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	Charles XII of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carl XII, Karl XII or Carolus Rex, (June 17, 1682 – November 30, 1718), the Alexander of the North, nicknamed in Turkish as Demirbaş Şarl (Charles the Habitué), was a King of Sweden from 1697 until his death in 1718.
		Charles countered this by attacking the Russian garrison at the Battle of Narva.
		Charles defeated the Polish king Augustus II and his Saxon allies at the Battle of Kliszow in 1702 and captured many important cities of the Commonwealth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_XII_of_Sweden (1296 words)

	Period Of Political Grandeur - Charles XII
		CHARLES XII., the most famous of Swedish kings, was a boy of fifteen at the death of his father.
		Charles Piper, who had been quite active in obtaining an early majority for the king, was raised to the dignity of a count, and became one of the most influential members of the state council.
		Charles was besieged at his headquarters by princes, warriors and statesmen, who came to pay their respects, desirous of winning his favor and of getting an idea of his plans.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles35/history-of-sweden-13.shtml (11884 words)

	Sweden, Russia and the Great Northern War
		In August 1706, Charles XII attacked at Dresden and Leipzig, and Augustus was forced to surrender.
		Charles wanted restitution of all lands that he thought were his, which included the area where St. Petersburg was being built, and he wanted Russia to pay him restitution for having gone to war against him.
		Charles was interested in the new line that was being dug fifty yards closer to the fort, and around eight in the evening, on November 30, Charles raised himself above the crest of his rampart to have a look.
	www.fsmitha.com /h3/h30-sw.htm (6228 words)

	Charles XII, Sweden.
		Charles XII reigned as king of Sweden from 1697-1718.
		Charles XII mobilized Sweden for war, called on the treaty obligations of England and Holland and dispatched Denmark in six weeks.
		In the final years of the reign Charles raised yet another army for the invasion of Norway (then a part of Denmark) and during the second invasion of that country was shot through the head before the small fortress of Frederiksten (at Halden in Norway).
	www.pierre-marteau.com /resources/charles-xii-sweden.html (1293 words)

	The Hunterian Museum's Death Mask Exhibition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Soon after Charles’ accession in 1697, Sweden, with its extensive possessions in the Baltic, was threatened by a coalition of Frederick IV, King of Denmark, Augustus II, King of Poland, and Peter I, Tsar of Russia, which resulted in the Great Northern War (1700-1721).
		Charles next marched into Saxony and Augustus was forced to recognise Stanislaw by the treaty of Altranstadt in 1706.
		Charles invaded Russia in 1707 penetrating into the interior and nearly capturing the Tsar, Peter I, but the Russian army and two severe winters weakened his forces and he was defeated at Poltava in the Ukraine in 1709.
	www.gla.ac.uk /hunterian/Archives/deathmask/sweden.html (308 words)

	Charles XI King of Sweden: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		Sweden was involved in the third of the Dutch Wars as an ally of Louis XIV.
		Charles XII and the Collapse of the Swedish Empire, 1682- 1719
		CHARLES XI, king of Sweden 1655 97, king of Sweden (1660 97), son and successor of Charles X. Charles ascended the throne...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/charles_xi_king_of_sweden.jsp (1298 words)

	Sweden in the Seventeenth Century
		Sweden (which included Finland) was virtually 100% Lutheran in the 17th Century.
		Sweden conquered areas of Norway and territory on the Baltic's southern shores.
		Charles XII tried to extend Swedish power still further, fighting Denmark, Prussia, Poland and Russia, but was finally defeated.
	history.wisc.edu /sommerville/351/Sweden.htm (162 words)

	Badass of the Week: Charles XII of Sweden
		Charles XII was the King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718 and by all accounts was pretty hardcore.
		Charles himself was wounded, and while he was in the hospital and unable to fight the Russians attacked his army at Poltava and dealt the Swedes a crippling blow.
		The Swedish army was crushed and Charles was forced to flee to the refuge of the Ottoman Empire.
	www.amazingben.com /arf0080.html (636 words)

	Charles XII
		June 1682, Charles was a skinny and rather frail child, however when he was only four years old he was riding out with his father and taking part in tough masculine pursuits.
		This proved impractical as the members of the Regency Council seldom agreed on policy, and realising that Charles was not the kind of prince to be pushed into the background, he was declared king in November, then aged only fifteen.
		‘Charles was knight errant and berserker in one.
	www.battlefieldanomalies.com /poltava/02_charles_xii.htm (506 words)

	Charles XII, king of Sweden. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		In one of the most brilliant campaigns in history, Charles forced Denmark to make peace (Aug., 1700), defeated Peter I at Narva (Nov., 1700), subjugated Courland (1701), invaded Poland and, declaring Augustus II dethroned, secured the election (1704) of Stanislaus I as king of Poland.
		Charles then concentrated on his chief enemy, Peter I. He secured the alliance of the Cossack leader Mazepa and invaded Russia in 1708.
		Much of the army was captured, and Charles fled to Turkey, where he persuaded Sultan Ahmed III to declare war (1710) on Russia.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ch/Charles12Swe.html (484 words)

	Poltava, Battle of
		XII of Sweden to ensure that Ukraine would not be annexed by Poland in the event of a Swedish victory.
		Charles had 31,000 men but only 4 cannons; 6,000 of his soldiers were engaged in maintaining the siege or guarding the
		XII learned, during the night of 7 July, that a Kalmyk army of 40,000 would arrive to reinforce the Russians in two days, he decided to act first and destroy the Russian encampment in a lightning blow.
	www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/P/O/PoltavaBattleof.htm (637 words)

	BookRags: Charles, XII Biography
		Charles XII (1682-1718) was king of Sweden from 1697 to 1718.
		The son of Charles XI and Ulrica Leonora, daughter of Frederick III of Denmark, Charles XII was born on June 17, 1682.
		Charles XI, conscious of his own neglected education, selected the best available teachers for the boy's instruction; the future king was well grounded in theology, military science, the classics, languages, mathematics, and history.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/charles-xii (1235 words)

	::Charles XII of Sweden::
		Charles XII was king of Sweden from 1697 to 1718.
		Charles was also highly intelligent - fluent in German and Latin with a very good knowledge of philosophy, art, maths and architecture.
		Charles successfully continued his father's policy of absolutism and the people of Sweden took to him making a popular rebellion all but impossible.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /charles_xii_of_sweden.htm (414 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Charles XII of Sweden
		Charles XII, Karl XII or Carolus Rex, (June 17, 1682 – November 30, 1718), the Alexander of the North, nicknamed in Turkish as Demirbaş Şarl (Charles the Habitue), was a King of Sweden (1697 – 1718).
		His efforts to reestablish his lost empire failed, however, when he was killed by a stray bullet in an attack on the fortress Fredriksten in Danish-controlled Norway.
		There has been some speculations that he was not killed by a stray bullet but by one fired from the Swedish side, making his death an assassination (at the time he was not very popular in Sweden due to the hardships the people suffered because of the constant wars) but this has never been proven.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Charles_XII_of_Sweden (942 words)

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		Where Charles XI had been solid, cautious and careful, his son was bold to the point of being reckless and quite willing to take on all comers to protect what was his and his country's.
		Charles attempted to conduct actions from Turkey, but the weakness of the Swedish position was now clear to all and her possessions in Finland and southern Baltic became the scene of increasingly desperate rearguard actions as overstretched garrisons were overrun.
		Sweden's time as a force in the region had passed, but the exploits of her army in this period can not be denied and are as astonishing to us today as they were to her contemporaries.
	www.baccus6mm.com /includes/howto/gnw_wss/sweden/intro_sweden.inc.php (1171 words)

	From Oxenstierna to Charles XII - Cambridge University Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The core of this volume of four essays, by the doyen of historians of Sweden, lies in the two studies of the man who bestrode the summit.
		Flanking these essays are a study of Oxenstierna's magnificent failure in Germany between 1633 and 1636, and an examination of the great controversy surrounding the death of Charles XII.
		Charles X and his council: 'dualism' or co-operation?; 3.
	www.cup.cam.ac.uk /catalogue/print.asp?isbn=0521400147&print=y (197 words)

	Royalty.nu - Swedish Royalty, Kings and Queen of Sweden
		Some of the history of the early kings of Sweden can be found in the English poem Beowulf, which was probably written in the seventh or eighth century AD, and sagas such as the Heimskringla, by 13th century Icelandic historian Snorri Sturluson.
		Sweden and Norway were united under the same monarch, King Magnus, in 1319.
		Sweden dropped out of the Kalmar union in 1523 and elected its own king, Gustav I. The current Swedish royal family, the House of Bernadotte, is descended from a French commoner, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, who was a marshal of Napoleon Bonaparte.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/Scandinavia/Sweden.html (1355 words)

	Napoleon vs. Charles XII of Sweden
		Charles XII, King of Sweden (1682-1718) fought against Russia during the Great Northern War (1700-21), during which he invaded Russia 1707-09.
		The motivation for the invasion was to stop Russia from expanding its territory in the Swedish east Baltic provinces and thus establish Sweden's position in relation to Russia.
		Charles was successful at first, winning at Holowczyn in July 1708, but the "scorched-earth" tactics of the Russians and their success in cutting off Swedish communications, supplies, and reinforcements soon changed the course of the war to their advantage.
	www.ddg.com /LIS/InfoDesignF97/paivir/napo/charles.html (261 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Sweden : Era of Liberty, 1718-1772
		During Sweden's age of liberty (a more contemporary expression), the country's constitution was based upon the ideas formulated by ERIC SPARRE (-1600) : the constitutional principle, the democratic principle, the bureaucratic principle, the corporative principle, the secrecy principle.
		Sweden's politicians increasingly became dependent on foreign subsidies, as an extraordinary source of income.
		In 1735 Sweden was the first christian nation to establish diplomatic relations with the Ottoman Empire (which the Swedes regarded a potential ally against the Russians).
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/scandinavia/liberty.html (1799 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Charles XI of Sweden von Simmern
		The Swedish army and navy were unprepared for war, and Sweden lost territory, although much of it was restored by the Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1679.
		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 married Ulrica Eleanor of Denmark Oldenburg, daughter of Frederick III of Denmark Oldenburg and Sophia Amalia of Brunswick, on 16 May 1680.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/2730.htm (283 words)

	Karl XII: 1682-1718
		A year later when Karl XII was just 15 years old he had proven the people wrong, and he was pronounced King of Sweden.
		This included what we today know as Sweden, Finland, The Baltic states, a part of Russia called Karelia, part of Norway, and Courland which is located in northern Germany.
		King Karl XII was in many ways the last true Viking who dared to face danger as a warrior should do it.
	www.thenagain.info /WebChron/WestEurope/KarlXII.html (771 words)

	NationMaster - Statistics on Sweden. 4082 facts and figures, stats and information on Swedish economy, crime, people, ...
		A military power during the 17th century, Sweden has not participated in any war in almost two centuries.
		Sweden's long-successful economic formula of a capitalist system interlarded with substantial welfare elements was challenged in the 1990s by high unemployment and in 2000-02 by the global economic downturn, but fiscal discipline over the past several years has allowed the country to weather economic vagaries.
		Indecision over the country's role in the political and economic integration of Europe delayed Sweden's entry into the EU until 1995, and waived the introduction of the euro in 1999.
	www.nationmaster.com /country/sw (192 words)

	Talk:Charles XII of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Note that Poland was NOT part of the coalition attacking Sweden.
		Funilly enough, Karl XII was for a long time very unpopular with conservatives (who felt he lost the empire) and popular with the left/social democrats.
		It might have originated during WWII, when the Swedish extreme right, who saw Soviet Bolshevism as the greatest threat to Sweden (not Nazi Germany), saw Karl XII as a symbol of the fight against the Russians.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Charles_XII_of_Sweden (328 words)

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	Charles XII, king of Sweden
		Charles XII, 1682–1718, king of Sweden (1697–1718), son and successor of Charles XI.
		Frederick IV of Denmark that challenged Swedish supremacy in the Baltics.
		Charles then concentrated on his chief enemy, Peter I. He secured the alliance of the Cossack leader
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0811458.html (449 words)

	Chapter Chaonian Food <i>to</i> Charles of C by Brewer's Readers Handbook
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	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/174/1113/14604/3.html (248 words)

	Charles XII at Bender (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1713 Charles XII of Sweden was besieged by the Turks at Bender.
		Grothusen started violently, but Charles, with the utmost coolness, begged him to put back the other Knight and work out the mate, observing that it was pretty enough.
		It is perhaps not very remarkable that the minister, fearful of a repetition of such chess battles, left the encampment the next day, and took sides with the enemy.
	people.zeelandnet.nl /csmits/charlxii.htm (387 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Charles XII of Sweden von Simmern
		Ancestors and Family of Charles XII of Sweden von Simmern
		After Turkey and Russia made peace (1711), Charles refused to leave Turkey and was imprisoned.
		When Stralsund fell, he fled to Sweden and invaded (1716) Norway, where he was killed in battle (by a bullet in the trenches outside the Norwegian fortress of Fredrikshald in 1718.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/52.htm (161 words)

	Charles XII, king of Sweden - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo! Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Charles XII, king of Sweden - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo!
		Education > Reference > Encyclopedia > Charles XII, king of Sweden
		1682—1718, king of Sweden (1697—1718), son and successor of Charles XI.
	messenger.yahooligans.com /reference/encyclopedia/entry/Charles12Swe (492 words)

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