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8 unusual facts about Charles IX of Sweden


Carl of Nericia

Carl IX, King of Sweden 1604-1611, also Duke of Sudermania

Charles IX of Sweden

His reign marked the start of the final chapter (dated 1648 by some) of both the Reformation and Counter-reformation.

Ebba Stenbock

Her spouse was one of the strongest supporters of Sigismund III Vasa and opposed to Charles IX of Sweden.

Jehova Order

King Charles IX of Sweden instituted the Royal Order of Jehova in 1606.

Karin Nilsdotter

Karin Nilsdotter (ca 1551-1613), was the royal mistress of Charles IX of Sweden, between 1568 and 1578.

Olof von Dalin

This period of exile, lasting until 1761, Dalin spent in the preparation of the third volume of his great historical work, the Svea Rikes historia, that related events up to the death of King Charles IX of Sweden in 1611.

Polish cavalry

One of the most notable examples of such victories of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy hussars was the Battle of Kircholm of 1605, in which 3,000 hussars under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz managed to defeat 11,000 soldiers of Charles IX of Sweden - with negligible losses.

Salvator Fabris

There is also an interesting, yet uncorroborated story about a Salvator Fabritz (sic) coming to Sweden in 1594 as an assassin hired by king Sigismund III Vasa, according to the Exegesis historica, written by Duke Charles and his Chancellor Nicolaus Chesnecopherus and printed in Stockholm in 1610 based on a Swedish version published in 1609.


Livregementets husarer

But this remained a problem and the youngest son of Gustav I of Sweden (Gustav Vasa), Charles IX of Sweden instituted a rule in 1609, when he was king, that the units had to be inspected and exercised at least monthly by their commanders.

Maria of the Palatinate-Simmern

Maria of the Palatinate, (24 July 1561 in Heidelberg – 29 July 1589 in Eskilstuna), was a German Princess and a Swedish Princess and Duchess of Södermanland by marriage, the first spouse of the future King Charles IX of Sweden.


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