# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frederick-i-of-sweden
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:48:14.794Z

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name: "Frederick I of Sweden"
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description: "He became king of Sweden only because his wife gave up the throne — and even then, he was handed almost no power. Frederick I spent three decades as a figurehead monarch in an era when parliament ran the country, and died without an heir, ending his family's claim to the crown."
tagline: "King of Sweden (1676-1751)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fredrik_av_Hessen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1676-04-28"
deathDate: "1751-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Frederick was born a German landgrave on 28 April 1676, and became prince consort of Sweden in 1718 when he married into the royal family. After his brother-in-law Charles XII died in 1720 during the Great Northern War, Charles's sister Ulrika Eleonora briefly took the throne but was forced to surrender most authority to the Riksdag. She abdicated shortly after, and Frederick ascended in her place — though the parliament, not the king, held real control. In 1730 he also inherited the title of Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. His reign dragged on for thirty years while the Hat Party pushed Sweden into another disastrous war with Russia, which ended in defeat. When Frederick died on 5 April 1751 without legitimate heirs, the Russian tsarina Elizabeth ensured that Adolf Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp would succeed him, severing his family's line from the Swedish throne entirely.