# Charles XIII of Sweden

> A Swedish king who ruled under a numerically impossible name — the thirteenth Charles when he was actually the seventh — inheriting a throne at sixty after his brother's assassination and gaining a second kingdom in Norway five years before death.

*King of Sweden (1809-1818) and King of Norway (1814-1818)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/charles-xiii-of-sweden

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Sweden
- **Born:** 1748-10-07
- **Died:** 1818-02-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born 7 October 1748, the second son of King Adolf Frederick and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great. He spent sixty years as a prince, living through his older brother Gustav III's reign until assassination opened the succession in 1809. He took the throne carrying forward a numbering error: Charles IX had inflated his numeral centuries earlier after reading fake Swedish history, locking every successor into the wrong count. At sixty-five he became Norway's king as well in 1814, reigning there as Charles II. He died 5 February 1818, having ruled both kingdoms from an age when most men retire.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 57.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.1 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 4.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Historical Figure, #Royalty, #Politics, #Sweden, #Europe, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52928)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_XIII_of_Sweden)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Charles%20XIII%20of%20Sweden)
- [كارل التلاتاشر](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1)
- [XIII Karl](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/XIII_Karl)
- [Карл XIII](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB_XIII)
- [Карл XIII (Швеция)](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB_XIII_(%D0%A8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F))
- [Karl XIII](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_XIII)
- [Carles XIII de Suècia](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carles_XIII_de_Su%C3%A8cia)
- [Karel XIII.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_XIII.)
- [Karl 13. af Sverige](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_13._af_Sverige)
- [Karl XIII. (Schweden)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_XIII._(Schweden))
- [Κάρολος ΙΓ΄ της Σουηδίας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%99%CE%93%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A3%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B7%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Charles XIII](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_XIII)
- [Karolo la 13-a (Svedio)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolo_la_13-a_(Svedio))
- [Carlos XIII de Suecia](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_XIII_de_Suecia)
- [Karl XIII](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_XIII)
- [Karlos XIII.a Suediakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlos_XIII.a_Suediakoa)
- [کارل سیزدهم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%85)
- [Kaarle XIII](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaarle_XIII)
- [Charles XIII](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_XIII)
- [קרל השלושה עשר, מלך שוודיה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%94_%D7%A2%D7%A9%D7%A8%2C_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9A_%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94)
- [Karlo XIII. Švedski](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlo_XIII._%C5%A0vedski)
- [XIII. Károly svéd király](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/XIII._K%C3%A1roly_sv%C3%A9d_kir%C3%A1ly)
- [Karl XIII dari Swedia](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_XIII_dari_Swedia)
- [Karl la 13ma di Suedia](https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_la_13ma_di_Suedia)
- [Karel XIII van Swede](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_XIII_van_Swede)
- [كارل الثالث عشر](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB_%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%B1)

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