Carolus XI D.G. Suecorum Gothorum, Vandalorum etc: Rex.
P. Stephani Fec. ex Formis Nicolai Visscher cum Privil: Ordin: General: Belgii Federati [c.1700]. Etching, sheet 230 x 160mm (9 x 6¼"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet at edges. Karl XI (1655-97), king of Sweden. Crowned in 1675 at the age of seventeen, Karl was immediately required to defend lands recently acquired from Denmark in the Scanian War (1675-9). Thereafter he sustained peace for the remainder of his rule, and was succeeded by his son Karl.
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