Editing Charles XII of Sweden (section)

== Royal title ==
{{Main|Style of the Swedish sovereign}}
[[File:Karl XII 1697.jpg|thumb|right|190px|The 15-year-old Charles in 1697 as king of the Swedish Empire, painting belonging to the workshop of [[David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl]]]]
His title in full as the king of Sweden was as follows:

{{Quote|[[Royal we|We]] Charles XII, [[by the Grace of God]], King of Sweden, [[King of the Goths|the Goths]] and [[King of the Wends|the Wends]], [[Grand Prince]] of [[Finland under Swedish rule|Finland]], [[Duke]] of [[Scania]], [[Duchy of Estonia (1561–1721)|Estonia]], [[Swedish Livonia|Livonia]], [[Karelia (historical province of Finland)|Karelia]], [[Bremen-Verden|Bremen]], [[Bremen-Verden|Verden]], [[Szczecin|Stettin]], [[Swedish Pomerania|Pomerania]], [[Kashubia]] and [[Wenden (Sauerland)|Wenden]], [[Fürst|Prince]] of [[Rügen]], [[Lord]] of [[Swedish Ingria|Ingria]] and [[Swedish Wismar|Wismar]]; as well as [[Count Palatine of the Rhine]], [[Duke in Bavaria]], of [[Duchy of Jülich|Jülich]], [[Duchy of Cleves|Cleves]] and [[Duchy of Berg|Berg]].''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eurulers.altervista.org/sweden.html|title=Sweden and Finland. Titles of European hereditary rulers|website=eurulers.altervista.org|access-date=28 April 2016|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175605/http://eurulers.altervista.org/sweden.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Liljegren|2000|loc=p.11, "Den stormäktigste och allernådigste herren, Karl, med Guds nåde, Sveriges, Götes och Vendes konung, storfurste till Finland, hertig uti Skåne, Estland, Livland, Karelen, Bremen, Verden, Stettin, Pommern, Kassuben och Wenden, furste till Rügen, herre över Ingermanland och Wismar, så ock pfalzgreve vid Rhen i Bayern, till Jülich, Kleve och Berg hertig".}}</ref>}}

The fact that Charles was crowned as Charles XII does not mean that he was the twelfth king of Sweden by that name. Swedish kings [[Erik XIV of Sweden|Erik XIV]] ({{reigned|1560|1568}}) and [[Charles IX of Sweden|Charles IX]] ({{reigned|1604|1611}}) gave themselves numerals after studying [[Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus|a mythological history]] of Sweden. He was actually the sixth King Charles.<ref>Article [https://runeberg.org/nfbm/0500.html Karl] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130120522/http://runeberg.org/nfbm/0500.html |date=30 November 2019 }} in [[Nordisk familjebok]].</ref>