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Duke of Finland

Index Duke of Finland

Duke of Finland (in Finnish Suomen herttua; Swedish hertig av Finland) was an occasional medieval title granted as a tertiogeniture to the relatives of the King of Sweden between the 13th and 16th centuries. [1]

34 relations: Benedict, Duke of Finland, Benedict, Duke of Halland, Catherine Jagiellon, Coat of arms of Finland, Duchies in Sweden, Duke, Eric XIV of Sweden, Finnish nobility, Governor-General of Finland, Grand Duchy of Finland, Grand Duke of Finland, Gustav I of Sweden, Hedwig of Holstein, Hendrik Carloff, Henry (bishop of Finland), History of biological warfare, House of Bjelbo, House of Vasa, Ingeborg Eriksdottir of Norway, Isabel Bruce, John III of Sweden, John, Duke of Östergötland, List of Finnish consorts, List of Finnish monarchs and Heads of State, Magnus III of Sweden, Magnus IV of Sweden, Margaret Leijonhufvud, Monarchy of Finland, Second Swedish Crusade, Stenberga Castle, Timeline of zoophilia, Turku, Valdemar, Duke of Finland, 1556.

Benedict, Duke of Finland

Bishop Benedict, Duke of Finland (Bengt Birgersson; Bengt Birgerinpoika; 1254 - 25 May 1291) was a Swedish prelate bishop and duke.

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Benedict, Duke of Halland

Duke Benedict of Halland and Finland (c. 1330 – c. 1360), aka Bengt Algotsson, was a medieval Swedish lord, and royal favourite.

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Catherine Jagiellon

Catherine Jagiellon (Katarzyna Jagiellonka; Katarina Jagellonica, Lithuanian: Kotryna Jogailatė; 1 November 1526 – 16 September 1583) was a Polish princess and the wife of John III of Sweden.

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Coat of arms of Finland

The coat of arms of Finland is a crowned lion on a red field, the right foreleg replaced with an armoured hand brandishing a sword, trampling on a sabre with the hindpaws.

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Duchies in Sweden

Duchies in Sweden have been allotted since the 13th century to powerful Swedes, almost always to princes of Sweden (only in some of the dynasties) and wives of the latter.

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Duke

A duke (male) or duchess (female) can either be a monarch ruling over a duchy or a member of royalty or nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch.

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Eric XIV of Sweden

Eric XIV (Erik XIV; 13 December 1533 – 26 February 1577) was King of Sweden from 1560 until he was deposed in 1568.

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Finnish nobility

The Finnish nobility (Fi. Aateli, Sw. Adel) was historically a privileged class in Finland, deriving from its period as part of Sweden and the Russian Empire.

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Governor-General of Finland

Governor-General of Finland (Suomen kenraalikuvernööri Generalguvernör över Finland Генерал-губернатор Финляндии); was the military commander and the highest administrator of Finland sporadically under Swedish rule in the 17th and 18th centuries and continuously in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland between 1809 and 1917.

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Grand Duchy of Finland

The Grand Duchy of Finland (Suomen suuriruhtinaskunta, Storfurstendömet Finland, Великое княжество Финляндское,; literally Grand Principality of Finland) was the predecessor state of modern Finland.

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Grand Duke of Finland

Grand Duke of Finland or the Grand Prince of Finland (Suomen suuriruhtinas, Storfurste av Finland), was from around 1580 to 1809 a title in use by most Swedish monarchs.

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Gustav I of Sweden

Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known as Gustav Vasa (12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560, previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm (Riksföreståndare) from 1521, during the ongoing Swedish War of Liberation against King Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

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Hedwig of Holstein

Hedwig of HolsteinPhilip Line, Kingship and state formation in Sweden, 1130-1290, BRILL, 2007, 9004155783, p. 390.

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Hendrik Carloff

Hendrik Carloff (died after 1677) was an adventurer active in the 17th century.

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Henry (bishop of Finland)

Henry (Henrik; Henrik; Henricus; died 20 January 1156.) was a medieval English clergyman.

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History of biological warfare

Various types of biological warfare (BW) have been practiced repeatedly throughout history.

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House of Bjelbo

The House of Bjelbo (Bjälboätten), also known as the House of Folkung (Folkungaätten), was an Ostrogothian Swedish family that provided several medieval Swedish bishops, jarls and kings.

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House of Vasa

The House of Vasa (Vasaätten, Wazowie, Vaza) was an early modern royal house founded in 1523 in Sweden, ruling Sweden 1523–1654, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1587–1668, and the Tsardom of Russia 1610–1613 (titular until 1634).

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Ingeborg Eriksdottir of Norway

Ingeborg Eriksdottir (Norwegian: Ingebjørg Eiriksdatter; 1297–1357) was a Norwegian princess and a Swedish duchess.

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Isabel Bruce

Isabel Bruce (Isabella de Brus or Isobail a Brus, or Isabella Robertsdotter Brus) (c. 1272–1358) was a Queen consort of Norway, married to King Eric II.

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John III of Sweden

John III (Johan III, Juhana III) (20 December 1537 – 17 November 1592) was King of Sweden from 1568 until his death.

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John, Duke of Östergötland

John of Sweden, Duke of Östergötland (in Swedish Johan) (18 April 1589 at Uppsala Castle – 5 March 1618 at Bråborg Castle in Östergötland) was a Swedish royal dynast.

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List of Finnish consorts

The Consorts of Finland were the spouses of the Finnish Monarchs.

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List of Finnish monarchs and Heads of State

This is a list of the monarchs of Finland until it became a republic in 1919; that is, the Kings of Sweden with Regents and Viceroys of the Kalmar Union, the Grand Dukes of Finland, a title used by most Swedish monarchs, up to the two-year Regent period following the independence in 1917, with a brief flirtation with a truly domestic monarchy.

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Magnus III of Sweden

Magnus III (Magnus Birgersson/Magnus Ladulås; 1240 – 18 December 1290) was King of Sweden from 1275 until his death in 1290.

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Magnus IV of Sweden

Magnus IV (April or May 1316 – 1 December 1374; Swedish Magnus Eriksson) was King of Sweden from 1319 to 1364, King of Norway as Magnus VII (including Iceland and Greenland) from 1319 to 1343, and ruler of Scania from 1332 to 1360.

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Margaret Leijonhufvud

Margaret Leijonhufvud (née Margareta Eriksdotter; 1 January 1516 in Ekeberg Castle, Närke – 26 August 1551 in Tynnelsö Castle, Södermanland) was Queen of Sweden from 1536 to 1551 by marriage to King Gustav I.

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Monarchy of Finland

The nation of Finland has never been an independent sovereign monarchy: no attempt to establish a fully-fledged Finnish monarchy has been successful.

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Second Swedish Crusade

The Second Swedish Crusade was a 13th century Swedish military expedition against the Tavastians, in present-day Finland, led by Birger jarl.

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Stenberga Castle

Stenberga Castle (also known as Teinperi) was a small medieval castle in Masku, Finland.

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Timeline of zoophilia

The timeline of zoophilia covers the history of zoophilia and bestiality among humans and non-human animals.

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Turku

Turku (Åbo) is a city on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Southwest Finland.

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Valdemar, Duke of Finland

Valdemar Magnusson (c.after 1282 – 1318) was a Swedish prince, heir to the throne of Sweden, and Duke of Finland.

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1556

Year 1556 (MDLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Redirects here:

Duchess of Finland, Duchy of Finland, Duke of finland, Dukes of Finland.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Finland

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