Back Carlos VII de Suecia AN كارل سفيركرسون Arabic Карл Сверкерсан Byelorussian Karl VII Breton Carles VII Sverkersson Catalan Karel VII. Švédský Czech Karl Sverkersson af Sverige Danish Karl VII. (Schweden) German Κάρολος Ζ΄ της Σουηδίας Greek Carlos VII Sverkersson Spanish
| Karl Sverkersson | |
|---|---|
 King Karl as shown on his seal | |
| King of Sweden | |
| Reign | c. 1161 – 1167 |
| Predecessor | Magnus Henriksen |
| Successor | Knut Eriksson |
| Born | c. 1130 |
| Died | 12 April 1167 |
| Spouse | Christina Hvide |
| Issue | Sverker the Younger |
| House | Sverker |
| Father | Sverker the Elder |
| Mother | Ulvhild Håkansdotter |
Karl Sverkersson or Charles VII[1][2] (c. 1130 – 12 April 1167) was the ruler of Götaland, and then King of Sweden from c. 1161 to 1167, when he was assassinated in a military attack by Knut Eriksson who then succeeded him as king.[3][4]
- ^ This was the first Swedish king by the name of Charles (Karl). The numeral VII is a posthumous invention, counting backwards from Charles IX (1604–11) who adopted his numeral according to a fictitious history of Sweden. Six others before Karl Sverkersson are unknown to any sources before Johannes Magnus's 16th-century book Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus, and are considered his invention. The first Swedish monarch of the name to actually use a regnal number was Karl "VIII" Knutsson who used the numeral II on his queen's tombstone (1451) at Vadstena.
- ^ Article Karl in Nordisk familjebok
- ^ Lindkvist, Thomas (2008), "The Emergence of Sweden", The Viking World, Routledge, pp. 692–698, doi:10.4324/9780203412770-61, ISBN 978-0-203-41277-0
- ^ Line 2007, pp. 92, 94.