Editing Charles IX of Sweden (section)

==Death and legacy==
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Four and a half years later Charles IX died at [[Nyköping]], 30 October 1611 when he was succeeded by his seventeen-year-old son [[Gustavus Adolphus]] ; he had participated in the wars.<ref name="dodge">{{cite book |last1=Dodge |first1=Theodore Ayrault |author-link=Theodore Ayrault Dodge |title=Gustavus Adolphus: a history of the art of war from its revival after the Middle Ages to the end of the Spanish Succession War, with a detailed account of the campaigns of the great Swede, and of the most famous campaigns of Turenne, Condé, Eugene and Marlborough |date=1895 |publisher=Greenhill Books |isbn=1-853-67234-3}}</ref> As a ruler, Charles is the link between his great father and his still greater son. He consolidated the work of Gustav I, the creation of a great Protestant state; he prepared the way for the erection of the Protestant empire of [[Gustavus Adolphus]].{{sfn|Bain|1911}}

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|File:Tomb of Carl IX, King of Sweden in Strängnäs.jpg|Funeral monument of Carl IX and family at [[Strängnäs Cathedral]], worked on by 12 goldsmiths in 1611
|File:Karl IXs begravningshjälm, 1611 - Livrustkammaren - 43058.tif|The helmet of the armor opened and photographed, unknown date
|File:Fotografi, photography-Aron Jonason - Göteborgs stadsmuseum - GhmPK 1027.tif|Reveal of a grand statue of him in [[Gothenburg]], 1904
|File:Karl IXs ryttarstaty i Göteborg 06.jpg|Statue in Göteborg
|File:Karl IXs ryttarstaty i Göteborg 09.jpg|His motto inscribed: ''Jehovah solatium meum'' ("Jehovah is my Solace")
|File:Statue of Charles IX of Sweden.jpg|Statue of Charles IX in [[Karlstad]], 1926
|File:Carl IX of Sweden outdoor relief 2013 Stockholm Palace.jpg|Relief on a wall of the [[Stockholm Palace]]
|File:Kaarle IX 2.jpg|Relief in [[Vaasa]], [[Finland]] by [[John Munsterhjelm]], 1924
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