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GUSTAVUS V . (1858– ), 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, son of Oscar II.,
king of Sweden and See also:Norway, and See also:Queen See also:Sophia See also:Wilhelmina, was
See also:born at Drottningholm on the 16th of See also:June 1858. He entered the See also:army, and was, like his See also:father, a See also:great traveller. As See also:crown See also:prince he held the See also:title of See also:duke of Warmland. He married in 1881 See also:Victoria (b. 1862), daughter of See also:Frederick See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis, See also:grand duke of See also:Baden, and of See also:Louise, princess of See also:Prussia. The duchess of Baden was the granddaughter of Sophia, princess of Sweden, and the See also:marriage of the crown prince thus effected a See also:union between the Bernadotte See also:dynasty and the See also:ancient See also:Swedish royal See also:house of See also:Vasa. During the See also:absence or illness of his father Gustavus repeatedly acted as See also:regent, and was therefore already thoroughly versed in public affairs when he succeeded to the Swedish See also:throne on the 8th of See also:December 1907, the crown of Norway having been separated from that of Sweden in 1905. He took as his See also:motto " With the See also:people for the Fatherland."
The crown prince, Oscar Frederick William Gustavus See also:Adolphus, duke of Scania (b. 1882), married in 1905 Princess See also:Margaret of See also:Connaught (b. 1882), niece of King See also:Edward VII. A son was born to them at See also:Stockholm on the 22nd of See also:April 1906, and another son in the following See also:year. The king's two younger sons were William, duke of Sudermania (b. 1884), and See also:Eric, duke of Westmanland (b. 1889).
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