Ruler · 1746 – 1792

Gustav III

Lived 1746 – 1792; politician. Monarch of Sweden (Sweden), 1771 – 1792.

Wikidata's English label: Gustav III of Sweden.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1746 – 1792; 46 years
In office: 21 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Sweden
Left it: deposed or killed; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Sweden

Sweden · the 53rd of 62 dated reigns · 970 – 1973

49 before

Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden1718 – 1720

Frederick I of Sweden1720 – 1751

Adolf Frederick of Sweden1751 – 1771

Gustav III1771 – 1792

Gustav IV Adolf1792 – 1809

Charles XIII1809 – 1818

Charles XIV John1818 – 1844

6 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1771 – 1792 · 21 years · came to it aged 25

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell: by others; Morby does not call it a deposition

then killed within a year of leaving

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