Frederick I

Prince Fredrik Vilhelm von Hessenstein (1735-1808), Swedish soldier and statesman. Illegitimate son of King Frederick I of Sweden and his mistress Hedvig Taube. Appointed Field Marshal in 1773, Privy Councillor in 1776, and a proficient Governor General of Pomerania between 1776 and 1791. Hesse-Kassel (Hessen-Kassel in German) was a German principality that came into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided in 1568 upon the death of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse. ... Image File history File links Coat_of_arms_of_Hesse. ... Frederick I (Fredrik I) (April 23, 1676–March 25, 1751), was King of Sweden from 1720 and (as Friedrich I von Hessen-Kassel) Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730 until his death. ... Events April 16 - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ... Year 1808 (MDCCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Frederick I (Fredrik I) (April 23, 1676–March 25, 1751), was King of Sweden from 1720 and (as Friedrich I von Hessen-Kassel) Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730 until his death. ... Countess Hedvig Taube (1714-1744) was a Swedish noblewoman, mistress to King Frederick I of Sweden and mother of Fredrik Vilhelm von Hessenstein. ... This is a list of the 77 Field Marshals of Sweden, with their respective years of appointment, from the 16th to the 19th century. ... The Swedish Senate: Riksrådet, from 1809 Statsrådet, from 1975 Regeringen was and is the principal government institution of Sweden The Swedish Senate, Senatus Regni Sueciae, originated as a council of Regional Magnates acting as advisers to the Monarch of the combined Realms of the Swedes (from 996, approximately). ... A Governor-General, or Generalguvernör, was appointed by the Swedish monarch as a form of viceroy, with both civil and military jurisdiction, over parts of the Swedish Realm, from the 17th century to the early 19th century, when constitutional changes made the office obsolete. ... Swedish Pomerania (Swedish: Svenska Pommern) was a Dominion under the Swedish Crown from the 17th to the 19th century, situated on the German Baltic Sea coast. ...

According to unofficial storys, he was the father of the illegitimate daughter of the king's sister, Sofia Albertina, Princess of Sweden, a baby girl named Sophia, born sometime during the year of 1786, a year before Sophia Albertina was sent to Germany as Abbess of Quedlingburg. Sofia Albertina was daughter of king Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. ...