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Sweden's Next King Was Chosen Because His Father Needed Cash
Napoleonic Era

Sweden's Next King Was Chosen Because His Father Needed Cash

A teenage prince from a minor German duchy became heir to the Swedish throne, because his adoptive father needed cash.

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