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Charles XI or Carl ( Swedish: Karl XI; 4 December [ O.S. 24 November] 1655 – 15 April [ O.S. 5 April] 1697) [2] was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period of Swedish history known as the Swedish Empire (1611–1721). He was the only son of King Charles X Gustav of Sweden and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp.
- 13 February 1660 – 5 April 1697
- Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp
Charles XI or Carl ( Swedish: Karl XI; 4 December [ O.S. 24 November] 1655 – 15 April [ O.S. 5 April] 1697) was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period of Swedish history known as the Swedish Empire (1611–1721). Quick Facts King of Sweden Duke of Bremen and Verden, Reign ... He was the only son of King Charles X Gustav of ...
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Charles XI of Sweden. Charles XI was the Swedish king between 1660 - 1697 and recognised as one of Sweden’s most highly regarded monarchs during the 17th century. The only son of Charles X, Charles XI had to be crowned as king when he was just four after his father’s death. Because of this a regency was established until he turned 18 and he ...
Mar 25, 2015 · The History Learning Site, 25 Mar 2015. 10 May 2024. Charles XI was king of Sweden from 1660 to 1697. Charles, along with Gustavus Adolphus, was one of Sweden’s most important monarchs in the Seventeenth Century. Charles was the only son of Charles X and was born in November 1655. He was 4 when he was crowned king, so a regency existed until ...
Charles XI succeeded his father, Charles X, in 1660 and reigned as King of Sweden from 1672 (when he reached the majority age of 17) until his death in 1697. During the Scanian War in the 1670s he led the country in battles against Denmark and Brandenburg, with peace treaties finally reached in 1679. In these wars he acted as an ally of the French King, Louis XIV; this meant that he belonged ...
Sep 17, 2012 · Warrior Kings of Sweden: The Rise of an Empire in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Jefferson., NC: McFarland, 2007; Carl O. Nordling. “The death of King Charles XII–the forensic ...
Charles XI, only four years old at his father’s death, became king. During the long regency that followed, the influence of the high nobility under the chancellor Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie grew to a degree that threatened the freedom of the peasants and the finances of the crown. In 1672, at age 17, Charles XI led a difficult offensive ...
