Talk:Adolf Frederick of Sweden
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[edit] Death cause
This article mentions that Adolf Frederick died of "digestion problems", but the articles in both German Wikipedia and Swedish Wikipedia mention the cause of death as stroke. Which one is correct? sentausa 07:10, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] What on earth?
Can someone please give a thorough account of how this man became king? There's a little hemming and hawing about how he was related to the royal family, but there's no adequate explanation of how the man ascended to the throne. There's not a single Gustav in the entire family tree presented at the bottom, so I don't really get it: "In 1743 he was elected heir to the throne of Sweden by the Hat faction in order that they might obtain....." seems somehow inadequate. Can we please get some greater context? MrZaiustalk 18:34, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
He more or less got elected by the National assembly after a choatic war against Russia And Frederich didn't have any suitable heir. He was Descended from a female line of the House of Vasa and was the uncle of Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp who got passed over after the death of Charles XII.
If you want to find out more about the politics and decline of the Swedish empire during the 18th century there are several good wiki articles: Age of Liberty Hats (party)Caps (party) --213.226.73.180 13:31, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
