Ulrika Eleonora (1688-1741), Queen of Sweden 1719-1720 and Frederick I (1676-1751), King of Sweden 1720-1751; she, in light-blue dress with ermine-bordered dark blue cloak, holding a jewelled crown in her right hand resting on a wooden prie-dieu and her left arm pointing above her head, a gem-set comb in her powdered hair upswept adorned with pearls; he, in gold-bordered red coat, waistcoat and ermine-lined blue velvet cloak gold-embroidered with crowns, with his left arm inter-linked and resting on the prie-dieu and his right arm resting on a gilt-wood table, long powdered wig; draped blue-green curtain background

Ulrika Eleonora, youngest child of King Charles XI and Queen Ulrika Eleonora the Elder, married Prince Frederick of Hesse (1675-1751). She was elected Queen after her brother's death, however a new constitution inaugerated the so-called 'Era of Liberty' and saw the abolition of the royal absolutism giving power to Parliament. Ulrika abdicated in 1720 in favour of her husband who ascended the throne as Frederick I. Frederick I spent most of his time hunting and left the conduct of government to his chancellor, Arvid Horn. He died childless and was succeeded by Adolf Frederik (1710-1771).