The mummified head of Charles XII, photographed at the time of his exhumation in 1917, and showing the exit wound–or was it?–left by the projectile that killed him during the siege of ...

Unfortunately for Sweden, Charles XII wouldn’t survive the year. The king was shot down on November 30, 1718, and his sister Ulrika took over before abdicating the throne to her husband ...

Now, two Finnish researchers claim to have solved the mystery once and for all. On a foggy November evening in 1718, Charles XII was killed during a siege in Norwegian Fredrikshald, now Halden. Ever ...

Ever since Sweden's King Charles XII (Karl in Swedish) was killed in 1718 while leading an invasion of Norway, there has been a debate over who shot him. It is thought that he became unpopular because ...

An historical film depicting the life of Charles XII of Sweden (1682-1718), who oversaw the expansion of the Swedish Empire until its defeat at the Battle of Poltava.

In 1718, King Charles XII of Sweden instructed his military to haul 12 ships from Strömstad to Iddefjorden, a distance of about 15 miles, per the release. The purpose was to stage an unexpected ...

12.1 x 8.7 cm. (4.8 x 3.4 in.) H. W. Singer, Allgemeiner Bildniskatalog, 1932, vol. VI, p. 269, no. 47330. R. Zijma, Hollstein’s German Engravings, Etchings and ...

Swedish meatballs are actually based on a recipe King Charles XII brought home from Turkey in ... Charles reigned from 1697 to 1718 and took refuge in Bender near Moldova in 1713 after losing ...

Charles XII was born in Stockholm in 1682 and ascended ... Charles's death in battle against the Danes and Norwegians in 1718, and the Ottomans had to send an envoy in 1727 to Stockholm to chase ...

“Let’s stick to the facts!” Charles XII reigned as King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718, and he lived in Turkey from 1709 to 1714 during the Great Northern War, in which Russia challenged Swede ...