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15 nov 2017 · English: Ulrika Eleonora the Elder (1656-1693), Princess of Denmark, Queen of Sweden, and her four deceased sons Svenska: Ulrika Eleonora d.ä. (1656-1693), prinsessa av Danmark, drottning av Sverige, med sina fyra döda söner
Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (11 September 1656 – 26 July 1693) was Queen of Sweden as the wife of King Charles XI. She is often admired for her generosity and charity. The name Ulrike is a Danish version of the name; in Swedish she is called Ulrika Eleonora den äldre (English: Ulrica Eleanor the Elder), to distinguish her from her daughter, the future queen regnant.
Ulrika Eleonora was born in 1656, the youngest child of the Danish King and Queen Fredrik III of Denmark and Sofia Amalia of Braunschweig-Lüneburg. According to established patterns of marriage in the Danish royal family, Ulrika Eleonora’s sisters were married into German princely houses while she herself according to her mother’s plans was to be queen of Sweden.
Ulrika Eleonora den yngre, (född 23 januari 1688, död 24 november 1741, var regerande drottning av Sverige 1719–1720, dotter till Karl XI och Ulrika Eleonora, syster till Karl XII samt kusin till August den starke, Fredrik IV av Danmark och Fredrik IV av Holstein-Gottorp. Hon gifte sig 24 mars 1715 med Fredrik av Hessen, den blivande Fredrik I, men förblev barnlös.
Ulrika Eleonora the younger was a reigning queen of Sweden from 1718–1720. The Crown then transferred to her consort King Fredrik I. Her period of reign marked the beginning of what has come to be known as ‘frihetstiden’ (the Age of Liberty) within Swedish historiography. Ulrika Eleonora the younger was the youngest child of King Karl XI ...
Äktenskapet blev barnlöst och Ulrika Eleonora avled i smittkopporna hösten 1741. Ulrika Eleonora d.y. porträtterad av den svensk-tyske konstnären Georg Desmarées (1697–1776). Målningen hänger i Konseljrummet på Gripsholms slott och ingår i Svenska statens porträttsamling. Foto: Nationalmuseum.
