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Duke of Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Grand Duke of Finland, or more correctly translated: Grand Prince of Finland (Swedish: Storfurste av Finland, Finnish: Suomen suuriruhtinas) was from around 1580 to 1809 a title of the in use by most Swedish monarchs. Between 1809 and 1917, it was the official title of the head of the autonomous...
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Grand Duke of Finland, more correctly Grand Prince of Finland, (Finnish: Suomen suuriruhtinas, Swedish: Storfurste av Finland) was a title in use, sometimes sporadically, between 1584 and 1808. In 1581, King John III of Sweden, who had previously (1556–63) been Duke of Finland (a royal duke),
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Valdemar Magnusson (died February 16 1318), was Duke of Finland, a Swedish prince and the third son of king Magnus I of Sweden and his queen Helvig of Holstein. He was born in the 1280s. At the coronation of his older brother Birger of Sweden, Valdemar became the duke of Finland, and was at the same...
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Finland became a part of Russia as a Grand Duchy, with Alexander himself as Grand Duke, at the peace treaty of Fredrikshamn September 17, 1809. The Finnish polulation thereby had to swear allegiance to the Russian Czar.
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By the Grace of God, We, Nikolai II, Emperor of All the Russias, Tsar of Poland, Grand Duke of Finland, and so forth, to all our faithful subjects be it known:
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Duke of Finland (in Finnish ''Suomen herttua''; Bengt Birgersson (1254-91), also known as ''Benedict'', an eccleasiastic, the youngest brother of king Valdemar I of Sweden and Duke Magnus of Sweden (later king Magnus III), was about 1284 granted the Duchy of Finland by his elder brother king Magnus.
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Duke of Finland summary with 6 pages of encyclopedia entries, research information, and more. Duke of Finland (in Finnish Suomen herttua; Swedish hertig av Finland) has been a title, which generally was granted as a tertiogeniture to members of the royal dynasty of Sweden, between 13th and 16th centuries.
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Grand Duke of Finland, or Grand Prince of Finland (, Swedish: Storfurste av Finland), was a title sporadically in use between 1584 and 1808 by the King of Sweden. Between 1809 and 1917, it was the official title of the head of the autonomous Grand Principality of Finland, the Tsar of Russia. Deals to Grand Duke of Finland...
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Marcin Kromer A TRUE STORY OF THE SORROWFUL ADVENTURE OF HIS HIGHNESS, JOHN, DUKE OF FINLAND, Presently King of the Swedes, Goths, and Vandals, and Her Highness, the Polish Princess, Catherine, His Consort Cracow: Szarffenberger, 1570 translated from the Polish by Alex Kurczaba...
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