Editing Charles X Gustav (section)

==Early days as king==
[[File:Karl X Gustaf o Hedvig Eleonora x Johann Rethe.jpg|thumb|Medal for King Charles X Gustav and Queen Hedwig Eleanor]]
Charles X Gustav was crowned on 7 June 1654, the day after his cousin Christina abdicated.{{sfn|Granlund|2004|p=57}}  The beginning of Charles X's reign concentrated on the healing of domestic discords and on the rallying of all the forces of the nation round his standard for a new policy of conquest.{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}} On the recommendation of his predecessor, he contracted a political marriage on  24 October 1654 with [[Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp|Hedwig Eleonora]], the daughter of [[Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp]].{{sfn|Granlund|2004|pp=56, 58}} He was hoping to secure a future ally against Denmark. The [[Riksdag of the Estates|Riksdag]] which assembled at [[Stockholm]] in March 1655, duly considered the two great pressing national questions: war, and the restitution of the alienated crown lands. Over three days a secret committee presided over by the King decided the war question: Charles X easily persuaded the delegates that a war against Poland appeared necessary and might prove very advantageous; but the consideration of the question of the subsidies due to the crown for military purposes was postponed to the following Riksdag.{{sfn|Bain|1911|p=927}}  In 1659 he proclaimed severe punishment for anyone hunting in the royal game reserve in [[Ottenby]], [[Öland]], Sweden, where he had built a long [[dry-stone]] wall separating the southern tip of the island.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}