Prince Frederick Charles Of Hesse
Frederick Charles Louis Constantine, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse (1 May 1868, Gut Panker – 28 May 1940, Kassel), Friedrich Karl Ludwig Konstantin Prinz und Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel in German, was the brother-in-law of the German Emperor William II. He was elected King of Finland on 9 October 1918, but renounced the throne on 14 December 1918.
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