charles xii of sweden

Whenever people talk about Sweden winning the Great Northern War, they talk about either the immediate effects or the fact that unless something changed, Sweden would never remain a true great power long-term. However, I want to look at the medium-term in this thread. So first off, what is the...

From what I've read about the Great Northern War, Sweden's defeat was as hard as it got without the capital being conquered and explains their massive losses and death of their empire but also that Peter I of Russia was quite the vacillating and shy thing when it came to attacking and such and...

I'm working on a future alternate history which has Sweden win the Great Norther War. And although I'm not really gonna discuss that, I do have some questions on what would happen under Charles XII reign. And I also should mention a few parts of the alternate history: - Charles manages to live...

Let's say with an pod after 1688 (when Karl sister Ulrika was born) but earlier than 1697 (when Karl XI died), that the future prince of Sweden dies (can be by disease, accident or on the famous bear hunts he did with his father). Who will now the princess and future queen marrying? Who are...

While at first glance, even i thought this was a nonsensical idea, reading through Nasci num Harém by Fatema Mernissi it seems that the Haseki Sultan Gulnus Sultan, the mother of Ahmed III and basically the real ruler of the OE during Ahmed III's reign, was very taken with Charles XII. When she...

admittedly this a very unlikely scenario, but let's say it goes ahead in 1710 when Charles XII was in the Ottoman court. They have a single son who survives through the normal dangers of childhood in the era. The family returns to Sweden in 1715 with Charles XII and Charles XII is still killed...

Handwaving a (unlikely) scenario in which Peter I stays in Narva and is captured/killed in the battle, followed by a Swedish attack at the Duna river against the Saxon-Polish Army resulting in another Swedish victory, allowing a general victory of the Swedes in the Great northern war by 1705...

After the Battle of Narva, Charles XII had beaten the Russians so badly that Peter the Great made overtures of peace, which Charles declined. Ultimately, his continuing the war against Russia led to Sweden's long-term defeat and ended the Swedish Empire as a major power. One of those overtures...

I've heard it suggested that had Charles XII not been wounded, Sweden might have won the Battle of Poltava due to him being able to take operational command. How true is this?

Charles XII of Sweden, popularly known as Carolus Rex, had four younger brothers, but every one of them predeceased him, dying before he was even crowned king. What if at least one of them survived into adulthood?