Ulrika Eleonora or Ulrica Eleanor (23 January 1688 – 24 November 1741), also known as Ulrika Eleonora the Younger, is Queen regnant of Sweden from 5 December 1718 to 29 February 1720, and then Queen consort until her death.
She is the youngest child of King Charles XI and Queen Ulrika Eleonora the Elder and named after her mother.
After the death of her brother King Charles XII in 1718, she claims the throne.
Her late older sister, Princess Hedvig Sophia, had left a son, Charles Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, who has the better claim by primogeniture.
But Ulrika Eleonora asserts that she is the closest surviving relative of the late king (the idea of proximity of blood) and cites the precedent of Queen Christina.
She is recognized as successor by the Riksdag after she agrees to renounce the powers of absolute monarchy established by her father Charles XI.
She abdicates in 1720 in favor of her consort, Landgrave Frederick I of Hesse-Kassel.
