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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) was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period of Swedish history known as the Swedish Empire (1611–1721).
Charles XI (born Nov. 24, 1655, Stockholm—died April 5, 1697, Stockholm) was the king of Sweden who expanded royal power at the expense of the higher nobility and the lower estates, establishing an absolutist monarchy that ended only with the death of Charles XII in 1718.
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.
Charles XI, also known as Carl or Karl XI, was the King of Sweden from 13 February 1660 to 5 April 1697. He succeeded Charles X Gustav of Sweden and was the only heir to the throne. He ascended to the throne when he was just four but didn't rule until he was twenty.
Mar 25, 2015 · 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 Cen.
Charles XI, 1655–97, king of Sweden (1660–97), son and successor of Charles X. Charles ascended the throne at the age of five, so a council of regency ruled until 1672. The regency ended Swedish wars with favorable peace treaties (see Charles X), but mismanaged internal affairs.
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).
Charles XI, 1655–97, king of Sweden (1660–97), son and successor of Charles X. Charles ascended the throne at the age of five, so a council of regency ruled until 1672. The regency ended Swedish wars with favorable peace treaties (see Charles X ), but mismanaged internal affairs.
Charles XI, King of Sweden (1655-1697) c. 1680 Description 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.
In the last decades of the seventeenth century another Swedish king, Charles XI, launched a less dramatic but remarkable bid to stabilize and secure Sweden's position as a major power in northern Europe and as master of the Baltic Sea.
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