King of the Wends
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King of the Wends was a
kings of Sweden.[2]
Etymology
The generally accepted interpretation is that King of the Wends (
Grand Prince of Finland
" as well.
In Germanic languages, the name was Wends, and in medieval documentation the Latin name was sclavorum rex, referring to the Slavic peoples in and around the region now known as Mecklenburg. In the 16th century, Latin sclavorum was changed to vandalorum also by Danish kings, showing the new poetic idea.
In Denmark, Konge til Danmark, de Venders og Goters ('
Queen Margrethe II.[3]
In Sweden, Sveriges, Göters och Venders konung ('King of Sweden, the Goths and the Wends') was used in official documentation up to the accession in 1973, of
Carl XVI Gustaf
.
History
Margrethe II
succeeded. She abandoned the use of all the royal titles except for that of Denmark's King/Queen, which is the royal style today.
When Sweden had made its final breakaway from the
Gustav I of Sweden
adopted c 1540 the third "kingdom" to his titles, which had only included Sweden and the Goths ("Vandalorumque" rex, "Venders" konung). Sveriges, Göters och Venders konung ('King of Sweden, the Goths and the Wends') was used in official documentation up to the accession in 1973, of Carl XVI Gustaf, who was the first monarch to be proclaimed Sveriges konung ("King of Sweden") and nothing else.
See also
References
- ^ A people who historically populated Western Slavic lands of southern coasts of the Baltic Sea, those otherwise called Mecklenburg, Holstein and Pomerania.
- ^ Anders Thiset (1893). "Om danske By- og Herredsvaaben". Tidsskrift for Kunstindustri: 18.
- ^ J. Guinchard (1914). Sweden: Historical and statistical handbook. Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söner. p. 188.
- ^ "Denmark". Titles of European hereditary rulers. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2023.