Czech burned at the stake in 1415; had influence on Martin Luther; part of the Hussite Trilogy; only in Czech
General Jan Žižka of Hussite Wars; part of Hussite Trilogy; only in Czech; fought in the Battle of Grunwald (July 15, 1410), where he defended Radzyń against the Teutonic Order, and in the civil wars of Bohemia.
Sweden's House of Vasa (1521-1654)
1528, Norwegian noble woman seeking independence for the nation in the time of the Kalmar Union (1396-1537) involving Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Modern Sweden begins 1523
Sweden's House of Vasa (1521-1654)
1550–1612, started as mistress and ended as Swedish Queen to Eric XIV (reign 1560-1568)
Sweden's House of Vasa (1521-1654)
1632-1654 reign of Queen Christina of Sweden; Greta Garbo
Sweden's House of Vasa (1521-1654)
Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates; what happened to Queen Christina when she converted to Catholicism
Sweden's House of Vasa (1521-1654)
The "Cudget War" was a peasant rebellion in the late 16th century Finland
Sweden's House of Palatinate (1654-1720)
Scanian War, 1676-1679, between Sweden and Denmark when Sweden's king was Charles XI
Sweden's House of Palatinate (1654-1720)
Charles XII of Sweden (reigned 1697-1718); Great Northern War (1700-1721)
Sweden's House of Palatinate (1654-1720)
Epitaph for a King; King Karl XII of Sweden (1697-1718)
House of Holstein-Gottorp (1751-1818)
Danish King Christian VII (ruled 1766-1808) suffers from mental illness and is pushed around by radical thinker Johann Friedrich Struensee, his personal physician, who made progressive reforms which did not last long
House of Holstein-Gottorp (1751-1818)
Finnish film, Strindberg play adaptation; Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-1792) when Finland was part of Sweden
House of Holstein-Gottorp (1751-1818)
Assassination of Sweden’s King Gustav III (ruled 1771-1792)
House of Holstein-Gottorp (1751-1818)
On his death-bed, a father asks his son to kill King Gustav III
House of Holstein-Gottorp (1751-1818)
Gustav III of Sweden, nine years into his marriage
House of Bernadotte (1905-present)
A French seamstress loves Napoleon, but his marriage to aristocrat Josephine spoils her dream; she becomes wife of Bernadotte, future King Charles XIV John (1818-1844)
House of Bernadotte (1905-present)
Sami revolt in Guovdageaidnu, Norway 1852
House of Bernadotte (1905-present)
1890s Sweden when the country became modernized
House of Bernadotte (1905-present)
Swedish general who fought in the Russian War, Finnish War and Second War Against Napoleon