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Charles XIII of Sweden

1748 - 1818

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Charles XIII or Carl XIII (Swedish: Karl XIII; 7 October 1748 – 5 February 1818) 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles XIII of Sweden is the 615th most popular politician (up from 807th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 36th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Swedish Politician.

Charles XIII of Sweden is most famous for being the King of Sweden from 1809 to 1818.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles XIII of Sweden ranks 615 out of 19,576. Before him are Alfred Rosenberg, Agrippina the Younger, Semiramis, Gideon, George I of Great Britain, and Farouk of Egypt. After him are Yaroslav the Wise, Menkaure, John, King of Denmark, Idi Amin, John Nance Garner, and Alexios I Komnenos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1748, Charles XIII of Sweden ranks 3. Before him are Jacques-Louis David, and Jeremy Bentham. After him are Charles IV of Spain, Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Olympe de Gouges, Claude Louis Berthollet, Adam Weishaupt, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, William V, Prince of Orange, and Johann Friedrich Gmelin. Among people deceased in 1818, Charles XIII of Sweden ranks 1. After him are Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Gaspard Monge, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Matthew Lewis, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Maria Isabel of Braganza, Abigail Adams, and Heinrich Füger.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Charles XIII of Sweden ranks 28 out of 1,879. Before him are Sigismund III Vasa (1566), Ingvar Kamprad (1926), Gustaf V of Sweden (1858), Gustav I of Sweden (1496), Charles XV of Sweden (1826), and Charles X Gustav of Sweden (1622). After him are Dieterich Buxtehude (1637), Ingrid of Sweden (1910), Gustav III of Sweden (1746), Greta Garbo (1905), Manne Siegbahn (1886), and Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (1688).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Charles XIII of Sweden ranks 11. Before him are Olof Palme (1927), Oscar II of Sweden (1829), Charles XII of Sweden (1682), Sigismund III Vasa (1566), Gustaf V of Sweden (1858), and Charles XV of Sweden (1826). After him are Gustav III of Sweden (1746), Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (1688), Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (1778), Charles IX of Sweden (1550), Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844), and John III of Sweden (1537).

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