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Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (23 October 1636 – 24 November 1715) was Queen of Sweden from 1654 until 1660 as the wife of King Charles X Gustav. She served as regent during the minority of her son, King Charles XI, from 1660 until 1672, and during the minority of her grandson, King Charles XII, in 1697.
Hedvig Eleonora was the daughter of Fredrik III of Holstein Gottorp and Maria Eleonora of Saxony. She grew up in a culturally prominent Baroque court, where art and knowledge were of great importance. In 1654 she married Karl X Gustav.
Hedvig Eleonora av Holstein-Gottorp, född 23 oktober 1636, död 24 november 1715, var en svensk drottning och riksföreståndare, gift 24 oktober 1654 med Karl X Gustav. Hon var Sveriges drottning i fem år, och riksänkedrottning till sin död 1715.
Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp was Queen of Sweden from 1654 until 1660 as the wife of King Charles X Gustav. She served as regent during the minority of her son, King Charles XI, from 1660 until 1672, and during the minority of her grandson, King Charles XII, in 1697.
Oct 8, 2021 · Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp was the wife of Karl X Gustav, King of Sweden and served as regent during the minorities of her son Karl XI, King of Sweden and her grandson Karl XII, King of Sweden. She was born on October 23, 1636, at Gottorp Castle at Schleswig, in the Duchy of Schleswig, now in the German state of Schleswig ...
Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp was a Swedish princess and the daughter of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. Hedwig married Duke Frederick William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, who died in 1767. She then married Duke Charles of Södermanland.
1636-10-23 — 1715-11-24. Queen of Sweden. Queen Hedvig Eleonora was the most powerful woman in Sweden during a 60-year period of Sweden’s ‘age of greatness’. She also played a prominent role in the politically significant Caroline stately and courtly cultural developments.
