fwo_867475 - SWEDEN 1 Daler “Mercure” 1718

Charles XII (17/06/1682-11/12/1718), le fils de Charles XI et d'Ulrique de Danemark, succéda à son père en 1697. Roi à 15 ans, il va se montrer un tacticien génial dans la guerre du Nord qui va l'opposer au tsar Pierre le Grand. Charles XII bat d'abord les Danois à Copenhague, puis les Russes à Narva le 30 novembre 1700. Il prend Varsovie en 1702, ravage les Pays Baltes puis installe Stanislas Leszczynski comme roi de Pologne en 1703, mais celui-ci doit s'enfuir l'année suivante. Charles XII est battu à la Poltava en 1709 et se réfugie en Turquie. Il est tué en 1718 en essayant de reconquérir la Norvège. Sa soeur Ulrique-Éléonore lui succède.
Charles XII (17/06/1682-11/12/1718), the son of Charles XI and Ulric of Denmark, succeeded his father in 1697. King at 15, he proved to be a brilliant tactician in the Northern War against Tsar Peter the Great. Charles XII first defeated the Danes at Copenhagen, then the Russians at Narva on 30 November 1700. He took Warsaw in 1702, ravaged the Baltic States and then installed Stanislas Leszczynski as King of Poland in 1703, but the latter had to flee the following year. Charles XII was defeated at Poltava in 1709 and took refuge in Turkey. He was killed in 1718 while trying to reconquer Norway. His sister Ulric-Eleanor succeeded him.