'The King of Sweden, Gustaf Vs} on Saturday was 70 yours old, and has ruled his country for 21 He is not only the oldest] living ruler of any state in the world, but also the one who has actually held his' position the long-he present Royal House of Sweden bears, as is well known, the family name of Bernadotte, The first king of this House, Karl Johan, was Napoleon's Marshal Bernadette, Prince of Ponto Corvo, who was elected Hereditary Prince of Sweden in 1810, the last king of the previously reigning House, the Vasa, having no This foreign origin may, however, be said to have been effaced in the members of the Royal House of the second generati the present Royal Family every respect nationally Swedish. The name of the kings, Gustaf—the present Crown Prince also bears this name-—ix also associated with the Vasa kings of glorious tradition, of whom the first was Gustaf T Vasa, The liberator of the country who restored its independence and organized it, and the second the great Gustaf I Adolf, "The Lion of the North," who also proved great organizer in Sweden and a powerful influence in. Ruropean history during the Thirty Years' War.
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