Ruler · 1622 – 1660

Charles X Gustav

Lived 1622 – 1660; monarch. Monarch of Sweden (Sweden), 1654 – 1660; also in the line of Swedish Empire and New Sweden.

Wikidata's English label: Charles X Gustav of Sweden.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1622 – 1660; 38 years
In office: 6 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Sweden

Sweden · the 47th of 62 dated reigns · 970 – 1973

43 before

Charles IX of Sweden1604 – 1611

Gustavus Adolphus1611 – 1632

Christina, Queen of Sweden1632 – 1654

Charles X Gustav1654 – 1660

Charles XI of Sweden1660 – 1697

Charles XII of Sweden1697 – 1718

Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden1718 – 1720

12 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1654 – 1660 · 6 years · came to it aged 32

Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

Also in the line of Swedish Empire (3rd of 7) and New Sweden (2nd of 2).

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