Charles XII of Sweden
✶June 27, 1682
†December 11, 1718
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✶June 27, 1682
†December 11, 1718
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Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII, was King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of Wittelsbach. Charles was the only surviving son of Charles XI and Ulrika Eleonora the Elder. He assumed power, after a seven-month caretaker government, at the age of fifteen.
King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718
Biography from the article Charles XII of Sweden on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.