Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII, was King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of Wittelsbach. Charles was the only surviving son of Charles XI and Ulrika Eleonora the Elder. He assumed power, after a seven-month caretaker government, at the age of fifteen.
- Occupation
- military leader, monarch
- Position held
- Monarch of Sweden
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Born
- June 27, 1682, June 17, 1682
- Died
- December 11, 1718, November 30, 1718
