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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).
Karl XI, född 24 november 1655, död 5 april 1697, [a] var kung av Sverige från 1660 till sin död. Han regerade även från 1681 som hertig Karl I över Pfalz-Zweibrücken. Han var son till Karl X Gustav och Hedvig Eleonora av Holstein-Gottorp samt gift med Ulrika Eleonora av Danmark (1656–1693).
Karl XI. aus dem Adelsgeschlecht der Wittelsbacher war von 1660 bis 1697 König von Schweden, in Personalunion von 1681 bis 1697 als Karl I. auch Herzog von Pfalz-Zweibrücken und als Karl XI. von 1660 bis 1697 Herzog des Herzogtums Bremen-Verden.
Karl XI, 1655–1697, King of Sweden, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, painted by the Swedish artist David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (1628–1698). The painting hangs in the Audience Chamber at Gripsholm Castle, and is part of the Swedish State Portrait Collection.
1 de abr. de 2024 · 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.
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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 .
In the beginning of the Great Northern War in 1700, Karl XII proved himself a gifted military leader and won devastating victories over his enemies with relentless offensive tactics in battles such as Narva, Düna, Kliszów and Jakobstadt.
