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| | Ancestors and Family of Charles XII of Sweden von Simmern |
 | | Died: 11 Dec 1718, Fredrikshald, Østfold, Norway at age 36 |
 | | Facing (1699) a coalition of Russia, Poland, and Denmark in the NORTHERN WAR, he forced Denmark to make peace (1700); invaded Poland and had STANISLAUS I enthroned (1704); and, with MAZEPA, invaded Russia, where his army was crushingly defeated (1708). |
 | | 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. |
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