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He was the second son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"7 October 1748","date":"1748-10-07"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52928#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Stockholm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1754"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52928#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"5 February 1818","date":"1818-02-05"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52928#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Stockholm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1754"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52928#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Sweden","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52928#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"monarch","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52928#P106"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q236208","start":"1774-07-07"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52928#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Monarch of Norway (14 November 1814 – 5 February 1818)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1294765","start":"1814-11-14","end":"1818-02-05"},{"text":"Monarch of Sweden (6 June 1809 – 5 February 1818)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1268572","start":"1809-06-06","end":"1818-02-05"},{"text":"Commander of the Life Regiment Cavalry (1780–1791)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109517943","start":"1780-04-24","end":"1791"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52928#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15117228"},{"text":"Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10514065"},{"text":"Order of St. Andrew","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1126563"},{"text":"Royal Order of the Seraphim","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1331130","date":"1748-09-26"},{"text":"Royal Order of Vasa","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1258644"},{"text":"Order of the Elephant","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q976544"},{"text":"Order of Charles XIII","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2028806"},{"text":"Order of the Black Eagle","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94145"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52928#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_XIII","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52928"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Charles XIII born?","a":"Charles XIII was born on 7 October 1748 in Stockholm."},{"q":"What positions has Charles XIII held?","a":"Positions held by Charles XIII include: Monarch of Norway (1814–1818); Monarch of Sweden (1809–1818); Commander of the Life Regiment Cavalry (1780–1791)."}],"related":[{"name":"Christopher of Bavaria","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/christopher-of-bavaria"},{"name":"Cnut","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/cnut"},{"name":"Christian VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/christian-viii"},{"name":"Frederick I of Denmark","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/frederick-i-of-denmark"},{"name":"Hans, King of Denmark","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hans-king-of-denmark"},{"name":"Frederick II of Denmark","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/frederick-ii-of-denmark"},{"name":"Christian II of Denmark","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/christian-ii-of-denmark"},{"name":"Christian I of Denmark","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/christian-i-of-denmark"},{"name":"Erik of Pomerania","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/erik-of-pomerania"},{"name":"Margaret I of Denmark","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/margaret-i-of-denmark"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/charles-xiii-de44215d0b.jpg","width":500,"height":568,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Carl Frederik von Breda","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_XIII_of_Sweden.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Charles XIII","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_XIII","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q52928","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52928","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Charles XIII of Sweden.jpg by Carl Frederik von Breda (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_XIII_of_Sweden.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Charles XIII, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Charles XIII of Sweden.jpg — Carl Frederik von Breda, Public domain.","cite":"\"Charles XIII\". DigiNepal. Last updated 9 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/charles-xiii. Retrieved 11 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-09T08:54:54Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-11","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/charles-xiii","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/charles-xiii","ne":null}}