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Which year did Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte get married?

  • 1773

  • 1774

  • 1775

  • 1776

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Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte wed Duke Carl of Södermanland, the future King Charles XIII of Sweden, in 1774. This union held great significance, as it merged the Holstein-Gottorp dynasty of Russia with the House of Holstein-Gottorp of Sweden, solidifying a significant royal alliance in Scandinavian history.
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