Charles XIII

Charles XIII
Charles XIII
	Charles wearing the insignia of the Order of Charles XIII (in red)
King of Sweden
Reign	6 June 1809 – 5 February 1818
Predecessor	Gustav IV Adolf
Successor	Charles XIV John
King of Norway
Reign	4 November 1814 – 5 February 1818
Predecessor	Christian Frederick
Successor	Charles III John
Regent of Sweden
Tenure	29 March 1792 – 1 November 1796
Monarch	Gustav IV Adolf
Born	7 October 1748; Stockholm, Sweden
Died	5 February 1818 (aged 69); Stockholm, Sweden–Norway
Burial	20 March 1818; Riddarholm Church
Spouse	Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (m. 1774)
Issue; more...	Carl Löwenhielm (ill.); Adoptive sons:; Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden; Charles XIV John;
House	Holstein-Gottorp
Father	Adolf Frederick of Sweden
Mother	Louisa Ulrika of Prussia
Religion	Lutheran
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Charles XIII, or Carl XIII (Swedish: Karl XIII, 7 October 1748 – 5 February 1818^[1]), was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway from 1814 to his death. He was the second son (and younger brother to King Gustav III) of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great.^[2]

Though known as King Charles XIII in Sweden, he was actually the seventh Swedish king by that name, as Charles IX (reigned 1604–1611) had adopted his numeral after studying a fictitious history of Sweden.^[3] In Norway he is known as Charles II.^[2]

^ Bain 1911.
^ ^a ^b Langslet, Lars Roar (29 June 2022). "Karl 2". Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022 – via Store norske leksikon.
^ Article Karl Archived 30 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine in Nordisk familjebok