Ruler · 1778 – 1837

Gustav IV Adolf

Lived 1778 – 1837; monarch. Monarch of Sweden (Sweden), 1792 – 1809.

Wikidata's English label: Gustav IV Adolf 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: 1778 – 1837; 59 years
In office: 17 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Sweden
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

Monarch of Sweden

Sweden · the 54th of 62 dated reigns · 970 – 1973

50 before

Frederick I of Sweden1720 – 1751

Adolf Frederick of Sweden1751 – 1771

Gustav III1771 – 1792

Gustav IV Adolf1792 – 1809

Charles XIII1809 – 1818

Charles XIV John1818 – 1844

Oscar I of Sweden1844 – 1859

5 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 1792 – 1809 · 17 years · came to it aged 14

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

Gustav Adolf was deposed by a conspiracy of army officers.

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