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Charles X Gustav, also Carl Gustav (Swedish: Karl X Gustav; 8 November 1622 – 13 February 1660), was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death. He was the son of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg and Catherine of Sweden. After his father's death he also succeeded him as Pfalzgraf.
- Charles XI of Sweden
Charles XI or Carl ( Swedish: Karl XI; 4 December [ O.S. 24...
- Charles X Gustav of Sweden
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- Charles XI of Sweden
Charles X Gustav was the king of Sweden who conducted the First Northern War (1655–60) against a coalition eventually embracing Poland, Russia, Brandenburg, the Netherlands, and Denmark. His aim was to establish a unified northern state. In 1642 Charles, the son of John Casimir and Charles IX’s.
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By 1706, Charles, now 24 years old, had forced all of his foes into submission including, in that year, a decisively devastating victory by Swedish forces under general Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld over a combined army of Saxony and Russia at the Battle of Fraustadt.
- Charles XI of Sweden
- 5 April 1697 – 30 November 1718 O.S.
Reigning from the death of his father Oscar II in 1907 to his own death nearly 43 years later, he holds the record of being the oldest monarch of Sweden with the third-longest reign after Magnus IV (1319–1364) and Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present).
- 8 December 1907 – 29 October 1950
- Sophia of Nassau
CHARLES X GUSTAV (SWEDEN) (1622 – 1660; ruled 1654 – 1660), king of Sweden; son of John Casimir of Pfalz-Zweibr ü cken and Katherine, the half-sister of Gustavus II Adolphus. Charles X Gustav was born and grew up in Sweden. Tutored in history, politics, law, modern languages, and warfare, he spent nearly three years on a grand tour of the ...
