Charles VIII of Sweden

Charles VIII (Karl Knutsson Bonde, 1408 or * 1409, † May 15, 1470 ) was regent of Sweden from 1438 to 1440 and three times King of Sweden and, as Charles I, king of Norway from 1449 to 1450.

He came from the family of Bonde and was the son of Knut Tordsson Bonde and Margareta Karlsdotter ( Sparre av Tofta ). After the early death of his father his mother Sten Turesson Bielke, on whose farm Karl grew up married.

Life

After joining the Swedish Imperial Parliament, in 1434, Karl quickly rose to leading positions. So it was in 1434 Reichsmarschall 1436 Head of the Swedish Army ( Reichshof man). From 1438 to 1440 he held the office of superintendent Empire. In 1441 he was knighted and shortly afterwards degraded to Reichsmarschall.

After the death of King Christopher III. of Sweden, Denmark and Norway Karl was elected on June 20, 1448 by the Swedish nobility to the king, while the Danes themselves Christian I chose. A year later, he was crowned in Trondheim also to the king of Norway, he had the land but already in 1450 to cede to Christian. In Sweden in 1457 was an uprising led by Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna and Erik Axelsson Tott. Charles was deposed and went into exile in Gdansk.

His successor in Sweden, Christian I., was overthrown in 1464 with a renewed insurgency and Karl crowned for the second time to the king, but was exiled after half a year in 1465 to Finland. In 1467 he was again able to return to Sweden and now reigned until his death in 1470 as King of Sweden.

Charles was married three times and had seven children.

• King (Sweden)
• King (Norway )
• Regent (Sweden)
• Marshal
• Born in the 15th century
• Died in 1470
• Man