5 April 1697(1697-04-05) (aged 41) Tre Kronor, Sweden
Burial
24 November 1697
Riddarholmen Church, Stockholm
Spouse
Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark
(m. 1680; died 1693)
Issue
Hedvig Sophia, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp
Charles XII, King of Sweden
Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden
House
Palatinate-Zweibrücken
Father
Charles X Gustav
Mother
Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp
Religion
Lutheran
Signature
Charles XI or Carl (Swedish: Karl XI; 4 December [O.S. 24 November] 1655 – 15 April [O.S. 5 April] 1697)[2] was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period of Swedish history known as the Swedish Empire (1611–1721).
He was the only son of King Charles X Gustav of Sweden and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp. His father died when he was four years old, so Charles was educated by his governors until his coronation at the age of seventeen. Soon afterward, he was forced out on military expeditions to secure the recently acquired dominions from Danish troops in the Scanian War. Having successfully fought off the Danes, he returned to Stockholm and engaged in correcting the country's neglected political, financial, and economic situation. He managed to sustain peace during the remaining 20 years of his reign. Changes in finance, commerce, national maritime and land armaments, judicial procedure, church government, and education emerged during this period.[3] Charles XI was succeeded by his only son Charles XII, who made use of the well-trained army in battles throughout Europe.
Though Charles was crowned as Charles XI, he was not the 11th king of Sweden of that name. His father's name (as the 10th) was due to his great-grandfather, King Charles IX of Sweden (1604–1611), having adopted his own numeral by using a mythological History of Sweden. That ancestor was actually the third King Charles.[4] The numbering tradition thus begun still continues, with the present king of Sweden being Carl XVI Gustaf.
^"Karl XI". Nordisk familjebok (in Swedish). Vol. 13 (2nd ed.). 1910. p. 962.
^This article uses the Julian calendar, which was used in Sweden until 1700 (see Swedish calendar for more information). In the Gregorian calendar, Charles was born 4 December 1655 and died 15 April 1697.
^Cite error: The named reference enc1911 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Article Karl Archived 30 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine in Nordisk familjebok
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