Ruler · 1409 – 1470

Karl Knutsson

Lived 1409 – 1470; politician. Monarch of Sweden (Sweden), 1448 – 1457 and 1 more term.

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Lived: 1409 – 1470; 61 years
In office: 10 years; 2 reigns
Lines: 1; Sweden
Left it: deposed or killed; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Sweden

Sweden · the 35th and 37th of 62 dated reigns · 970 – 1973

31 before

Margaret I of Denmark1389 – 1412

Erik of Pomerania1396 – 1436

Christopher of Bavaria1441 – 1448

Karl Knutsson1448 – 1457

Christian I of Denmark1457 – 1464

Karl Knutsson1464 – 1465

Hans, King of Denmark1497 – 1501

Christian II of Denmark1520 – 1521

Gustav Vasa1523 – 1560

22 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 1448 – 1457 · 9 years · came to it aged 39 · term 1 of 2

Came to it: elected
Left it: deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell: by others

After King Christopher's death in 1448, Karl was elected king of Sweden and briefly king of Norway (1449–1450), but was forced to relinquish the latter to Christian I of Denmark.

Reigned 1464 – 1465 · 1 year · came to it aged 55 · term 2 of 2

Left it: deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell: by others

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