Charles IX (Swedish: Karl IX) (4 October 1550 – 30 October 1611), was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of King Gustav I of Sweden and his second ...
Britannica online encyclopedia article on Charles IX (king of Sweden), virtual ruler of Sweden (1599–1604) and king (1604–11) who reaffirmed Lutheranism as the national ...