Ruler · 1130 – 1167

Karl Sverkersson

Lived 1130 – 1167; politician. Monarch of Sweden (Sweden), 1161 – 1167.

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

Lived: 1130 – 1167; 37 years
In office: 6 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Sweden
Left it: deposed or killed; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Sweden

Sweden · the 17th of 62 dated reigns · 970 – 1973

13 before

Inge the Younger1105 – 1125

Saint Erik1156 – 1160

Magnus Henriksson1160 – 1161

Karl Sverkersson1161 – 1167

Knut Eriksson1173 – 1195

Sverker the Younger1195 – 1208

Erik Knutsson1208 – 1216

42 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 1161 – 1167 · 6 years · came to it aged 31

Left it: deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell: by others; Morby does not call it a deposition

then killed within a year of leaving

In the spring of 1167, King Karl was killed on the island of Visingsö by supporters of Knut Eriksson, head of the rival Eric dynasty.

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