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Random European kingdom: runs out of male heirs Some branch of the house of Oldenburg: It's free real estate

Long awaited! As a Swede it's funny hearing you pronounce Swedish words and names lol.

A Swedish-Polish-Lithuanian union in the 17th-century, what a powerhouse that could have been!

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.

Any painting of Sigrid the Hottie ?

To quote my old Danish teacher: “If all else fails, you can always become king of Sweden”

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: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qJyBjdakqc-whIU.html

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

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 want the Swedish-Norwegian-Danish-Finnish-Estonian-Latvian-Icelandic-Faroese-Nicaraguan-Polish-Lihuanian union

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!

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.

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.

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 love your videos not only because they contain so much well organised information but also because your narration is very pleasant to listen to.

A bit sad that you didn't bring up that Sweden before The Vasa Dynasty was not a hereditary monarchy but elective.

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

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.

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

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.

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!!!

Interesting. Don't know why this was recommended but sometimes KZfaq does something good.

Sigrid the Hottie yes indeed

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. :)

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.

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

Awesome vid, as usual! 👏🏽

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).

Been waiting for this 😀

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.

This IS incredibly useful, for my specific research needs. Damn, thanks dude!

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!

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.

So, when the Swedish monarchy was in its infancy, you could say it was carried in a baby Björn!

I sit and watch your channel for hours.

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 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.

This was very very interesting both as a swede and as I am a history teacher in the making, thank you.

Useful Charts is very useful,amazing,exciting on history!

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

I recommend the History of Northern Europe on Ollie Bye's channel.

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.

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.

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.

Spelling error: she's called Sigrid the Hottie ;)

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.

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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 ..

Me who had no previous interest in monarchy family trees, but has now been binge watching these videos all week:

Extremely aesthetically pleasing.

Excellent video. I will buy your chart

Thank you so much! Tack så mycket! Kiitos paljon! 😚❤❤ I've been waiting this for so long! Thank you! 💙💛💙💛💙

Now we know the true origin of the legendary Birger King... he was a real whopper!

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).

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.

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.

Great video!

Finally thank you!

Wow.. Nice vid man

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)

Great video...but ehkm you should mension Charles X when he was king Sweden reached it's territorial peak

Interesting take on the Swedish Royal Family.

GUSTAVUS! ADOLPHUS! LIBERA ET IMPERA! ACERBUS! ET INGENS! AUGUSTA PER ANGUSTA!

I'm starting a new organisation for Scandinavian seafood chefs. It's called the Calamari Union.

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.

Dying over "Canute" being the English name for Knut 🤣 it honestly took me a second to connect the two

i just now found out sweden has a royal family and it’s continuing to this day

Thanks for useful information

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.

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.

14:16 Gustav II Adolf acually wanted her to become monarch

Birger Jarl’s real name was Birger Magnusson. “Jarl” was actually his title.

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.

I have been family searching and I’m in the same family tree as eric the victorious and birger jarl🤷🏻‍♂️ even ragnar lodbroks tree, harald fairhair, boleslaw and much more

At 11.22 regarding Gustav I Eriksson Vasa. It wasn't his strongest argument since pretty much any other highborn noble had been killed by Kristian II, and the whole point was to end foreign meddling, so he became the obvious choice anyway, but he was actually a descendant of king Sverker the Elder and of Birger Jarl so it wasn't the clean cut fresh start some tend to believe. Further more he was a descendant of Knut the holy of Denmark through which he is also descendant of king Anund Jacob, the son of Olaf Skötkonung, first Christian King of Sweden. So the Björn Järnsida bloodline found its way even to Gustav I, although this is often over looked today.

Wow, this one was really complicated! Look at all those horizontal dotted lines.

Can you do a video on the Roosevelt family? There's a lot of material there, and they're very important in American politics.

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.

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).

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.

Finally found an explination for Sigid The Haughty, my favorit. Aka Sigrid Storåda, as in special, know_it_all.. Of course!

I find this very fascinating

This is really intresting 👏

Great! I love watching your videos on royal family trees and I've been longing so much for the Swedish one (being a Swede myself). Finally, it's here, so thank you! However, there are a few mistakes: * Stenkil died in 1066, not 1067. Between him and Halsten (1067-1070), there were two rival pretenders, both named Eric (Eric Stenkilsson, a son of Stenkil, and Eric the Pagan, who was not Christian, as opposed to Eric Stenkilsson, who was). * Håkan the Red was ruler of Västergötland (West Götaland) from 1070 to 1075, during which time a man from Novgorod, called Anund Gårdske, ruled Svealand. In 1075, he was chased away by Håkan, who then ruled until his death in 1079 (as you correctly write). * Halsten actually co-ruled with his brother Inge the Elder during his first reign (1079-1084), but was killed in 1084. * The reason why Inge the Elder didn't rule between 1084 and 1087 was that he was deposed in Svealand during that time (he actually continued ruling in Götaland), because he was a Christian and the people of Svealand weren't. They elected a man called Blot-Sven as their king and he ruled "for three winters", until he was killed by Inge, who returned in 1087. * Inge the Younger was actually co-ruler with Philip from 1105 to Philip's death in 1118. Inge then ruled alone from Philip's death to his own in 1125. * Magnus I actually was only king of Västergötland (West Götaland) and not the entire realm. His reign lasted from 1125 (not 1126) to 1130 (not 1132). There was also a pretender to the crown at this time called Ragnvald Knaphövde, who began his claim in 1125 at the death of Inge the Younger, but was himself killed the next year (1126). * King Sverker actually began his rule in 1130, not 1132. He became king of Östergötland (East Götaland) already in 1125, but then king of the entire realm in 1130. He is also known as Sverker the Elder, as opposed to Sverker II, who is known as Sverker the Younger. * Eric IX is better known as Eric the Saint (or Eric the Holy, in Swedish Erik den helige). It's true that his reign over the entire realm began in 1156, at the death of Sverker the Elder, but he became king of Västergötland already in 1150. * When Carl Sverkersson (Charles VII) was killed by Eric Canutesson in 1167, Eric became king of most of the realm. However, Carl had two relatives, Kol and Burislev, who became joint kings of Östergötland in that same year (1167). Burislev was killed in 1169 and Kol was killed around Christmas time 1173, after which time Eric could take over in Östergötland too. * You have labeled both the king between 1196 and 1208 and the one between 1216 and 1222 as Sverker II. However, the king who ruled from 1216 to 1222 was Sverker's son Johan Sverkersson. * Birger jarl is actually a name given to that individual several centuries later. His actual name was Birger Magnusson, since "jarl" was his title. * Eric XII, who was the son of Magnus IV, rebelled against his father and declared himself king in 1356, in opposition to his father. In 1357, he was recognised by many noblemen as king, however, he died in 1359, aged only about 20. During those three years, Magnus was not deposed, but Sweden was split between them. Since Eric XII (or Eric Magnusson, as he is called) ended up with the Lion's share of the country, his years of reign (1356-1359) should actually be written out. * King Magnus IV's other son, king Haakon VI of Norway, also rebelled against his father and declared himself king of Sweden in 1362. Soon, father and son reconciled and ruled Sweden as joint kings until they were both overthrown by king Albert in 1364. Albert, by the way, is known in Swedish history as Albert (or Albrekt) of Mecklenburg. * From 1385 until his death in 1387, Olaf II of Denmark and Norway also laid claims to the Swedish throne, since both his father and grandfather had been kings of Sweden. However, they never came to fruition, since Albert was king in that country. * Eric of Pomerania was king of the different Scandinavian kingdoms until different dates. His reign in Denmark ended in 1439 and in Norway in 1442. In Sweden, he was deposed for the first time in 1434, reinstated in 1435, deposed again in 1436 and then reinstated that same year, until he was finally deposed in 1439. * Christian I of Denmark did not become king of Sweden after the death of king Carl. Carl Canutesson (or Karl Knutsson as he is known in Swedish) reigned many times in the 15th century. First, he was regent from 1436 to 1440 (during which time Eric of Pomerania was king and Carl held two different titles after one another, first he was "rikshövitsman" and then "riksföreståndare"). After the death of Christofer of Bavaria in 1448, Sweden elected to regents, before making Carl Canutesson king for the first time in the summer of 1448. He was deposed in 1457 and after two more regents, Christian I of Denmark was also made king of Sweden. However, he was deposed in 1464, followed by Carl's return as king of Sweden for the second time. After his second deposition in 1465, he was followed by three more regents for the following two years, before he became king for the third time in 1467, this time until his death in 1470. However, Christian I of Denmark never again became king of Sweden after he was deposed in 1464. * After Carl's death in 1470, he was followed by another regent, Sten Sture the Elder, who ruled until 1497, when the nobles deposed him and briefly made Christian's son John king of Sweden (1497-1501). In Sweden, he was followed by four more regents, before Christian II of Denmark became king of Sweden in 1520. The Stockholm Bloodbath followed just a few days after his coronation. He was deposed the next year (1521). * Gustav I was regent for two years (1521-1523) before being elected king. * Carl IX actually became regent already in 1593, so he held power when Sigismund was deposed from the Swedish throne in 1599. Thus, he was the ruler of Sweden already from 1599, as regent, although he didn't become king until 1604 (as you correctly state). * Speaking of Carls, I think you should be consequent in naming all the Carl kings just that - Carl. Charles (as you have named some of them) is the English version of their names. So, it should either be Carl or Charles all the way. * You should also put Gustavus Adolphus's number (II) in there, since that's how he's always referred to in Sweden. Thus "Gustavus II Adolphus the Great". * The king who ruled from 1697 to 1718 is only known as Charles/Carl XII. He was not called Charles XII Gustav. * The kings Gustav III and Gustav IV Adolf (1771-1792 and 1792-1809 respectively) are always spelt with v's, not f's. * Carl XIV Johan (1818-1844) seems to have a name that is a mixup between Swedish and English. It should either be Carl Johan or Charles John. Also, you should mention that he was Carl III of Norway, but putting his number as XIV & III, the same way you do with Carl XIII & II and Carl XV & IV. * Gustaf VI Adolf's son, Carl XVI Gustaf's father, was also called Gustaf Adolf, not only Gustav (and note the spelling of Gustaf with an f). Please don't take this as nagging, it's simply constructive criticism. And, once again, thank you for this video and all your videos on royal family trees.

As a Swede I would think Gustav III deserves more of a mention as well.

when I saw the House of Hårfagre, I knew I wanted to buy one. Thank you for the video!

Actually, the first link back to older dynasties was through the marriage of Oscar I to Josephine. She descended from Gustav Vasa through his son Karl IX (father of Gustavus Adolphus the Great).

Eric “The Victorious” is one of my 34th great grandfathers on my mother’s side.

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...

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.

Stenkil = Stone Wedge. That is why their heraldric symbol is a wedge.

For the House membership, I think it is rather debatable. For example if a child is adopted into a family will he be part of his birth house or the adopted house. Peter III is agnatically the house of Holstein however he is adopted into the house of Romanov by the last remaining member, Empress Elizabeth. He and his descendants continued to identify as the house of Romanov and not the house of holstein.

When will you make a family tree chart about the Monarchies of the Arabian peninsula, the Levant, Libya, Iran, Morocco, Afghanistan and Egypt and Sudan? I’ll buy it in a heartbeat Update: Tunis was a Monarchy during the Ottoman era but then turned into a republic after independence.

13:00 Incase anyone decided to exclude the mythical kings like myself, then we have Eric the 7th & Carl the 1st of Sweden! (Note: regarding Eric, I only counted all of Sweden's Eric's plus the Danish Eric's that actually ruled Sweden. The ones before Eric the 6th in Denmark only don't count in Sweden). This means the current King of Sweden is King Carl the 5th, not the 16th!

Magnus III is almost exclusively referred to as "Magnus Ladulås" in Sweden.

I'd love to see an alternate history of the 2 world wars if Sweden and Poland had United

Are you ever planning on doing a video on the emperors of Japan? I think that would be really interesting!

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