Charles XII
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noun
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Charles XII faced by an attempt by Denmark, joined by the German princedom of Saxony, to reassert its sovereignty in 1700.
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The war dragged on for years, with Charles XII dying fighting a rebellion in Norway in 1718, leaving no heir.
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Even Foreign Minister Osten Unden of neutral Sweden spoke up to endorse Dulles' speech, moving one veteran conferencegoer to remark: "Unden is the first Swede to know what side he is on since Charles XII."
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1721, stubborn Charles XII of Sweden gave up hope of beating Russia's huge black-haired Peter the Great, signed the Peace of Nystad.
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Denmark began the war, the same year, by invading Holstein-Gottorp, the Duke of which was the brother-in-law of Charles XII.
From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard
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