Ruler · 1655 – 1697

Charles XI of Sweden

Lived 1655 – 1697; monarch. Monarch of Sweden (Sweden), 1660 – 1697; also in the line of Swedish Empire.

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Lived: 1655 – 1697; 42 years
In office: 37 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Sweden

Sweden · the 48th of 62 dated reigns · 970 – 1973

44 before

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

Frederick I of Sweden1720 – 1751

11 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 1660 – 1697 · 37 years · came to it aged 5

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

Also in the line of Swedish Empire (4th of 7).

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