Charles XI

noun

1. 1655–97, king of Sweden 1660–97 (son of Charles X).

Charles XI

noun

1. Charles XI16551697MSwedishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1655–97, king of Sweden (1660–97), who established an absolute monarchy and defeated Denmark (1678)

Example Sentences

He was the son of Charles XI., a harsh and despotic prince.

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Returning to Sweden he executed commissions in land-surveying directed by King Charles XI., and in 1699 he became head of the whole department.

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Dahlstjerna was a reformer in language, and it has been well said by Atterbom that in this poem “he treats the Swedish speech just as dictatorially as Charles XI. and Charles XII. treated the Swedish nation.”

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The Dispute was about a Demand of 400,000 Crowns which the Elector made upon Poland, for the Expences of the War, which his Father, Frederic-William the Great, had carry'd on in favor of the Republic against Charles XI.

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On the outbreak of the war in 1675 he was the 752 most loyal and energetic supporter of the young Charles XI., and finally his indispensable counsellor.

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