Charles XV of Sweden
King of Sweden and Norway
Died when: 46 years 138 days (556 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Charles XV also Carl (Carl Ludvig Eugen);Swedish: Karl XV and Norwegian: Karl IV (3 May 1826 – 18 September 1872) was King of Sweden (Charles XV) and Norway, there often referred to as Charles IV, from 8 July 1859 until his death in 1872.
Though known as King Charles XV in Sweden (and also on contemporary Norwegian coins), he was actually the ninth Swedish king by that name, as his predecessor Charles IX (reigned 1604–1611) had adopted a numeral according to a fictitious history of Sweden.
Charles XV was the third Swedish monarch from the House of Bernadotte and the first one to be born in Sweden.
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