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- 9/1/2003 1:06:28 PM

varjager

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Karl XII died by a gunshoot to the head in the trenches in norway.

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- 9/1/2003 3:52:27 PM

wulfir

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[QUOTE=K62]Also heard of Gustav Adolphus. Who died a heroic death in battle, unlike Karl. IIRC, the latter ended in some backwater by the Black Sea :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]

Gustavus Adolphus (Gustav II Adolf) had bad vision (and didn't wear glasses, because at the time it was considered only an idiot needed glasses), rode an unfamiliar horse and got lost in the fog at L�tzen where he was killed.

Carolus (Karl XII) took part in virtually every battle fought, being wounded so many times that he got a rep of being 'hard against bullets', i.e. imortal. Some claim he was shot by an assasin who had used a bullet made of a button stolen from the king's jacket. It was supposed to have been the only way of killing him, as a only a thing perviously of his possesion would harm him.

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