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Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII ( Swedish: Karl XII) or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 O.S. [1] ), was King of Sweden (including current Finland) from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of Wittelsbach. Charles was the only surviving son of Charles XI and Ulrika Eleonora ...
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Jan 24, 2023 · Juho-Antti Junno et.al.: The death of King Charles XII of Sweden revisited. PNAS Nexus, 2022. Lukas Lindström: Finländska forskare löste trehundraårigt mysterium: Karl XII dödades av fiendekula (Finnish researchers solved a three-hundred-year-old mystery: Charles XII was killed by an enemy bullet).
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Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII ( Swedish: Karl XII) or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 O.S. ), was King of Sweden (including current Finland) from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of Wittelsbach. Charles was the only surviving son of Charles XI and Ulrika Eleonora the ...
Nov 24, 2022 · Now, two Finnish researchers claim to have solved the mystery once and for all. On a foggy November evening in 1718, Charles XII was killed during a siege in Norwegian Fredrikshald, now Halden. Ever since, his death has been shrouded in mystery. The Swedish warrior king died from a bullet to the head, but there has been a great deal of ...
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The Death of Charles XII of Sweden. Michael Srigley describes how, on November 30th, 1718, one of the foremost soldiers of the age was shot while besieging a fortress in Norway. Did he succumb to a stray bullet, or was he assassinated? At about nine o'clock on the night of November 30th, 1718, as Charles XII was inspecting sapping operations ...
Sep 18, 2018 · On 5 April 1697, the Swedish Prince Charles, also known as Carl, became King of Sweden at the age of 15 following the death of his father, Charles XI. During his 36-year reign, Sweden would go on to lose between 10% and 20% of its population during what became known as the Great Northern War. Born into a military world where Sweden was a nation ...
Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Charles XII . Charles XII, Swedish Karl, (born June 17, 1682, Stockholm, Swed.—died Nov. 30, 1718, Fredrikshald, Nor.), King of Sweden (1697–1718). Son of Charles XI, he became absolute monarch at age 15. He defended his country for 18 years in the Second Northern War, gradually taking ...
