Royalty
FREDERIK I
(1676-1751, from 1720 King of Sweden)
Finely penned Document Signed 'Friedrich',
in Swedish with translation, saying We... by God's grace, King of Sweden, the Goths and the Wends... Landgrave of Hesse... Make Known: that as the office of a Chancellery Councillor in Our and the Kingdom's Chancellery College, in the place of the late Joachim Neries, has become vacant... there has come to Our Gracious Remembrance Our Faithful Servant and Secretary at the Foreign Department of Our Chancellery, Our Beloved Noble and Well-Born Leonhard Klinkovström, in consideration of the long service demonstrated to Us and the Kingdom, and the good knowledge and experience he has employed in the matters that belong to that same important office... We therefore... in virtue of these our Letters Patent do appoint him... to the office of a Chancellery Councillor... in which he is to enjoy the salary and benefits that belong to the same Office... Subscribed... with our Own hand, and... certified with our Royal Seal, signed also 'Gust[av] Boneauschiöld', papered seal with the arms of Sweden, on an escutcheon the arms of Hesse, 2 sides folio and conjugate blank, Stockholm, 5th September
Item Date: 1739
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Background
In 1718 Carl XII died and Count Horn, 1664-1742, the prime minister, persuaded Carl's sister Ulrika Leonora to accept the throne due to her, but by election. In 1720 she abdicated in favour of her husband Friedrich, heir to Hesse-Cassel, who was in turn elected as Frederik I. He also ruled Hesse-Cassel through his brother as regent, from 1730. Frederik's power was greatly limited by a new constitution and the country recovered for a 'golden' 18 years under Count Horn, who avoided embroiling Sweden abroad. His supporters, from their quiet policy, were nicknamed the 'Night Caps', then the 'Caps'. Their opponents, who called themselves the 'Hats', after the three-cornered hats worn by officers and gentlemen, took power in 1738, and began a risky, though at first popular, game in taking subsidies from France and campaigning against Russia (1741).
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