Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden
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Ulrika Eleonora or Ulrica Eleanor, also known as Ulrika Eleonora the Younger, was Queen of Sweden from 5 December 1718 until her abdication on 29 February 1720 in favour of Frederick, her husband. Upo
Portrait by Georg Desmarées, 18th century
Ulrica Eleonora's parents, King Charles XI and Queen Ulrica Eleonora the Elder
Portrait of a young Ulrika Eleonora
Medal for the coronation of Ulrica Eleanor as queen regnant in 1719
Charles XII of Sweden
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Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII or Carolus Rex, 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 onl
The 15-year-old Charles in 1697 as king of the Swedish Empire, painting belonging to the workshop of David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl
Charles's parents King Charles XI and Queen Ulrica Eleonora
Monument to Charles XII in Stockholm, with Charles pointing towards Russia. Stockholmers call this statue "the lion among four pots" ("Lejonet mellan fyra krukor") referring to the mortars. This contrasts with a nearby statue of Charles XIII, which has lions similarly arranged; that statue is known as "the pot among four lions" ("Krukan mellan fyra lejon").
Charles XII and Ivan Mazepa at the Dnieper River after Poltava by Gustaf Cederström