The title of King of the Goths was for many centuries borne by both the Kings of Sweden and the Kings of Denmark, denoting sovereignty or claimed sovereignty over the antique people of the Goths, which is sort of poetic explanation. This is a list of Swedish monarchs, that is, the Kings and ruling Queens of Sweden with Regents and Viceroys of the Kalmar Union up until the present time. ... This is a list of Danish monarchs, that is, the Kings and ruling Queen of Denmark, including Regents of the Kalmar Union. ... Invasion of the Goths: a late 19th century painting by O. Fritsche portrays the Goths as cavalrymen. ...

To kings of Denmark, it chiefly meant the island of Gotland, traditionally regarded as the original home of the Goths, and to kings of Sweden, it meant the other of the two constituent parts of that kingdom (see Landsof Sweden), the Gothenland, southern "half" of Sweden. In Germanic languages, the name was Götes konung and in Latin, gothorum rex.   is a county and province of Sweden and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. ... Invasion of the Goths: a late 19th century painting by O. Fritsche portrays the Goths as cavalrymen. ... Götaland Maps of Swedens historical three lands, and Österland in Finland. ...

It is actually believed that a note in a papal letter copy in about 1100 means Inge and Halsten, Kings of the Goths - they had recently lost the upper svear part of their kingdom.

In a papal letter dated 5 September 1164, king Charles VII of Sweden (Karl Sverkersson) (c 1130-67; reigned 1161-1167) already was addressed as "rex Sweorum et Gothorum". Charles Sverkersson - seal Charles VII Sverkersson or Karl Sverkersson in Swedish was king of Sweden and Earl of Götaland from circa 1161 to 1167, when he was assassinated, he was the first Swedish king with the name Charles. ...

The first Swedish king to regularly use the title was King Magnus III of Sweden, particularly after he had in c 1278 had his final win over his deposed brother Valdemar who had hitherto held lands of Westrogothia. First Sveriges och Götes Konung up to later decades of Gustaf I of Sweden, then Sveriges, Götes och Vendes Konung was used in official documentation up to the accession of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in 1974, who was the first proclaimed officially Sveriges Konung ("King of Sweden") and nothing else. Sigillum ad causas for Magnus II of Sweden Magnus II Ericson, Magnus VII of Norway, (1316–1377), King of Sweden, Norway and Terra Scania, son of Duke Eric and Ingeborg, daughter of Hakon V of Norway. ... Westrogothia (Västergötland) is a historical Province (landskap) in the southwest of Sweden. ... Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus Bernadotte) (born April 30, 1946), styled His Majesty The King, is the King of Sweden. ...

The first Danish king to use the title was King Valdemar IV (reigned 1340 to 1375), who adopted it in 1361 after he conquered Gotland. The Danish Kings continued to use the title over the next six hundred years until 1972, when Queen Margrethe II succeeded. She abandoned the use of all the royal titles except for that of Denmark's King, which is the royal style today. Valdemar IV of Denmark (Valdemar Atterdag) shown on a fresco in Næstveds Saint Peters Church (Sankt Peders Kirke). ... Events Europe has about 74 million inhabitants. ... Events October 24 - Valdemar IV of Denmark dies and is succeeded by his grandson Olaf III of Denmark. ... Events Founding of the University of Pavia, Italy. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Queen Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid) (born 16 April 1940) is the Queen regnant and head of state of Denmark. ...

The Danish Coat of Arms contained, until 1972, a quarter of the title of Goths: it depicts blue heraldical leopard with nine sea-leaves - originating from the ducal escutcheon of Halland, not from the lamb insignia of Gotland (although Gotland's Agnus Dei was used as another field occasionally, in the extended versions of the Danish royal Coat of Arms). is a historical province (landskap) on the western coast of Sweden. ... Agnus Dei is a Latin term meaning Lamb of God, and was originally used to refer to Jesus Christ in his role of the perfect sacrificial offering that atones for the sins of man in Christian theology, harkening back to ancient Jewish Temple sacrifices. ...

See also

• kings of the Goths known by name before the 3rd century split into Visigoths and Ostrogoths:
  • Berig
  • Filimer son of Gadarig
• King of the Visigoths
• King of the Ostrogoths
• King of the Geats
• King of the Wends

Berig was according to Jordanes, the king who led the Goths from Scandza (Scandinavia) to Gothiscandza (the Vistula Basin). ... Alaric, (also known as Alaricus, Alaric the Goth, Alaric, King of the Visigoths and Alaric I) (about AD 370-410), the first Germanic leader to take the city of Rome, was likely born about 370 on an island named Peuce (the Fir) at the mouth of the Danube. ... Geatish kings existed since the provinces of Götaland/Gautland/Geatland are considered to have been more or less independent with their own petty kings. ...

Source

• http://www.geocities.com/eurprin/denmark.html
• http://www.geocities.com/eurprin/sweden.html