrica, See also:sister
of Frederick the See also:Great, he tried to regain a portion of the attenuated See also:prerogative, and nearly lost his throne in consequence. On the second occasion, under the guidance of his eldest son, the See also:crown See also:prince Gustavus, afterwards Gustavus III., he succeeded in overthrowing the tyrannous "Cap " See also:senate, but was unable to make any use of his victory. He died of surfeit at See also:Stockholm on the 12th of See also:February 1771.
See R. Nisbet See also:Bain, Gustavus III. and his Contemporaries, vol. i.
(See also:London, 1895). (R. N.
End of Article: ADOLPHUS FREDERICK (1710-177.1)
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