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CHARLES XIII. (1748-1818). King of Sweden from 1809 to 1818. He was the son of King Adolphus Frederic. As high admiral of Sweden, he distinguished himself by winning a notable victory over the Russians in the Gulf of Finland in 1788.
May 28, 2018 · The closing ceremony was held at the magnificent Bååt Palace. The delegates also learned about one of the rarest and most unique orders – the Order of Charles XIII directly from a Knight of the Order of Charles XIII – Tom Bergroth. Before the conference our Curator Catherine Lapinsh had the opportunity to ask Tom some questions:
Jan 1, 2023 · The twisting plots and fortunes of Charles’ adventures led to the rise and fall of the king’s own reputation as well as providing excellent copy for a public with an insatiable appetite for foreign news. By the end of his reign he was seen less as Alexander and increasingly as the unhinged ‘Madman of the North’.
The latter war, coming with the loss of Finland prompted the Coup of 1809 in which the Swedish diet, the Riksdag, removed the Swedish king Gustav IV and placed the aged and childless Charles XIII on the throne. Charles XIII was the safe choice for the throne as he had long experience as a regent for Gustav and was a compromise figure different ...
Sweden - Charles XII, Expansion, War: Charles XII acceded to the throne at age 15 at a time when, in the hinterland of the Baltic coast, dominated by the Swedes, new states were being formed. Brandenburg and Russia, together with such older states as Denmark and Poland, were natural enemies of Sweden. Denmark, Poland, and Russia made a treaty in 1699, while Prussia preferred to wait and see ...
The invasion of Russia by Charles XII of Sweden was a campaign undertaken during the Great Northern War between Sweden and the allied states of Russia, Poland, and Denmark. The invasion began with Charles's crossing of the Vistula on 1 January 1708, and effectively ended with the Swedish defeat in the Battle of Poltava on 8 July 1709, though ...
Charles XIII, or Carl XIII (Swedish: Karl XIII, 7 October 1748 – 5 February 1818), was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway from 1814 to his death. He was the second son (and younger brother to King Gustav III) of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great. Though known as King Charles XIII in Sweden, he was actually the seventh Swedish ...
