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  List of Swedish monarchs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
1130 - 1156 : Sverker I of Sweden (Sverker den äldre) - The House of Sverker
1160 - 1167 : Charles VII of Sweden (Karl Sverkersson) - The House of Sverker
1448 - 1457 : Charles VIII of Sweden
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 SWEDEN - LoveToKnow Article on SWEDEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Sweden itself may be considered in four main physical divisionsthe mountains and highland district, covering all Norrland and the western part of Svealand; the lowlands of central Sweden; the so-called Smland highlands, in the south and southeast; and the plains of Skne, occupying the extreme southward projection of the peninsula.
In Sweden, however, both the Vestgotar and the Upland Sviar were discontented, the former on account of the breaking of the kings promise to Olaf of Norway and the latter on account of the introduction of the new religion, and their passions were further inflamed by the lawman Anund of Skara.
Sweden was also to enjoy her religion, subject to such changes as a general council might make; but neither pope nor council was to claim or exercise the right of releasing Sigismund from his obligations to his Swedish subjects.
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 Charles VII of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles VII Sverkersson or Karl Sverkersson in Swedish was king of Sweden and Earl of Götaland from circa 1161 to 1167, when he was assassinated, he was the first Swedish king with the name Charles.
Charles I, II, III, IV, V, and VI never existed No one knows why.
To add to the mystery, almost 300 years went by before there was a Charles VIII.
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 Encyclopedia: Charles VII of France
Charles VI the Well-Beloved, later known as the Mad (French: Charles VI le Bien-Aimé, later known as le Fol) (December 3, 1368 – October 21, 1422) was a King of France (1380 – 1422) and a member of the Valois Dynasty.
Born in Paris, Charles was the eldest surviving son of Charles VI of France and Isabeau de Bavière.
Charles VII (February 22, 1403 - July 22, 1461) was king of France from 1422 to 1461, a member of the Valois Dynasty.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Charles-VII-of-France   (2880 words)

  
 Sweden - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Sweden
As Charles IX he too fought in the Baltic states with little success, and on his death in 1611 he left to his 16-year-old son, Gustavus II (Gustavus Adolphus), a country that was at war with Denmark, Poland, and Russia.
Sweden in 1611 was lacking in population, internal communications, and material resources, and its geographical position was unfavourable for the expansion of its trade, since its way to the North Sea and the Atlantic was controlled by Denmark.
Sweden became an important power in Germany, and was recognized as the leader of Protestant Europe, and the greatest power of the north.
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 Station Information - Charles XV of Sweden
Charles XV, Karl XV or Carl IV (1826-1872), king of Sweden and Norway, eldest son of Oscar I, king of Sweden and Norway, and Josephine of Leuchtenberg, was born on May 3, 1826.
Charles also materially assisted Louis de Geer to carry through his memorable reform of the Riksdag in 1866.
Charles was a warm advocate of Scandinavianism and the political solidarity of the three northern kingdoms, and his warm friendship for Frederick VII of Denmark, it is said, led him to give half promises of help to Denmark on the eve of the war of 1864, which, in the circumstances, were perhaps misleading and unjustifiable.
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 Sweden. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Sweden falls into two main geographical regions: the north (Norrland), comprising about two thirds of the country, which is mountainous (except for a narrow strip of lowland along the Gulf of Bothnia); and the south (Svealand and Götaland), which is mostly low-lying and where most of the population lives.
Sweden is one of the world’s leading producers of iron ore; important mines are at Kiruna and Gällivare.
Sweden entered the United Nations in 1946, and Dag Hammarskjöld, a Swedish diplomat, was secretary-general of the organization from 1953 until his death in 1961.
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 Charles XV of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
King Charles XV of Sweden Charles IV Norway Carl Ludvig Eugén (May 3 1826 - August 19 1872) was the eldest son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway and Josephine of Leuchtenberg.
Sweden's communal law (1862) ecclesiastical law (1863) and criminal law (1864) were enacted appropriately enough under the of a king whose motto was: Land skall med lag byggas - "Land shall be built upon Charles also materially assisted Louis de Geer to carry through his memorable reform the Riksdag in 1866.
Charles was a warm advocate of Scandinavianism and the political solidarity of the northern kingdoms and his warm friendship for Frederick VII of Denmark it is said led him to half promises of help to Denmark on the eve of the war 1864 which in the circumstances were perhaps and unjustifiable.
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 Encyclopedia: Charles XV of Sweden
Charles XV of Sweden The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years.
The Riksdag or Sveriges Riksdag is the Parliament of Sweden.
Louise of the Netherlands Louise of the Netherlands, Vilhelmina Fredrika Alexandra Anna Lovisa, or Lovisa in Swedish, (The Hague, August 5, 1828 - March 30, 1871), was Queen of Sweden and Norway from 1859 and wife of Charles XV of Sweden from 1850.
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 Charles XV of Sweden : Karl XV of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Charles XV of Sweden : Karl XV of Sweden
Charles XV (May 3, 1826 - October 18, 1872), king of Sweden and Norway, eldest son of Oscar I, king of Sweden and Norway, and Josephine of Leuchtenberg[?], was born on May 3, 1826.
Their son, VII of Norway">Prince Carl, was elected king of Norway after the dissolution of the personal union of Norway and Sweden in 1905 under the name VII of Norway">Haakon VII.
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 Encyclopedia: Charles VII of Sweden
King Karl XV of Sweden, Carl IV of Norway, Carl Ludvig Eugén (May 3, 1826 - August 19, 1872), was the eldest son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway, and Josephine of Leuchtenberg.
Charles X or Karl X Gustav (1622 – 1660), king of Sweden, son of John Casimir, Margrave of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, and Catherine, sister of Gustavus Adolphus, was born at the Castle of Nyköping on November 8, 1622.
Lovisa of Sweden, Queen of Denmark Queen Lovisa of Denmark (Born Princess Lovisa/Louise of Sweden) (1851- 1926) was the only daughter of King Carl XV and Queen Lovisa of Sweden Lovisa married Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark in 1869 and eventually became Queen of Denmark in 1906 as Frederik...
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 Sweden
Charles IX (of Sweden) (1550-1611), king of Sweden (1604-11), the youngest son of King Gustav I Vasa, born in Stockholm.
Charles, angered by the military failure, and supported by the burghers and peasants, instituted reforms that strengthened the armed forces and considerably reduced the power of the former regents and nobles.
Charles, the son of Charles XI, was born in Stockholm on June 17, 1682.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Spain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Gregory VII sent Cardinal Ricardo, who, together with Alfonso VI, the conqueror of Toledo, decreed the abolition of the ancient rite, although, according to the chronicle, appeal was made to the trial by combat, and Don Juan Ruiz, the champion of the Mozarabic Rite, was victorious.
Charles V, attracted to Italy by the ancient strife with France for the possession of the Italian states, and to Germany by his inheritance of the imperial Throne from his grandfather Maximilian, was more the Emperor of Germany than the King of Spain, and completely diverted Spanish policy from America and Africa.
He was succeeded by his brother Charles III, who was already King of Naples, and whose greatest mistake was the abandonment of his predecessor's policy of neutrality by that fatal "Family Compact" (1761) which united the fortunes of Spain with those of the degenerate French Bourbons.
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 Subject Index Page 16. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Charles, son of Philip V and Elizabeth Farnese
Charles I, king of Spain (later Charles V as Holy Roman emperor)
See Charles I, king of Spain (later Charles V as Holy Roman emperor).
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Born in 1566 at Gripsholm Castle in Sweden.
Married in 1715 in Stockholm Frederick of Hesse (*1676 Cassel,†1751 Stockholm; King of Sweden 1720-51).
Married secondly in 1715 in Stockholm Princess Ulrica Eleanora of Sweden (*1688 Stockholm,†1741 Stockholm; reigning Queen of Sweden 1719-20).
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 Charles
Charles became very popular in the royal families of France and Germany after the reign of Charlemagne (Charles the Great).
King of Spain (Charles I of Spain), Archduke of Austria (Charles I of Austria).
Archduke Charles III of Austria and Charles III of Hungary.
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 Paradox Interactive Forums - Royal Court of Sweden
Albert of Sweden (or Albrecht von Mecklenburg in German) was born in 1338 and was elected king of Sweden in 1363.
He is the most important man in Sweden, wealthiest and most powerful as the head of the council and he leads the struggle against the royalty to prevent German influence in Sweden.
This treaty is signed to establish the border between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Republic of Novgorod and as a token of friendship to end the hostilities between the two soverign countries.
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 Wikinfo | List of Swedish monarchs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
1130-1156 : Sverker I of Sweden (Sverker den äldre) - The House of Sverker
1160-1167 : Charles VII of Sweden (Karl Sverkersson) - The House of Sverker
1950-1973 : Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (Gustav VI Adolf)
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=List_of_Swedish_monarchs   (702 words)

  
 Charles VII of Sweden - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Charles VII of Sweden - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Charles VII Sverkersson or Karl Sverkersson in Swedish was king of Sweden and Earl of Götaland from circa 1161 to 1167, when he was assassinated.
Charles VII of Sweden, Assassinated kings and Swedish monarchs.
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 Ancestors and Family of Charles Haakon VII of Norway Glücksburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The second son of the future king Frederick VIII of Denmark, he was originally called Prince Charles (Carl) of Denmark.
Haakon VII returned to Norway in 1945 and continued in the high esteem of his people until his death.
Charles married Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria Windsor, daughter of Edward VII Wettin and Alexandra of Denmark "Alix" Oldenburg, on 22 Jul 1896 in Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace, London, England.
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 woodgate - pafg183 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Charles IX King of France [Parents] was born on 27 Jun 1550 in St. Germain-,en-Laye,France.
Charles VII King of France [Parents] was born on 22 Feb 1403 in Paris,France.
She married Charles VII King of France on 18 Dec 1422.
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 Movers: Renaissance and Reformation (1400 - Mid 1600s) By Miles Hodges   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Charles I of Spain (Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire) (1516-1556)
She was the illegitimate daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (Charles I of Spain) who married Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (1547-1586), thus becoming Margaret of Parma.
At one point she was pledged to her cousin Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Spanish King--and then later to the son of Francis I of France, and even at one point to Francis himself.
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 Charles VII - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles VII of Naples and III of Spain (1716–1788).
Carlos María de los Dolores (1848–1909), pretender to the throne of Spain, styled "Charles VII" by Carlists.
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_VII   (107 words)

  
 Charles de Lespine - Traveller to Sweden, Poet, Playwright, Lutenist and Composer
Charles de Lespine is one of the many minor composers whose music appears quite frequently in both printed and manuscript sources of lute music during the 16
He also mentions that Archduke Charles proposed a toast to him in the presence of Sigismund Wasa III and he states with a lot of self-reliance: ‘Il n’y a [un] Prince souverain qui ne fut désireux de m’avoir, mais mon humeur a toujours été libre et desireux de voir le monde’.
His connection to Sweden was probably of a very occasional character and it is possibly only a matter of chance that so much of his music has been preserved there.
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 List of Finnish rulers
This is a list of Finnish rulers, that is, the Kings, ruling Dukes and Queens of Sweden with Regents and Viceroys of the Kalmar Union, the Grand dukes of Finland (Tsars of Russia), up to the short lived dream of the Kingdom of Finland at independence in 1917.
Finland's nearly 700-year association with the Kingdom of Sweden began in 1154 with the introduction of Christianity by King Eric IX of Sweden[?] (Saint Eric).
Erik den helige (E) Charles VII of Sweden[?]
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 Charles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Charles is a very common personal name employed by nobility in many European countries and can refer to any of the following monarchs or nobles.
Charles I of France (Charles II, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles the Bald)
VIII of France">Charles VIII of France (Charles the Affable)
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 Royal Genealogies Part 18
Henrietta Maria was a little over fourteen when negotiations for her marriage to Charles, Prince of Wales, were opened in 1624.
Although a member of the Anglican church, Charles recieved the last rites of the Roman Catholic church.
Charles married her mainly for her large dowry.
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 Haakon VII on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
HAAKON VII [Haakon VII] 1872-1957, king of Norway (1905-57).
Formerly Prince Charles, second son of King Frederick VIII of Denmark, he was elected by the Storting to the throne on the separation of Norway from Sweden in 1905 and took the name Haakon.
Final pair of coins to mark the centennial celebration 1905-2005: the final pair in Norges Bank's series of coins commemorating the end of Norway's union with Sweden was issued on 7 June 2005, the hundredth anniversary of the Storting resolution that led to the dissolution of the union with Sweden in 1905.
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 Ancestors and Family of Charles XV of Sweden Bernadotte   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Other names for Charles were Carl IV and Karl XV.
Charles married Louise von Nassau, daughter of Frederick of Netherlands von Nassau and Louise Augusta Hohenzollern, on 19 Jun 1850.
(Louise von Nassau was born on 5 Aug 1828 in The Hague, Netherlands, died on 30 Mar 1871 in Stockholm, Sweden and was buried in Stockholm, Sweden.)
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