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Charles VIII of Sweden, Charles I of Norway, a.k.a Karl Knutsson (Bonde), king of Sweden (1448 – 1457, 1464 – 1465 and from 1467 to his death in 1470); king of Norway (1449 – 1450). Events January 5/ 6 - Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden dies with no designated heir leaving all three kingdoms with vacant thrones. ... Events University of Freiburg founded. ... Events February - Christian I of Denmark and Norway who was also serving as King of Sweden is declared deposed from the later throne. ... Events July 13 - Battle of MontlhÃ©ry Troops of King Louis XI of France fight inconclusively against an army of the great nobles organized as the League of the Public Weal. ... Events October 29 - Battle of Brusthem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege Beginning of the Sengoku Period in Japan. ... Events May 15 - Charles VIII of Sweden who had served three terms as King of Sweden dies. ... Events January 6 - Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor. ... Events March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Caen April 15 - Battle of Formigny. ...

Referring to Karl Knutsson as Charles VIII is a later invention. The Swedish kings Erik XIV (1560-68) and Charles IX (1604-1611) took their numbers after studying a highly fictitious History of Sweden. Prior to Karl Knutsson Sweden had only had one king called Karl (Charles). Medieval monarchs did not use regnal numbers in Sweden, so Charles presumably did not even know what his should be. Erik XIV of Sweden (December 13, 1533–February 26, 1577) was the son of Gustav I of Sweden and Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg. ... Charles IX (Karl IX) (October 4, 1550 â€“ October 30, 1611), was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. ... Ordinal numbers or regnal numbers are used to distinguish between persons with the same name who held the same office. ...

Karl Knutsson was born in 1409, the son of Knut (Tordsson) Bonde, knight and member of the privy council (riksråd), and Margareta Karlsdotter (Sparre av Tofta), the only daughter and heiress of Charles Ulvsson, Lord of Tofta. King Charles died 14 May 1470. His first marriage, in 1428, to Birgitta Turesdotter (Bielke) (died 1436) gave him his daughter Kristina. His second marriage, in 1438, to Katarina Karlsdotter (Gumsehuvud) (died in 1450) produced his second daughter Magdalena, who married Ivar Axelsson (Tott). He also had two children by his third wife (and former mistress) Kristina Abrahamsdotter, Anna and Karl. His father was said by contemporary legends to descend from a younger brother of King Eric IX (Saint Eric). His mother, an important heiress, descended from Jarl Charles The Deaf and consequently from some ancient Folkunge earls of Sweden, as well as from a daughter of Canute IV of Denmark and Adela of Flanders. Events January 1 - The Welsh surrender Harlech Castle to the English. ... The Swedish Senate: Riksrådet, from 1809 Statsrådet, from 1975 Regeringen was and is the principal government institution of Sweden The Swedish Senate, Senatus Regni Sueciae, originated as a council of Regional Magnates acting as advisers to the Monarch of the combined Realms of the Swedes (from 996, approximately). ... Charles of Tofta, a. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... Events May 15 - Charles VIII of Sweden who had served three terms as King of Sweden dies. ... Events October 12 - English forces under Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury besiege OrlÃ©ans. ... Events April - Paris is recaptured by the French End of the Hussite Wars in Bohemia. ... Events Pachacuti who would later create Tahuantinsuyu, or Inca Empire became the ruler of Cuzco In Italy, the siege of Brescia by the condottieri troops of NiccolÃ² Piccinino was raised after the arrival of Scaramuccia da ForlÃ¬. January 1 - Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of Hungary March 18 - Albert... Events March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Caen April 15 - Battle of Formigny. ... Coat of Arms of Stockholm, depicting Eric IX of Sweden Eric IX of Sweden (or Erik the Lawgiver or Eric the Saint. ... In modern Swedish, Folkung has two meanings, which appear to be opposites: The noble (royal) clan of Folkungar, named FolkungaÃ¤tten (Ã¤tt means clan), who in effect introduced inheritance of the throne during the 12th century. ... the death of Canute the Holy, by Christian Albrecht von Benzon Canute IV, (approximately 1043 â€” 1086), also known as Canute the Saint and Canute the Holy, was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086. ...

In 1434 he became member of the Privy Council of Sweden and in October of the same year he assumed one of its most senior offices, Lord High Constable of Sweden, or Riksmarsk. Due to the growing dissatisfaction over King Eric of Pomerania among the Swedish nobility, Charles was in 1436 made Rikshövitsman, an office as Military Governor of the Realm and finally replacing the king as an elected regent from 1438 to 1440, as the result of the rebellion by Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson. During Charles' brief regentship, the so-called rebellion of David (a peasant rebellion) took place in Finland. Eric of Pomerania was forced to step down from the throne and in 1440 Christopher of Bavaria, was elected king in the Sweden, Norway and Denmark. At the coronation of Christopher in September 1441, Charles was dubbed a knight and appointed Lord High Justiciar of Sweden, or Riksdrots. In October he resigned as Lord High Justiciar and resumed his office as Lord High Constable. From 1442 he was the military governor, hövitsman, at Vyborg in Finland (margrave of Viborg). Charles acquired extensive fiefs, for example in Western Finland. His first seat was in Turku. Soon, Christopher's government began to take back fiefs and positions and Charles was forced to give up the castle of Turku. Charles' next seat was the castle of Vyborg, on Finland's eastern border, where he kept an independent court, taking no heed of Christopher and exercising his own foreign policy in relation to such powers in the region as the Hanseatic League, the Russian city of Novgorod and the Teutonic Knights in the Baltic states. Events December 13 - The Order of the Dragon is officially formated under King Sigismund of Hungary. ... Events January 1 - The Welsh surrender Harlech Castle to the English. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... Events May 15 - Charles VIII of Sweden who had served three terms as King of Sweden dies. ... 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At the death of Christopher in 1448, without a direct heir, Charles was elected king of Sweden on June 20 and on June 28 he was hailed as the new monarch at the Stone of Mora, not far from Uppsala, mostly due to his own military troops being present at the place, against the wishes of regents Bengt and Nils Jönsson (Oxenstierna). His election as king of Sweden resulted in an effort to reestablish the Kalmar Union, this time under Swedish initiative, and in 1449 he was elected king of Norway and received the coronation at Trondheim on November 20. The Danish had in September 1448 elected Christian I as their new monarch. Soon, in 1450, Charles was forced to cede Norway to Christian. From 1451, Sweden and Denmark were in state of war against each other. Because of devastating warring, a growing opposition against Charles emerged in Sweden. The strongest opponent was the Swedish church which opposed Charles's efforts to concentrate royal and secular power. Other opponents were the family group of Oxenstierna and Vasa (House), which had been in the opposing side in the election of king and lost. June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... Fragments of comemmorative stones from the monument Stone of Mora was the monument where the Swedish kings were elected. ... Uppsala (older spelling Upsala) is a Swedish City in central Sweden, located about 70 km north of Stockholm. ... The Kalmar Union flag. ... County SÃ¸r-TrÃ¸ndelag District Municipality NO-1601 Administrative centre Trondheim Mayor (2005) Rita Ottervik (AP) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 258 342 kmÂ² 322 kmÂ² 0. ... November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... There are two monarchs who have been named Christian I Christian I of Denmark Christian I of Sweden This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Oxenstierna, an ancient Swedish noble family, the origin of which can be traced up to the middle of the 14th century, which had vast estates in Sudermannia and Uplandia, and began to adopt its armorial designation of Oxenstierna (Ox-forehead, stierna has the double meaning of star) as a personal... The House of Vasa was the Royal House of Sweden between 1523 and 1654 and also of Poland (1587-1668). ...

During the next 20 years, Charles was deposed twice, only to regain the throne and reign three times (1448-57, 1464-65, 1467-70).

In 1457, a rebellion took place, lead by archbishop Jöns Bengtsson (Oxenstierna) and a nobleman, Eric Axelsson Tott. Charles went into exile to Danzig(Gdańsk). The two leaders of the revolt took the regentship, and organized the election of Christian I of Denmark as king (firstly in Turku, then in Stockholm). There are two monarchs who have been named Christian I Christian I of Denmark Christian I of Sweden This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

In 1463, King Christian quarreled with the archbishop because of his taxation policies. The archbishop was imprisoned, which resulted in a rebellion by his relatives, and led to Christian being driven out of Sweden. Charles was recalled by the rebels, and reigned about half a year, but was then again exiled. In 1467, the regent Eric Axelsson Tott, now having reverted to support Charles, once more had him crowned. Charles reigned for three years, under power of riksrad, until his death in 1470.

He left only one infant son, born of a mistress, Kristina Abrahamsdotter whom he married on his deathbed. The Swedish government did not allow the boy to succeed him, but appointed one of their number, Sten Sture the Elder (who was Charles's nephew) as regent. The following women are known to have been mistresses to members of the Swedish Royal Family. ... Sten Sture the Elder (Sten Sture den Ã¤ldre; 1440â€“1503) was a Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden during the Union of Kalmar (1470â€“1497 and 1501â€“1503). ...

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Charles represented a growing nationalist tendency among the Swedish aristocracy which tried first to subjugate the other Scandinavian countries under Sweden but soon focussed on dissolving the Kalmar Union. In the next century, when the union was finally dissolved, Charles received some respect as an early champion of Swedish independence. The Kalmar Union flag. ...

Charles's great-granddaughter Christina Nilsdotter Gyllenstierna was married to Sten Sture the Younger whose regentship represented similar values: nationalism and Swedish independence. Christina Nilsdotter Gyllenstierna Christina Nilsdotter Gyllenstierna (1494-1559), wife of the Swedish regent Sten Sture the Younger, and after his death organiser of the defence against the attack from Denmark. ... Sten Sture the Younger, or Sten Sture den yngre, Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden, under the Kalmar Union, 1512 - February 5, 1520. ...

Though the Bonde family, not descendants of Charles himself but just his collateral relatives, remained prominent among the Swedish nobility and in politics into the 20th Century, Charles's own descendants did not ascend nor inherit any thrones until Prince Christian zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg became Christian IX of Denmark in 1863. Charles's descendants have since ascended the thrones of Norway, Greece and Great Britain. Christian IX of Denmark (April 8, 1818 â€“ January 29, 1906) was King of Denmark from November 15, 1863 to January 29, 1906. ...

His distant direct descendant, Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha married the Hereditary Prince of Sweden in 20th century, and with Sibylla's son, king Charles XVI Gustav of Sweden, Charles' blood returned to the Swedish throne. Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (18 January 1908â€“28 November 1972) was Duchess of VÃ¤sterbotten and a Princess of Sweden, and the mother of the future Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. ... Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus) (born April 30, 1946, at Haga Palace, Solna, Uppland), is the head of state of the Kingdom of Sweden. ...

Categories: Swedish monarchs | Rulers of Finland | Norwegian monarchs | Kalmar Union | Medieval Finland | 1409 births | 1470 deaths Eric of Pomerania A caricature of the king, the only contemporary likeness of him in existence Eric of Pomerania, Erik af Pommern, Erik VII (Danish title), Erik av Pommern (Eirik III) (Norwegian title) Erik av Pommern (Eric XIII) (Swedish title) or Eryk Pomorski (Polish title), was adopted by Margaret I... This is a list of Swedish monarchs, that is, the Kings and ruling Queens of Sweden with Regents and Viceroys of the Kalmar Union up until the present time. ... Christopher of Bavaria, known by his Danish and Norwegian title as Christoffer (III) af/av Bayern and by his Swedish title as Kristofer av Bayern (26 February 1418-6 January 1448) was union king of Denmark and Norway (1440-1448), and of Sweden (1441-1448). ... Bengt JÃ¶nsson Oxenstierna, (1390s-1450) Swedish statesman and co-regent of Sweden, under the Kalmar Union, from January to June of 1448, together with his brother Nils JÃ¶nsson Oxenstierna. ... Nils JÃ¶nsson Oxenstierna, (1390s-1450s) Swedish statesman and co-regent of Sweden, under the Kalmar Union, from January to June of 1448, together with his brother Bengt JÃ¶nsson Oxenstierna. ... This is a list of Swedish monarchs, that is, the Kings and ruling Queens of Sweden with Regents and Viceroys of the Kalmar Union up until the present time. ... JÃ¶ns Bengtsson (Oxenstierna), (1417 â€“ 1467) Swedish clergyman and regent of Sweden, under the Kalmar Union, in 1457, shared with Erik Axelsson (Tott), and alone 1465-1466. ... Erik Axelsson Tott, (1415-1481) Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden, under the Kalmar Union, in 1457, shared with JÃ¶ns Bengtsson (Oxenstierna), and alone 1466-1467. ... Christopher of Bavaria, known by his Danish and Norwegian title as Christoffer (III) af/av Bayern and by his Swedish title as Kristofer av Bayern (26 February 1418-6 January 1448) was union king of Denmark and Norway (1440-1448), and of Sweden (1441-1448). ... This article is a list of rulers of Norway up until the present, including: The Norwegian kingdom (with the Faroe Islands) The Union with Iceland and Greenland (1262-1814) The Norwegian kingdom (with Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1262-1814) The Union of Sweden and Norway (1319-1343) The... Christian I of Denmark (1426 â€“ 1481), Danish monarch and union king of Denmark (1448 â€“ 1481), Norway (1450 â€“ 1481) and Sweden (1457 â€“ 1464), under the Kalmar Union. ... Christian I of Denmark (1426 â€“ 1481), Danish monarch and union king of Denmark (1448 â€“ 1481), Norway (1450 â€“ 1481) and Sweden (1457 â€“ 1464), under the Kalmar Union. ... This is a list of Swedish monarchs, that is, the Kings and ruling Queens of Sweden with Regents and Viceroys of the Kalmar Union up until the present time. ... Kettil Karlsson (Vasa) (1433 â€“ August 11, 1465) was a Swedish clergyman and regent of Sweden under the Kalmar Union from February 1464 to August 1465, interluded by a six month interregnum of king Charles VIII of Sweden. ... Erik Axelsson Tott, (1415-1481) Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden, under the Kalmar Union, in 1457, shared with JÃ¶ns Bengtsson (Oxenstierna), and alone 1466-1467. ... This is a list of Swedish monarchs, that is, the Kings and ruling Queens of Sweden with Regents and Viceroys of the Kalmar Union up until the present time. ... Sten Sture the Elder (Sten Sture den Ã¤ldre; 1440â€“1503) was a Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden during the Union of Kalmar (1470â€“1497 and 1501â€“1503). ...

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