• The Gottorp Fury (Swedish: Gottorpska raseriet or Holsteinska raseriet) was the name given to the wild excesses when the 16-year-old king Charles XII of...
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    society that the excesses surrounding him and the King earned him "the Gottorp Fury" as a nickname. Duke Frederick and King Charles regularly participated...
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    Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (23 October 1636 – 24 November 1715) was Queen of Sweden from 1654 until 1660 as the wife of King Charles X Gustav...
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    which includes several songs about his life. List of unsolved murders Gottorp Fury Demirbaş, the Turkish word for fixed asset, is literally "ironhead" (demir...
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    1699 in Sweden Monarch – Charles XII - The king has a relapse in the Gottorp Fury upon the visit of his brother-in-law. August - A French theater company...
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    Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp on Karlberg Palace. Summer - The king and his brother-in-law engage in the Gottorp Fury, which scandalizes the country...
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    (1669-1732), he had three more half siblings. He entered the Holstein-Gottorp service, and after the death of the duchess Hedwig Sophia, Charles XII...
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    princess, daughter of King Charles IX of Sweden and Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, and by marriage Duchess of Östergötland. Maria Elizabeth was born in Örebro...
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    marriage of her daughter Princess Augusta to John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, which improved Denmark's connections to the north German Lutheran states...
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    judge-advocate) Colonel Giles Spencer (waggon-master-general) Captain James Fury (provost-marshal-general) Unless otherwise noted, all infantry units are...
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