Charles XI
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The term gråkappan, as it appears in the script, translates to “gray coat,” a nickname for Charles XI, the Swedish king Milchick refers to.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025
"Sir," M. Turgot had written to Louis XVI., "monarchs governed by courtiers have but to choose between the fate of Charles I. and that of Charles XI."
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Black, Robert
These records of experiments made in the Royal Laboratories of Sweden, founded in 1683 by Charles XI, had already been translated into German and English.
From Baron D'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France by Cushing, Max Pearson
His budget in the following year, framed on the same principles, subsequently served as an invaluable guide to Charles XI.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
It is to one of these journeys that the fragment, "The Vision of Charles XI," is attributable.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 by Various
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