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{geni:occupation} Svensk kung 1654-1660, Kung i sverige 1654-60, hertig i Zweibrücken-Kleeberg 1652-60, Konung 1654-60

{geni:about_me} ==Links:==
*[http://thepeerage.com/p11317.htm#i113165 The Peerage]
*[http://www.geneall.net/W/per_page.php?id=3942 Geneall]
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=1969249&GRid=81468002& Find a Grave]
*'''Wikipedia:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_X_Gustav_of_Sweden English ] [http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_X_Gustav Svenska]
*'''King of Sweden:''' Reign 6 June 1654 X 13 February 1660
>'''Predecessor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/Kristina-Drottning-av-Sverige/6000000001368942756 Christina] '''Successor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/Karl-XI-kung-i-Sverige/6000000000677886618 Charles XI]

The first Swedish ruler of the Palatinate dynasty, he became king when his
cousin, Queen Christina, abdicated in his favor. Charles succeeded to the
throne of an almost bankrupt kingdom; nevertheless, he hoped to increase
the territory of the country at the expense of nations weakened by the
Thirty Years' War. In 1655, on the pretext of preventing his cousin, King
John II Casimir of Poland, from seizing the Swedish crown, Charles invaded
Poland. He formed an alliance with Frederick William, elector of
Brandenburg, and was victorious at Warsaw. Soon thereafter Russia,
Denmark, and the Holy Roman Empire all declared war on Sweden, and
Frederick William switched sides when the Poles agreed to recognize his
territorial claims. Charles retired from Poland, but in 1658, leading his
army across the frozen sea, he forced the Danes to capitulate. By the
Treaty of Roskilde, King Frederick II of Denmark ceded all his lands in
southern Sweden to Charles. Hoping for a total conquest of Denmark,
Charles attacked again later in the year but was rebuffed by a stout
Danish defense of Copenhagen. Charles died soon thereafter, and he was
succeeded by his son Charles XI.

Karl giftet seg med Hedvig Eleonora Holstein-Gottorp, Oldenburg, Drottning av Sverige 24 Okt 1654, Stockholms slott. Hedvig (datter av Friedrich III von Schlesvig-Holstein-Gottorp, Herzog og Maria Elisabeth von Sachsen, Herzogin zu Holstein-Gottorp) ble født 23 Okt 1636 , Schloss Gottorp; ble døpt , Germany - aka Hedvig Eleonora; døde 24 Nov 1715, Stockholm, Sverige. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

1. Karl XI av Sverige, von der Pfalz-Zweibrücken, Kung av Sverige ble født 24 Nov 1655 , Stockholm, Sverige; døde 5 Apr 1697, Stockholm, Sverige; ble begravet , Riddarholmskyrkan.