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King Hugo and Queen Agnes of Sweden are fictional, but there were several real Swedish monarchs who experienced similar defeats and overthrows by democratizing movements in the 18th century, a period known as Sweden's Age of Liberty.
Gustav III (24 January [O.S. 13 January] 1746 – 29 March 1792), [a][1] also called Gustavus III, [2] was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick [1] and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden.
Leisure. Arts & Culture. How The Great Cast Compares to Their Real-Life Counterparts. Hulu's irreverent take on Catherine the Great's rise to power takes some liberties with historical fact. Here's...
They aren’t real. There wasn’t a King Hugo of Sweden. But, Catherine was related to the King of Sweden during her time. Source: I live with two swedes. Who very proudly pointed this out to me.
The introduction of The Great's main characters Hugo and Agnes made the relationship between Russia and Sweden a major plot point in the series, but in actuality, the countries' relationship was much less intimate or exciting. In the late 1780s, the king of Sweden, Catherine's cousin, declared war on Russia in hopes of taking advantage of the ...
Peter falls through the ice and drowns on his way to secretly retake Sweden for Hugo (Freddie Fox). Catherine, who has followed him, sees it happen, and losing the man she loves sends her...
Similar to Peter falling to a coup, King Hugo has been run out of Sweden and his plan is to join forces with Peter to “save the aristocracy in Europe.” He tries to get Peter on board by talking about their shared struggles but Peter has no interest in this team-up.