Charles VII of Sweden
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Charles VII Sverkersson, or Karl Sverkersson in Swedish, was King of Sweden and Earl of Götaland from circa 1161 to 1167, when he was assassinated.
He was known as Charles Sverkersson during his reign and is the first known king of Sweden with the name Charles.
Life
During the reign of Charles VIII, Sweden got its Archbishop of Uppsala.
In the spring of 1167, King Charles was killed on Visingsö (in lake Vättern) by Knut Eriksson who overtook the throne. Charles was buried in Alvastra monastery.
Ordinal number
Charles VIII was the first Swedish king with the name Charles. The other six Charles's were first inventions of Johannes Magnus in the 16th century, in his book Gothorvm sveonvmqve historia, which provides a basically fictitious list of Swedish kings since the Fall of man. The first king to actually use an ordinal number was Erik XIV in 1560.
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