Monarchy of Finland

Monarchs of Finland ruled over the Kingdom of Finland which was established in 1807, however, after the Second World War, Finland was declared an Empire, the title was switched to Emperor of Finland.

The complete title is: Emperor of Finland, King of the Baltic, Grand Prince of Sweden, Norway and Denmark and Grand Duke of Lithuania. (Suomen Keisari, Itämeren Kuningas, Ruotsin ja Norjan ja Tanskan Suur-Ruhtinas ja Liettuan Suur-Herttua.

History
First monarch of Finland was the legitimized son of Napoleon, Louis Bonaparte. However, Louis was way too biased to his father and many times almost sent Finland into flames for the sake of France. Finns realized this and got rid of Louis and joined the Seventh Coalition under regency.

After the War of the Seventh Coalition, Finland did not have a monarch. Greatest candidate was Great-Britain's Prince August Frederick son of George III. Other candidates were some minor nobles from Germany or the other Nordic countries. Some Russian candidates were too, however, none as big as an English prince. Finland accepted making their dynasty English.

August did not have a son, so his heir became his daughter Anna. Anna became the Queen of Finland and married a Austrian noble Peter Zakrowsky. Peter was of Polish-Austrian decent making the Finnish dynasty all ready very mixed. Anna's heir was Henry William, under whom Finland would fight the Great War.

List of Monarchs
Even though they are monarchs of Finland, the Finnish monarch's roots lie in France. The Finnish dynasty is known as the Gottwald dynasty. There have been 3 Kings, 3 Emperors and a single Queen during the monarchy of Finland.