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29 de sept. de 2023 · The history of Charles XII. King of Sweden. By Mr. de Voltaire. Translated from the French. The sixth edition. With a compleat index. 1735..Digitized from...
The Battle of Poltava, as well as the subsequent capitulation, ended in a decisive victory for Peter I and became the greatest military catastrophe in Swedish history. [16] [17] [18] It marked a turning point in the continuation of the war in favour of the anti-Swedish coalition, which as a result of the battle was revived and with renewed vigor attacked the weakened Swedish Empire on several ...
Summary. In the Great Northern War, Sweden and her young absolute king, Charles XII, had to meet a challenge which Swedish statesmen had long envisaged as a possibility but which hitherto, by good luck and good management, had been avoided: a simultaneous attack by a coalition of powers on the Swedish empire east and west.
Fun when young, though on reflection Charles XII is possibly not the role model that parents, save for the particularly violent kind, would wish for their child. Charles the XII became king of Sweden as a teenager in 1697 and spent his reign at war until a musket ball brought his life to a close in 1718 (his excuse was that he didn't start it).
27 de oct. de 2022 · The Military History Of Charles Xii. King Of Sweden: Written By The Express Order Of His Majesty: Authors: Gustavus Adlerfeld, Carl Maximilian Emanuel Adlerfelt: Editor: Carl Maximilian Emanuel Adlerfelt: Publisher: Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2022: ISBN: 1016014422, 9781016014427: Length: 382 pages: Subjects
23 de may. de 2018 · Charles XII was one of the greatest military leaders in European history. He defeated Denmark , Poland , Saxony and Russia in a series of brilliant campaigns. Leading the troops, he destroyed the army of Peter I (the Great) at Narva (1700).
14 de nov. de 2017 · Voltaire: Charles XII was the Bravest of the Brave. The French philosopher François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), known simply as Voltaire, was a prolific and prominent writer of the Enlightenment. He chooses to write his history of Charles, The Lion of the North, so that it may be read by the princes and rulers of Europe and by doing so they will ...
