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Ulrika Eleonora or Ulrica Eleanor ( 23 January 1688 – 24 November 1741 ), also known as Ulrika Eleonora the Younger, was Queen regnant of Sweden from 5 December 1718 to 29 February 1720, and then Queen consort until her death.
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Ulrika and Eleonora
* 1720 – Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I.
* November 24 – Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden ( b. 1688 )
December 6 | Dec. 6: Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden | Eleonora.
* December 6 – After the death of Charles XII on November 30, Ulrika Eleonora becomes Queen of Sweden.
He was succeeded by his sister, Ulrika Eleonora.
He ascended to the throne following the death of his brother-in-law, absolutist Charles XII in the Great Northern War, as his sister and heir Ulrika Eleonora preferred to abdicate from her position as queen regnant after relinquishing most powers to the Riksdag of Sweden.
He married his second wife, Princess Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden, in 1715.
His marriage to Queen Ulrika Eleonora was childless, but he had several children by his mistress, Hedvig Taube.
His second wife, whom he married in 1715, was Ulrika Eleonora, Princess of Sweden, ( 1688 – 1741 ), daughter of Charles XI of Sweden ( 1655 – 1697 ) and of Ulrike Eleonora of Denmark ( 1656 – 1693 ).
Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden
She was the youngest child of King Charles XI and Queen Ulrika Eleonora the Elder and named after her mother.
But Ulrika Eleonora asserted that she was the closest surviving relative of the late king ( the idea of proximity of blood ) and cited the precedent of Queen Christina.
Ulrika Eleonora lived most of her life under the shadow of others, outshone by her brother the king, and by her beautiful sister, who was her brother's informal heir.
The choice now stood between Ulrika Eleonora and her nephew.
To accomplish this, Ulrika Eleonora had to consent to a new constitution, which greatly limited the power of the monarch.
Ulrika Eleonora was in fact in favour of an absolute monarchy.
Ulrika Eleonora had married for love and was known to be fiercely loyal to Frederick.
Queen Ulrika Eleonora died of smallpox in 1741.
Ulrika Eleonora was interested in jewelry, music, and collected coins.
Ulrika and Ulrica
The name Ulrike is a Danish version of the name ; in Swedish she is called Ulrika Eleonora den äldre, which in English means Ulrica Eleanor the Elder ), to distinguish her from her daughter, the future queen regnant.
* Ulrika and Ulrike are alphabetized as Ulrica.
Ulrika and 23
The English-language premiere of the musical, in a concert version under the name " Kristina: A Concert Event ", took place at Carnegie Hall on September 23 and 24, 2009 with Helen Sjöholm as Kristina, Russell Watson as Karl Oskar, Louise Pitre as Ulrika and Kevin Odekirk as Robert.
Ulrika and January
In January 2009 he entered as a contestant on the celebrity version of the reality TV show Big Brother alongside Verne Troyer, La Toya Jackson, Ulrika Jonsson, Coolio and Mutya Buena, finishing in second place.
Ulrika and 1688
* Ulrika Eleonora (" the younger ", 1688 – 1741 ), who ultimately succeeded her brother on the Swedish throne.
* Queen Ulrika Eleonora ( 1688 – 1741 )
However, his aunt Ulrika Eleonora the Younger ( 1688 – 1741 ) managed to wrest the throne for herself, claiming that her elder sister had not " acquired the consent of the Parliamentary Estates " for her marriage to his father, according to laws of succession laid down in Norrköpings arvförening.
Ulrika and –
* 1967 – Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish actress and author
Sweden has been ruled by queens regnant on three separate occasions: by Margaret ( 1389 – 1412 ), Christina ( 1632 – 1654 ) and Ulrika Eleonora ( 1718 – 1720 ) respectively.
Armfelt married 1785 countess Hedvig Ulrika De la Gardie ( 1761 – 1832 ), daughter of count Carl Julius De la Gardie and countess Magdalena Christina Stenbock.
King Adolf Frederick of Sweden ( 1751 – 71 ) would have given even less trouble than his predecessor but for the ambitious promptings of his masterful consort Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Frederick the Great's sister, and the tyranny of the estates, who seemed bent upon driving the meekest of princes into rebellion.
Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark ( 11 September 1656 – 26 July 1693 ) was the Queen consort of Sweden as the spouse of King Charles XI of Sweden.
Hedvig Ulrika Taube ( 1714 – 11 February 1744 ) also Countess von Hessenstein was a Swedish noble and salonist, official royal mistress to King Frederick I of Sweden.
Louisa Ulrika and her spouse continued to reside at the palace during their reign ( 1751 – 1771 ).
Each team has a regular team captain – originally Mark Lamarr and Ulrika Jonsson – and two celebrity guests on each team.
* Louisa Ulrika of Prussia ( 1720 – 1782 ), daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and wife of Adolf Frederick of Sweden
* Ulrika Jonsson – television presenter
* Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, ( 1720 – 1781 ), widow of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden.
* Episode 18 – Ulrika Jonsson
Ulrika and 24
Ulrika once again entered the Big Brother house on 24 August 2010 for Ultimate Big Brother, reaching the final and finishing seventh.
Ulrika and November
On 19 November 2011, he appeared on The Chase with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Ulrika Johnson and Jennie Bond and won £ 20, 000 for charity.
Dog Eat Dog is a Saturday night British game show on BBC One hosted by Ulrika Jonsson, which ran from 14 April 2001 to 2 November 2002.
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